Sphynx. Greek mythical creature with lion’s body, human head. Killed who could not solve riddle. Earliest known 2550BC.

Stair, First earl. 1648-1707. Scottish under-secretary of state to William III. Approved Glencoe Massacre.

Strafford, First earl. 1593-1641. English adviser to Charles I. Executed by Parliament.

Strasbourg Oath. 842. Charles II, Louis II oppose Lothair I. Earliest example of written French.

Sudan. 4000BC = Nubia. c3000BC Egypt. 11-4C BC Cush Empire. c350 Aksum. 6C Christian. 15C Moslem. 1821 Egypt. 1898 Kitchener conquers...1899 Anglo/Egypt administration. 1956 Independent.

Sunderland, Earl of. 1674-1722. British Whig minister. South Sea National Debt scheme.

Talion. Law.Early Babylonia -18C. “Eye for an eye”.

Tojo Hideki. 1884-1948. Japanese general, Prime Minister 1941-4. Pearl Harbor. Hung for war crimes.

Turing, Alan. 1912-54. English mathematician, logician. Early computer theorist. Morphogenesis. Collosus. Bletchley Park.

Unetice. Early Bronze age culture in Austria.

Uranus. Early Greek personification of the heavens. Father of Titans.

Viscount. 4th rank of British peerage, below earl.

Warren, Earl. 1891-1974. US Chief Justice 1953-69. Decisions on segregation, accused rights. Led inquiry into John F. Kennedy assassination. Concluded Oswald acted alone.

Warwick, Earl of. 1428-71. “The Kingmaker”-. Helped York Edward IV, then restored Lancaster Henry VI.

Weber, Anton. 1883-1945. “Pointilist” composer. Early user of 12-note method.

Yamamoto Isoroku. 1884-1943. Japanese admiral. Led Pearl Harbor attack 1941.

Zeno of Citium. c335-263BC. Greek founder of Stoicism. Early anarchist: “Compulsion perverts the nature of man”.