Amazons. Mythical women warriors. Fought Greeks at Troy.

American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. 1920-. US legal action group supporting civil rights.

Amis, Kingsley. 1922-95. English novelist and poet. Angry Young Men. Lucky Jim 1954.

Amish. 17C-. Conservative Mennonites. 19-20C migrated to North America.

Amon. Horned Egyptian deity. Greek =Zeus.

Ampère, André. 1775-1836. Physicist: related magnetism to electric current, 1820. Galvanometer 1824.

Amphitrite. Greek sea goddess. Wife of Poseidon.

Amphityron. Greek husband, impersonated by Zeus to seduce Alcmene.

Anacreon. c582-485BC. Greek lyric poet.

Anatolia. 1900BC Hittite(C)/ Akkadian(E). 1200BC Phrygian. 8C Lydia. 546 Cyrus. 334BC Alexander. 133 AD Rome...Byzantine. 1071 Seljuk. 1243 Mongol/Crusaders. 1307 Ottoman. 1920 Turkey.

Anaximander. c611-547BC. Miletan (Greek) philosopher. First Greek maps. Attempted systematic explanation of Universe. Named zodiac signs 560BC.

Anaximenes. -c570BC. Miletan (Gr) philosopher: quantitive differences of substances. All matter is air.

Andania Mysteries. Greek cult for Demeter + Persephone.

Andorra. Ibericbasc. Greeks/Carthaginians/Romans/Visigoths 8C Muslim. 803 Charlemagne. 1133 Bishop of Urgell. 1159 Fiefdom of Foix. 1278- Principality under joint French, Spanish suzerainty. 1993 Constitution. Coprincipality.

Anglo-American War. 1812-14. US, angry at British blockade of France, and Tippecanoe interference, invades Canada. Toronto and White House burned. US defeated. Ghent Treaty.

Anglo-Irish Agreement. 1985. Irish Republic gets voice in governing N. Ireland.

Anglo-Saxons. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in 5C. Ruled to 1066. Angles. Heptarchy.

Anglo-Soviet Agreement. 1941. 20 year pledge against Nazi Germany and Axis powers.

Angry Young Men. 1950s British writers. Irreverence for establishment. Amis, Wain, Osborne.

Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.

Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.

Anti-Semitism. Racial prejudice against Jews. Pogrom. Final Solution.

Antigonid. 277-168BC. Dynasty ruling Greece and Macedonia.

Antipope. Elected in opposition to existing pope. Schism.

Antisthenes. c445-365BC. Greek philosopher. Founder of Cynics.

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