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Etruscans. Asian people in Tuscany 8C BC. Taken by Rome, 4-3C BC. Skilful metal workers. Strong navy, merchant traders. Tarquins.
Eucken, Rudolf. 1846-1926. German philosopher: personal ethics are more important than intellectual idealism.
Euclid. c300BC. Greek mathematician. Discovered plane geometry. Elements.
Eudes. 860-98. King of France in 888. Defended Paris against the Norse in 885.
Eudoxus of Cnidus. c400-350BC. Greek astronomer. Explained movement of sun, moon, planets.
Eugène of Savoy, Prince. 1663-1736. French General of H.R. Imperial armies. Defeated Turks in Vienna and Hungary.
Eulenspiegel, Till. -1350. German peasant prankster.
Euphronius. c500BC. Greek painter and potter.
Euric. Visigoth king 466-484. First Visigoth law code.
Euripides. c480-406BC. Greek tragic poet, sceptical of myths. Medea 431. Iphegenia. Electra.
Europa. Daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, raised by Zeus (Jupiter). Minos’ mother.
European Union. 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) of Belgium, France, W Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands. To integrate economic development of members. 1967 =European Community (EC). 1973 +UK, Ireland, Denmark. 1981+Greece. 1985 -Greenland. 1986 +Spain, Portugal. 1990 +former E Germany. 1993 =European Union (EU). Maastricht Treaty. European Parliament. European Court of Justice.
Euterpe. Greek Muse of tragedy and flute playing.
Euzkadi. 1936-7. Independent Basque rep. Guernica.
Evans, Arthur. 1851-1941. British Excavated Knossos.
Evesham, Battle. 1265. Montfort defeated and killed. End of Barons War.
Excaliber. Sword of King Arthur.
Existentialism. Philosophy. Existence is concrete. Man has choice. Responsibility, freedom. Anti-conformism. Kierkegaard. Sartre. Heidegger.
Expressionism. 20C Literary style expressing essence of subject by exaggerating characteristics. Sounds and symbols. Joyce. Kafka. O’Neill. Woolf. Beckman.
Eyck, Jan van. c1389-1441. Flemish realist painter. Ghent altarpiece 1432. Developed use of oils.
Ezekial. 6C BC. Hebrew prophet.
Fair Labor Standards Act. 1938. US fixes minimum wage(25¢/hr), child labor laws, 44hr week.
Faisal. 1906-75. Saudi king 1964-. Arab-Israeli War 1967. Assassinated by nephew Faisal.
Faisal I. 1885-1933. Self proclaimed king of Syria 1920. Deposed. King of Iraq 1921-.