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972 matches to Ab
Worms, Concordat of. 1122. Agreement between Pope Calixtus and Emperor Henry V to share power to appoint bishops and abbots. Spiritualia, regalia vested separately.
Xenophon. 431-350BC. Greek general/historian. Expedition of Ten Thousand. Anabasis. Hellenica.
Yarmuk River, Battle. 636. Arabs defeat Byzantines, dominate Syria.
Yemen. ~10CBC Minaean, Saba’, Qataban, Himyarite Kingdoms. 1C Jews settle. 4C Christians settle. 525 Abyssinia. 575 Persia. 7C Moslem. 9C ’Alid Zaydi dynasty. 1173 Ayyubid. c1229 Rasulid. 1517 Ottoman. 1962 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen). 1990 Merged with c100BC Himyarite. 1229 Rasulis. 1635 Zaydi. 1735 Divided South: 1802 British protection. 1839 British East India Company. 1937 Aden British Protectorate. 1963 Federation of South Arabia. 1967 People’s Republic of Yemen. 1735 North: 1872 Ottoman. 1920 Tribal. 1962 Yemen Arab Republic 1990 merged=Yemen.
Yeoman. English class between labourers and gentry.
Yerba Buena. 1776-1846. Spanish mission...San Francisco.
Yevtushenko, Yevgeny. 1933-. Russian poet. Babiy Yar 1961.
Young Italy. 1831-48 Mazzini movement to establish an Italian Republic.
Young Turk Movement. 1908. Overthrew Hamid II.
Yüan Shih-kai. 1859-1916. First president of Chinese Republic 1912-. Attempts to establish a new dynasty failed. Warlords.
Zabern Affair. 1913. Riots caused by German military rule in Alsace-Lorraine.
Zakkai, Johann ben. 2C founder of Rabbinic Judaism.
Zama, Battle. 202BC. Rome defeats Hannibal near Carthage. Punic Wars.
Zangi. 1084-1146. Seljuk ruler. Defeated crusaders. Established Zangid dynasty in Middle East 1127-1250.
ZANU. Zimbabwe African National Union. 1963-. Founded by Mugabe vs white minority rule. 1987 +ZAPU.
ZAPU. Patriotic Front. Zimbabwe African People’s Union. 1961-. Founded by Nkomo vs white minority rule in Rhodesia. 1987 Merged with ZANU.
Zenta, Battle. 1697. Austria defeats Turks, becomes greatest power in Europe.
Zerubbabel. c520BC. Jerusalem governor when 2nd Temple built.
Zimbabwe. 11C Shona. 15C Karanga Empire. 16C Portugal explores. 1890 British South Africa Co. 1911 Southern Rhodesia. 1953 +Nyasaland. 1964 =Rhodesia. 1965 Declared indepence, international sanctions. 1979 Independent. =Zimbabwe. ZAPU. ZANU. Mugabe.
Zinoviev Letter. 1924. From COMINTERN to London advising worker revolution. Labour defeated.
Zionist World Congress. 1897. Defined Basel Program to establish Palestinian Homeland. Herzl.