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787 matches to Land League
Zambia. 1851 Livingstone explores. 1890 British South Africa Company =Northern Rhodesia. 1953 +Nyasaland. 1964 Independent Zambia.
Zapata, Emiliano. 1879-1919. Mexican revolutionary hero. “Land and liberty!”. Ayala Plan.
Zimbabwe. 11C Shona. 15C Karanga Empire. 16C Portugal explores. 1890 British South Africa Co. 1911 Southern Rhodesia. 1953 +Nyasaland. 1964 =Rhodesia. 1965 Declared indepence, international sanctions. 1979 Independent. =Zimbabwe. ZAPU. ZANU. Mugabe.
Zion. Originally a hill in Jerusalem. Now, symbol of Promised Land.
Zionist World Congress. 1897. Defined Basel Program to establish Palestinian Homeland. Herzl.
Zuccarelli, Francesco. 1702-88. Italian landscape artist. Influenced English. Florentine Royal Academy 1768.
Zuiderzee. Netherlands. 13C. Floods caused by storms. 1927-32 Dam built. 1930s Land reclaimed. 1944 Flooded by Nazis. 1946 reclaimed.
Zululand. c1800 Mtetwa Empire. 1843 British. 1897 Natal. Boer War.
Zutphen, Battle. 1586. Spanish victory in Holland.
Abyssinian War. 1935-6. Italy invades Ethiopia. League of Nations ineffective.
Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.
Aetolian League. 4-2C BC. Confederation of Greek city states, led by Thebes.
Aga Khan III. 1877-1957. Indian Moslem leader. President, League of Nations, Gen Assembly, 1937.
Alboin. -572. Germanic Lombard King. Allied Germanic tribes and conquered N Italy.
Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.
Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Anti-Saloon League. 1893 US Temperance organization. Prohibition.
Arab League. 1945. Non-aggression and cooperation treaty of Arab states. Collective Treaty of Defence, 1950, to defend against Israeli aggression.
Arcadian League. 370-362BC. Union of states vs Sparta.
Athenian League. 378-338BC. Refounded Delian League. War with Sparta 378-371BC.
Augsburg League. 1686-9. Holy Roman Empire and allies vs France. Replaced by Grand Alliance.
Awami League. 1954-71. For Bangladesh independence. Rahman.
Balkan League. 1912-13. Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro. Balkan Wars.