Zerubbabel. c520BC. Jerusalem governor when 2nd Temple built.

Zhivkov, Todor. 1911-98. Bulgarian leader 1954-89. Loyal to Moscow. Confrontations with Yugoslavia.

Zimmerman Telegram. 1917. Germany suggests Mexican alliance if US enters war. Interception aroused public vs Germany.

Zinoviev, Grigori. 1883-1936. Russian triumvir with Stalin, Kamenev 1919-26. Executed in Purge. COMINTERN chairman 1919-.

Zinoviev Letter. 1924. From COMINTERN to London advising worker revolution. Labour defeated.

Zion. Originally a hill in Jerusalem. Now, symbol of Promised Land.

Zionist World Congress. 1897. Defined Basel Program to establish Palestinian Homeland. Herzl.

Ziyadids. 819-1018. Moslem dynasty in south Arabia.

Znaim Armistice. 1809. Napoleon and Archduke Charles. Wagram Battle.

Zola, Emile. 1840-1902. French “scientific” novelist: Nana 1880. Dreyfus supporter. Realist. Founded Naturalist Movement. Thérèse Raquin 1867. J’accuse 1898.

Zollverein. 1818-71. German economic agreements led by Prussia...German Customs Union 1834. First steps toward union.

Zoroaster. Zarathustra. c628-551BC. Persian religious reformer, founder of Zoroastrianism. World is an eternal struggle between forces of good and evil.

Zosimus. 300. Alexandrian alchemist.

Zulu War. 1879. Resistance to Rhodes(British) expansion in South Africa quelled.

Zutphen, Battle. 1586. Spanish victory in Holland.

Zwingli, Huldrych. 1484-1531. Swiss humanist and religious reformer. Zurich Reformation 1522. Urged priests to marry. Attacked Roman mass and worship of images. Swiss Evangelical Church. Killed in Kappel Wars.