Nataraja. Hindu god Siva as cosmic dancer.

Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir. 1858-1943. Russian author/director. Founded Moscow Art Theater with Stanislavsky.

Nijinsky, Vaslaw. 1890-1950. Russian ballet dancer of Diaghilev Company.

Norsemen. Danes, Norwegians and Swedes who colonized Britain, France, Russia, 9-11C. Also called: Northmen, Vikings, Varangians. Beseiged Paris 885.

Northern War, First. 1655-60. Sweden vs Poland and allies. Sweden wins Danish territory. Poland renounces claim to Swedish throne.

Northumbria. Anglo-Saxon kingdom. c605 Bernicia + Deira = Northumbria. 9C Danish. 944 +England.

Norway. 872 United by Harald Fairhair. 1130- Civil wars. 1397 Danish. 1814 Swedish. 1905 Independent. 1940-45 Germans occupy.

Nubia. 8C BC-c300 AD. NE African kingdom conquered Egypt. Sudan.

Nureyev, Rudolph. 1938-93. Russian ballet dancer. Defected 1961.

Obote, Milton. 1925-. Ugandan Prime Minister/Pres 1962-71. Overthrown by Amin. Pres 1980-.

O’Connell, Daniel. 1775-1847. Irish leader. Founded Catholic Association, 1823. Election to Parliament led to Catholic Emancipation Act, 1829.

Oehlenschläger, Adam. 1779-1850. Danish Romantic poet.

Oersted, Christian. 1777-1851. Danish physicist: discovered electromagnetism 1819.

Omdurman, Battle. 1898. British defeat Mahdi, dominate Sudan.

Owen, Daniel. 1836-95. Welsh novelist.

Philadelphia. Greek name for Amman, Jordan.

Phocaea. Ionian city. Settled Anatolia 10C BC. Colonized Dardanelles, Mediterranean, Black Sea.

Pomerania. Baltic area including Danzig. Independent duchy 11-17C.

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 1848-53. British painters vs Royal Academy. Advocated return to simple classical naturalism. Painted with bright colors on white vs dark tones of the time. Rossetti. Millais. Hunt.

Qaeda, al-. 1989 Founded by Arabs in Afghanistan. 1990 Sudan. 1996 Afghan training camps. 2001 World Trade Center. Osama bin Laden.

Quadrille. 18C French dance introduced to England 1818.

Rasmussen, Knud. 1879-1933. Danish arctic explorer.

Riis, Jacob. 1849-1914. Danish/US social reformer. How the Other Half Lives, 1890.

Rømer, Olaus. 1644-1710. Danish astronomer. Proved finite speed of light 1676.

Rossetti, Dante. 1828-82. English poet/painter. Founded Pre-Raphaelites. Blessed Damozel 1850. Beata Beatrix c1863.

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