Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.

Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.

Depression, Great. 1929-34. Speculation, shortage of capital, tarrifs led to unemployment, European move to right, totalitarianism.

Dido. Sister of King of Tyre. Legendary founder of Carthage.

Dorians. 1100BC. Savage tribe who conquered Peloponnesus from Achaeans.

Dorr, Thomas. 1805-54. US campaigner for universal male suffrage.

Dryden, John. 1631-1700. British poet laureate, playwright. Marriage a la Mode 1673.

Duke. Highest rank of Peerage.

Earl. Third rank of British peerage.

Enragés. 1793. Parisian extremists overthrow Girondins.

Eolithic. 750,000-250,000BC. Earliest stone age.

Épée, Abbé de l’. 1712-89. French educator of deaf-mutes. Natural sign language.

Erse. Gaelic language of Scottish Highlands.

Europa. Daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, raised by Zeus (Jupiter). Minos’ mother.

Europe, Council of. 1949-. To protect common heritage, human rights and harmonize legislation by replacing bilateral treaties.

Euterpe. Greek Muse of tragedy and flute playing.

Factory Acts. England. 1802 Apprentices 12 hr day. 1819 Minimum age 9. 1833. Limited child labour to 8 hours and education required 1844 Women, children 10 hr max. 1842 No women/children in mines. 1920 Minimum age 14. US 1844 Women 12 hr max. 1874 Women/children 10 hr max.

Fair Labor Standards Act. 1938. US fixes minimum wage(25¢/hr), child labor laws, 44hr week.

Fatima. Portuguese site of pilgrimage since sighting of Virgin Mary by Santos1917.

Fawcett, Millicent. 1847-1929. English non-militant feminist. Suffrage.

Filibuster. Obstruction of bill passage by prolonged debate in US Senate.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. 1896-1940. US Jazz age writer. This Side of Paradise 1920. Great Gatsby 1925.

Flagellants. 13C-. Christian sects who practise self-whipping as means of salvation.

Food and Agriculture Organization. 1945- UN agency. Administers World Food Program.

Forster, E. M. 1879-1970. English humanist novelist. Room With a View 1908. Passage to India 1924.

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