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Abraham. c2000BC. Old Testament father of Jewish, Arab peoples. Sarah. Hagar.Ishmael.
Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.
Achaeans. Greeks who beseiged Troy. May be originally Mycenaean or Doric.
Achaemenids. c550-330BC. Persian dynasty founded by Cyrus II.
Achates. Aeneas’ armour bearer and friend in Greek mythology.
Acre. 1450BC- Egypt/ Assyria/ Persia/ Macedonia. 336BC Alexander...Egypt. 1C Rome. 614 Persia. 638 Moslem. 969 Egypt. 1079 Seljuk. 1099 Crusaders. 1104 Jerusalem. 1187 Saladin. 1191 Crusaders. 1291 Mameluks. 1517 Turks. 1918 British. 1948 Israel.
Actaeon. Mythical Greek hunter, turned into a stag for watching Artemis bathing.
Adullam. Biblical city in central Israel.
Aediles. 494BC-3C AD. Minor Roman magistrates.
Aeëtes. Greek. Medea’s father. Guardian of Golden Fleece.
Aegeus. King of Athens. Theseus’ father. Suicide.
Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.
Aelfric. c955-1010. Anglo-Saxon writer. Love of the Saints.
Aeneas. Trojan hero of Virgil’s Aeneid.
Aeolus. Greek king (later, god) of the winds.
Aeschylus. 524-456BC. Founded Greek tragic drama. Introduced 2nd actor, reduced chorus. Prometheus Bound. Seven Against Thebes, 467.
Aesop. Legendary/6C BC. Greek slave/fablist. Fox and Grapes. Hare andTortoise.
Aetius, Flavius. -454. Roman general, defeated Attila at Catalonia, 451.
Aetolian League. 4-2C BC. Confederation of Greek city states, led by Thebes.
Afghanistan. c200BC Aryan. 6C BC Achaemenid. 330 Alexander...Seleucid/ Maurya. 2C BC Persia/ India/ Parthia/ Kushan. 7C Arab (NW). 750 Persia (W)/ Hindu (E). 1219 Mongol...Timurid. 1525 Mogul. 1737 Persia. 1747 Monarchy. 19 C Britain/Russia dispute 1880 British suzerainty. 1919 Independent. 1973 Marxist coup, Republic. 1978 Communist coup. 1979 Russian occupation. 1989 Mujahideen expel Russians aided by CIA. 1990s Warlords. 2001 US attack Taliban.
Agam, Yaacov. 1928-. Israeli optical artist.
Agamemnon. Legendary King of Argos/Mycenae. Led Greeks in Trojan War.
Ahab. King of Israel 874-853BC.
Albania. Balkans. 3-5C Visigoth, Huns invade. 6-7C Bulgars, Serbs, Slavs invade.12-15C Bulgar, Norman, Angevin, Serb, Venice contest.15C Ottoman. 1912 Independent republic. 1928 Monarchy (Zog). 1939 Italy occupies. 1945 Communist (Hoxha). 1961 Left Warsaw Pact. 1991 Democratic Constitution.