Palmyra. 19C BC. Syrian city “founded by Solomon”. 3C AD + Syria, Egypt. 273 Rome destroys.

Panay Incident. 1937. Japanese sink US gunboat in China. US restraint exemplified isolationism.

Paris Peace Conference. 1919-20. Versailles Treaty.

Perestroika. 1986. Gorbachev’s policy of government and economic reform.

Pfitzner, Hans. 1869-1949. German Post-romantic opera composer. Palestrina 1917.

Pompeii. Destroyed 79 by Vesuvius eruption. Rediscovered 1592.

Punic Wars. 264-241BC Rome gains Sicily from Carthage. Mylae. 218-201BC Rome defeats Hannibal attack, gains Spain. 149-146BC Rome destroys Carthage.

Pyrenees, Treaty. 1659. Established French/Spanish border ending 24 year war.

Renaissance Music. c16C. Freer, flexible polyphony; steady, predictable rhythm. Palestrina. Gabrieli. English madrigals.

Rhineland. German Rhine bank. Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles by militarizing area 1936.

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai. 1844-1908. Russian Nationalist composer/orchestrator: Scheherezade 1888. Operas.

San Remo Conference. 1920. Treaty of Sèvres.

Sargon II. King of Assyria c722-705BC. Destroyed kingdom of Israel. Conquered Samaria, Babylon.

Savonnerie. 1604-1826. Royal French carpet makers incorporated into Gobelins.

Schley, Winfield. 1839-1911. Destroyed Spanish fleet at Santiago.

Scipio Africanus Minor. 185-129BC. Roman Consul, censor, general. Conquered, destroyed Carthage.

Scopes Trial. 1925. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in Tennessee high school. Bryan. Darrow.

Scythians. 8/7-2C BC. Nomadic conquerors of S Europe, Russia. Conquered by Samaritans. Destroyed 2C AD.

Sennacherib. -681BC. Assyrian king. Besieged Jerusalem 701. Destroyed Babylon 689. Rebuilt Nineveh.

Seven Oaks Massacre. 1816. Northwest Company. agents kill 20 settlers in Red River rivalry with Hudson Bay Company. Settlement destroyed.

Sèvres, Treaty. 1920. Broke up Ottoman Empire. Would have created Kurdistan. Not ratified. Lausanne Peace.

Shamanism. Ancestral religion in Asia, N America. Shamans heal sick, talk to gods.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1890 US. Prohibits monopolies, restraint of trade.

Singapore. 13-14C Malay city. 1377 Javanese destroy. 1819 Raffles refounds. 1867 «Straits Settlements. 1942-45 Japanese occupy. 1946 British Crown Colony. 1963 Federation of Malaysia. 1965 Independent republic.

Siva. 4 armed 3 eyed Hindu god of destruction and restoration.

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