Hyksos. Semitic invaders of Egypt on horse and chariot. Ruled 1675-1550BC.

Hypatia. c370-415. Alexandrian Neoplatonic philosopher. Murdered by St. Cyril and monks. Decline of Alexandria as learning center.

Hywell the Good. -950. Welsh king 910-. Law code.

I Ching. 12C BC. Supplement 475BC. Chinese Book of Changes. 64 hexagrams used for divination. Early ethics, philosophy text.

Iberia. c6C-65BC. Kingdom in southwest Russia.

Iberians. Prehistoric tribe of Spain.

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.

Icarus. Son of Daedalus, wings melted when he flew too close to the sun.

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.

ICFTU. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. 1949. Split from WFTU. Represents 70M workers in 89 countries. IFTU.

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, Ethical. Moral and intellectual ideals are superior to materialistic concerns.

Ides of March. (March 15th). Day on which Caesar was assassinated.

Idomeneus. Greek Cretan king. Sacrificed son to Poseidon.

Idris I. 1890-1983. First Libyan king 1951-69. Coup.

IFTU. 1901-40. International Federation of Trade Unions. WFTU 1945.

Ignatius of Constantinople, St. c799-877. Greek Catholic Iconophile.

Igor. 1151-1202. Russian prince defeated by Polotsy. Hero of literature.

Iguala, Plan de. 1821. Stated 3 objectives of Mexican Independence movement. Ignored by issuer, Iturbide, when he became Emperor.

Il-Khan. 1256-1353. Mongol dynasty in Persia.

Ile de la Cité, Paris. Originally Lutetia 250BC. Renamed by Clovis, 506, when he made it his capital.

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