Faisal. 1906-75. Saudi king 1964-. Arab-Israeli War 1967. Assassinated by nephew Faisal.

Faraday, Michael. 1791-1867. English physicist: electromagnetic induction. Ether effect 1818. Electric motor 1821. Dynamo 1831. Electrolysis 1833. Faraday effect 1845.

Fianna Fáil. 1926-. Irish political party vs 1921 treaty. De Valera.

Florentine. School of Painting. 1270 Academy of Fine Arts. Express humanist ideas through art. Realism and chiarascuro. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.

Flowers, Revolution of. 1974. Junta overthrows Caetano in Portugal. 1976 election.

Furies. Goddesses of vengeance. Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera.

Gad. A Lost Tribe of Israel.

Gaea. (Gaia) Earth itself as a Greek goddess.

Gaelic. Celtic languages of Scotland and Ireland.

Galicia. Gallaecci. c137BC Rome. 411 Suevi. 585 Visigoth. 1072 León.

Galilee. N Israel. (Ancient N Palestine). Jesus’ homeland. Absorbed in Arab-Israeli War, 1949.

Gallic Wars. 58-51BC. Julius Caesar conquers Gauls, last independent Celts on continent.

Gaza Strip. Between Egypt, Israel. 1948- Egypt. 1956 Israel occupies. 1957 UN admin. 1967 Israel conq. 1979 “Autonomy” by Camp David Accord. 1993 Palestine.

Geoffrey of Monmouth. 1100-55. English author. Historia Regum Brittaniae c1135. King Arthur.

Geometric. c9C BC. Last Mycenaean Greek art form.

Georgia. 6C BC Achaemenid. 4C BC Alexander. 65BC Rome. 330 Christian. 4-5C Sassanids, Byzantine dispute. 6C Sass. 7C Moslem. 8C 2 Kingdoms. c1000 United. 1220 Mongol(E). 14C United. 15C Turk/Persian. 1801 Russia. 1918 Independent. 1921 Soviet Republic. 1991 Independent. CIS.

Gideon. Biblical Israeli general vs Midianites.

Golan Heights. 1967 Israel seizes fr Syria. 1973 UN buffer zone. 1981 Israel annexes.

Greece. c3000BC Minoan(Crete). c1500BC Achaean. 11C Aeolian, Ionian. c1100 Dorian. 683 Athens monarchy. 404 Sparta. 371 Thebes. 338 Macedonia...Alexander. 197BC Rome...Byzantine. 1453 AD Ottoman. 1829 Independent kingdom. 1912 +Crete. 1924 Republic. 1935 Constitutional Monarchy. 1973 Republic. 1981 EEC. 1994 EU.

Group of Seven. 1920-74. Canadian Impressionist painters. MacDonald, Harris, Lismer, Varley, Carmichael, Johnston, Jackson. Thomson 1913.

Hadrian. 76-138. Roman Emperor 117-. Built wall across England 122-36, Aelius Bridge 134. Rebuilt Greek cities.

Haeretico Comburendo. 1401. English statute legalizing the burning of heretics.

Haganah. 1920-48. Jewish protective force in Palestine. Basis of Israeli army.

Hagar. Sarah, Abraham’s wife’s handmaid. Mother of Ishmael.

Hainisch, Michael. 1858-1940. First president of Austrian Republic 1920-28.

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