Cunaeus. Leyden jar battery 1745.

Cunard, Samuel. 1787-1865. Canadian. First regular steamship line.

Cunaxa, Battle. 401BC. Failed revolt vs Artaxerxes II. Retreat of the Ten Thousand.

Cuneiform. 3000-1C BC. Sumerian writing form in clay with triangular pointed stick. Spread widely.

Cunningham, Andrew. 1883-1963. WWII admiral, British chief of naval staff 1943-6.

Cupid. Roman god of love, son of Venus. = Eros.

Curia. Roman political division.

Curie, Irene. Joliot-Curie.

Curie, Marie. 1867-1934, and Pierre 1859-1906. Polish/French discoverers of radium, 1898.

Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.

Curzon Line. 1920. Russo-Polish armistice line. Became border, 1945.

Cush. Ancient kingdom in Sudan = Nubia = ancient Ethiopia.

Custer, George. 1839-76. US general killed at Little Bighorn.

Cuthbert, St. 635-87. Celtic monk, apostle to Northumbria.

Cuvier, Georges. 1769-1832. French creator of comparative anatomy and paleontology.

Cuza, Alexandru. 1820-73. First Prince of Romania, 1859-66. Freed serfs. Educational reform.

CWA. Civil Works Admin. US New Deal project employed 4M.

Cybele. Roman Great Mother of gods. = Rhea.

Cyclades. Greek Islands in Delian League.

Cycladic Civilization. Paralleled Minoan and Mycenaean.

Cyclops. Mythical one-eyed giant.

Cymbeline. c40. Legendary British king, resisted Romans.

Cynewulf. c750. English religious poet. Ascension.

Cynicism. 4C BC-6C. Greek philosophy. Antisthenes. Diogenes.

Cyprian, St. c200-258. Martyred Bishop of Carthage. Opposed Pope.

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