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87 matches to Egyptian Campaign
Sothic Cycle. -238BC. 1460 year Egyptian 365 day calendar cycle.
Thoth. Egyptian god of learning. Kept records of dead. Also messenger god = Hermes. Hermetic Texts.
Thutmose I. Egyptian king c1525-12BC. First tomb in Valley of Kings.
Thutmose III. -1450BC. Egyptian king 1504BC-. Conqueror. Peak of Egyptian Empire.
Tutankhamen. Egyptian pharaoh 1361-52BC. Restored traditions after Amarna Revolution. Tomb opened 1922.
Wafd. 1918-52. Egyptian nationalist party. Dissolved by Revolution.
Zaghlul, Sa’d. 1857-1927. Egyptian Wafd leader for independence from Britain. Prime Minister 1924.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Arab-Israeli Wars. 1948-9. Palestinians flee to Arab countries. 1956. Israel captures Sinai, UN takes over. 1967. Six Day War. Israel defeats Egypt, Syria, Jordan, gains Jerusalem, Sinai, Golan,... 1973. Egypt, Syria attack = October War.
Burma Campaign. 1942-5. British rout Japanese invaders.
Camp David Accords. 1978. Israel-Egypt peace negotiations. Egypt regains Sinai 1982. Begin. Sadat.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The
peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.
Chadwick, Edwin. 1800-90. English campaigner for cleanliness to prevent disease. Poor Law Commission, 1832-46. Board of Health 1848-54.
Checkers Speech. 1952. US VP Nixon denies personal gain from campaign funds on TV.
CND. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.
Dorr, Thomas. 1805-54. US campaigner for universal male suffrage.
Douglas, Stephen. 1813-61. US politician. Compromise of 1850. Popular Sovereignty. Lost presidential campaign to Lincoln.
Hatch Acts. 1939,40. Limit campaign contributions in US.
Montrose Campaign. 1644-5. Scotland defeats England in Civil War.
Napoleon I, Bonaparte. 1769-1821. French general. Emperor of France by coup d’etat 1804-14. Disastrous Moscow campaign 1812. Defeated at Waterloo 1815. Exiled to St. Helena. Napoleonic Wars. Napoleonic Code. Hundred Days.
North Africa Campaign. 1940-3. Montgomery, Alexander defeat Rommel’s Afrikan Korps.
Peninsular Campaign. 1862. Failed Union attempt to take Richmond in American Civil War.
Petersburg Campaign. 1864-5. Virginia. Final action of American Civil War leading to Confederate defeat.
Polish Campaign. 1939. German invasion begins WWII.