Ardennes, Battle. Battle of the Bulge.

Ardon, Mordecai. 1896-1992. Polish/Israeli abstract painter. Jerusalem landscapes.

Argonauts. Greek heroes who pursued the golden fleece.

Argus. 100 eyed keeper of Io, killed by Hermes. Hera gave eyes to the peacock.

Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.

Aristippus. 435-366BC. Cyrenaic philosopher: Man’s goal should be pleasure. Good=pleasant.

Aristocracy. Gov’t by a privileged class.

Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.

Arius. c256-336. Alexandrian advocate of Arianism. Council of Nicaea.

Arlen, Harold. 1905-86. US songwriter. Over the Rainbow.

Armageddon. Site of battle at end of the world.

Armagnacs. Fought Burgundians for control of France through Charles VI regency 1395-1435. Arras.

Armenia. 9C BC Vannic kingdom. 8C BC Persians, Assyrians, Armenians settle. 521BC Persian. 331BC Alexander...Seleucid. 298 Rome. 387 Persia/Byzantine. 7C Moslem. 885 Independent kingdom. 1071 Seljuk. 13C Mongol. 1405 Ottoman/Persian. 1514 Ottoman. 1918 Independent. 1920 Russia/Turkey. 1990 Independent. CIS.

Armenian Massacres. 1894-1918. 1.8M Armenians killed in Turkey.

Arminianism. 17C-. Christian movement. Free-will is compatible with God’s sovereignty.

Armstrong, Louis. 1900-71. US New Orleans Jazz trumpeter and band leader.

Arne, Thomas. 1710-78. English composer: Rule Britannia 1740. Operas.

Arnhem, Battle. 1944. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to cross Rhine.

Árpád. 840-907. Led Magyars into Hungary. Dynasty ruled to 1301.

Arras, Battle. 1917. British WWI defeat.

Arsonval, Arsène d’. 1851-1940. French doctor and physicist. Electricity in body mvmt.

Art Deco. 1920-39. Elegant Parisian decorative style. Erte. Lalique. Chanel.

Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.

Artemisia. -c350BC. Queen of Halicarnass, wife of Mausolus. Built Mausoleum.

Arthur. c500. Legendary king of Camelot. Knights of the Round Table.

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