Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.

Achaeans. Greeks who beseiged Troy. May be originally Mycenaean or Doric.

Achates. Aeneas’ armour bearer and friend in Greek mythology.

Achilles. Greek hero of Trojan Wars, invulnerable except for his heel, subject of Homer’s Iliad.

Acid Rain. 1940-. Rain and fog of pH<5.5 caused by industrial air pollution. Prevalent in North America, Eastern Europe.

Acre. 1450BC- Egypt/ Assyria/ Persia/ Macedonia. 336BC Alexander...Egypt. 1C Rome. 614 Persia. 638 Moslem. 969 Egypt. 1079 Seljuk. 1099 Crusaders. 1104 Jerusalem. 1187 Saladin. 1191 Crusaders. 1291 Mameluks. 1517 Turks. 1918 British. 1948 Israel.

Acropolis. Elevated portion of Greek cities for protection and worship. Athens 2000BC.

Actaeon. Mythical Greek hunter, turned into a stag for watching Artemis bathing.

Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.

Adad. Babylonian, Assyrian weather god.

Adam, Robert. 1728-92. Scottish architect: Neoclassical English country houses.

Adams, John C. 1819-92. English discoverer of Neptune, 1845.

Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.

Addams, Jane. 1860-1935. US social reformer. Founded NAACP, Hull House.

Addled Parliament. 1614. England. Criticized James I; achieved nothing.

Adelard of Bath. 1090-c1150. English mathematician/translator introduced Arabic numerals.

Adelung, Johann. 1732-1806. German scholar; helped standardize language.

Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.

Ader, Clement. 1841-1926. French aviation engineer. 1890 first plane.

Adi Granth. Sacred Sikh scripture.

Aditi. Hindu goddess, mother of Krsna and Vishnu.

Adler, Alfred. 1870-1937. Austrian psychiatrist. Split with Freud, 1911.

Adlerian Psychology. Man is driven to attain power to compensate for “inferiority feeling”. Can lead to “Overcompensation”, e.g. short dictators. Neuroses are illnesses as an excuse for underachievement.

Admetus. Greek mythical suitor of Alcestis.

Admiral Graf Spee. -1939. German battleship def by British, scuttled at Montevideo.

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