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Medusa. Gorgon. Hair of snakes. Gaze turned people to stone.
Meyer, Lothair. 1830-95. Periodic structure 1870, indepently. Mendeleyev.
Niger. Tuareg. 7C Songhai Empire(W). 10C Berber(E). 16C Bornu Empire(SE). 17C Djerma/ Tuareg. 18C Sokoto kingdom. c1900 «French West Africa 1960 Independent.
Norway. 872 United by Harald Fairhair. 1130- Civil wars. 1397 Danish. 1814 Swedish. 1905 Independent. 1940-45 Germans occupy.
Patel, Vallabhbhai. 1875-1950. Indian nationalist with Gandhi.
Perestroika. 1986. Gorbachev’s policy of government and economic reform.
Prometheus. Titan who made man of clay and gave him life, stole fire from the gods for him. Chained to a rock to have an eagle eat his liver daily. Freed by Hercules.
Ramathibodi I. 1312-69. Unified Siam. Founded Ayutthaya dynasty 1350-1767.
Samson. Old Testament Israelite judge, prophet. Lost sight and strength when Delilah cut off his hair.
Selassie, Haile. Haile Selassie.
Sholokhov, Mikhail. 1905-84. Russian writer. Don series.
Songhai. 15-16C. West African trading empire.
Soulouque, Faustin. 1782-1867. Former slave, Haitian president 1847-, Emperor 1849-59.
Speranski, Mikhail. 1772-1839. Russian adviser of Czar Alexander I. Reform advocate, law code compiler.
Strasbourg Oath. 842. Charles II, Louis II oppose Lothair I. Earliest example of written French.
Suslov, Mikhail. 1902-82. Soviet Communist ideologist. Invasions of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Afghanistan.
Taxation. On Income 1193. On Cooking Oil: 1000BC Egypt. Foreigners: 400BC Greece. Imports 1CBC Rome. Property: 453BC Greece, 1642 England. Sales: 49BC Rome. 1973 UK VAT. Inheritance: 23BC Rome. Salt: 1286-1790 France. Hair Powder: 1795-1869 Hearths: 1663-89. Cards: 1615. Whiskey. Eisphora. Boadicea. Godiva. Danegeld. Domesday Book. Tithes.
Tchaikovsky, Peter. 1840-93. Russian composer of operas and ballets with emotional appeal. Swan Lake 1877. Sleeping Beauty 1890. Nutcracker 1892.
Thailand. c1220 Kingdom. 1350 Ayutthaya dynasty. 1584 Independent = Siam. 1767 Burma invades. 1782 Chakkri dynasty. 1893 East ceded to France. 1932 Coup, Constitutional Monarchy. 1939 = Thailand. 1941-45 Japanese occupy. Military coups 1957,58,63,71,73,76,81.
Thaïs. 4C BC. Athenian mistress of Alexander the Great.
Toussaint L’Ouverture, Francois. c1743-1803. Haitian rebel. Helped French expel Britain, Spain. Emancipated slaves. Established black governed French protectorate.
Weizmann, Chaim. 1874-1952. Russian/Polish Zionist. First President of Israel 1949-52.
Yonge, Charlotte. 1823-1901. English Victorian novelist: Heir of Radclyffe 1853. Daisy Chain 1856. Oxford Movement.