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Hydrogen Bomb. Thermonuclear or H-Bomb. 1952 US. 1953 USSR. 1957 Britain. 1968 France. 1971 China. 1974 India. ? Israel. Atomic Bomb.
Hyksos. Semitic invaders of Egypt on horse and chariot. Ruled 1675-1550BC.
Hymen. Greek god of marriage.
Hypatia. c370-415. Alexandrian Neoplatonic philosopher. Murdered by St. Cyril and monks. Decline of Alexandria as learning center.
Hypermestra. Only daughter of Danaus who didn’t kill husband. Danaïdes.
Hypnos. Greek god of sleep.
Hywell the Good. -950. Welsh king 910-. Law code.
I Am. 1934-. US religious movement founded by Ballard.
I Ching. 12C BC. Supplement 475BC. Chinese Book of Changes. 64 hexagrams used for divination. Early ethics, philosophy text.
Iamblichus. c250-330. Syrian NeoPlatonist philosopher. Theurgy replaces spiritual mysticism. De Mysteriis.
Iapetus. Greek Titan. Father of Atlas and Prometheus.
Iberia. c6C-65BC. Kingdom in southwest Russia.
Ibn Khaldun. 1332-1406. Arab historian/sociologist. Introduction to History 1375.
Ibn Sa’ud. 1880-1953. Conqueror and king of Riyad 1902-, + Najd, Hasa, Asir, Hejaz; united as Saudi Arabia 1932-. Ended tribal wars. First oil wells 1933.
Ibo. SE Nigerian tribe. Biafra.
Ibsen, Henrik. 1828-1906. Norwegian social and psychological dramatist. Peer Gynt 1867. Doll’s House 1879. Hedda Gabler 1890.
Icarus. Son of Daedalus, wings melted when he flew too close to the sun.
Ice Age. Last period of glaciation, c75000-8350BC.
Iceland. 9C Irish discover. 870 Norway colonized. 930 Althing. 1262 Norway. 1380 Denmark 1904 Home rule. 1918 Sovereignty. 1944 Republic.
Iceni. PreRoman British peoples in East Anglia. 60 Boadicia revolted vs Rome.
Iconoclasts. 726-843. Byzantines opposed use of images in Christian worship vs Iconophiles. Persecuted. Nicaea.
Ictinus. 5C BC. Greek artist/architect. Parthenon.
Idealism. Artistic school of thought holding the aesthetic ideal more important than the representation of the subject. vs Realism.
Idealism, German. 18C. Pre-Romantic movement.