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Mauritania. Bafours. ~1C BC Sanhadja, Zenet, Teda. Ancient Ghana. 7/8C Moslem. 11C Almoravid. 13-17C Moqil invade. 15C = Shinqit. 19C «French West Africa. 1958 Autonomous. 1960 Independent.
Mindszenty, József. 1892-1975. Hungarian cardinal. Anti-Nazi, anti-communist. Jailed by both. Spent 1956-71 in US consulate.
Nuremberg Laws. 1935. German Jews lose citizenship and rights.
Orléans, Louis Philippe, duc d’. 1747-93. Became Citizen Égalité 1892. Joined Third Estate. Father of King Louis-Philippe.
Plebeians. -287BC. Roman common citizens. Patricians.
P’u-i, Henry. 1906-67. Last Chinese Emperor. 1908-12. Japanese puppet Emperor of Manchukuo 1934-45. Interned by Soviets in Siberia 1945-50. Reeducated by Communist Chinese. Pardoned 1959. Mechanic. From Emperor to Citizen 1980.
Scaevola, Quintus. -82BC. Roman consul. Law limiting citizenship led to Social War.
Schwarzenberg, Karl, Fürst zu. 1771-1820. Austrian. Commanded with Napoleon in Russia. Later led Allies vs Napoleon.
Sesshu. 1420-1506. Japanese painter. Zen monk.
Social War. 90-89BC. Tribal rebellion. Rome grants citizenship to all allies.
Solon. 630-560BC. Athenian democratic lawgiver, poet. Equality of all citizens before the law. Trial by jury. -“Call no man happy until he is dead.”
Stoicism. 4C BC. Ideal life of restraint, duty, ignoring passions, desires. Mind is a finer subdivision of matter. There are universal natural laws. Founded by Zeno.
Svevo, Italo. 1861-1928. Italian psychological novelist. Confessions of Zeno 1923.
Totalitarianism. Government which tries to fully control life of citizens. Fascist Italy. Nazi Germany. Communist Russia.
Welles, Orson. 1915-85. US filmmaker. Citizen Kane 1941.
Zend-Avesta. 3C BC. Zoroastrian bible. Avesta.
Zenger, John. 1697-1746. US publisher. Libel acquittal based on being fact 1735, key to freedom of press.
Zeno of Citium. c335-263BC. Greek founder of Stoicism. Early anarchist: “Compulsion perverts the nature of man”.
Zeno of Elea. Paradox: Arrow can never reach its target because it progresses in ever decreasing fractions of distance remaining. ½,¼... First use of dialectic reasoning.
Zenta, Battle. 1697. Austria defeats Turks, becomes greatest power in Europe.
Zinzendorf, Nikolaus. 1700-60. German Pietist. Founded Moravian church.
Buddha. c566-486BC. Gautama, Siddhartha. Indian prince, Buddhism founder.
Dalai Lama. 14C- Leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Ruled Tibet until 1959 exile to India. Lamaism. Yellow Hats. Tenzin Gyatso.
Dharma. Virtue to Hindus, Buddhists, Jainists; ordering principle of universe.
Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.