Africanus Sextus. c180-250. Wrote chronology of World, Creation to 221 AD.

Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd. 1916. World’s first airline, Britain.

Alexandria. Founded 332BC by Alexander the Great. Centre of Hellenistic culture. Lighthouse one of Seven Wonders. 284BC Great Library of 700,000+ volumes. Fires 47BC, 391.

Althing. 930~. Icelandic parliament. World’s oldest.

Anglo-Dutch Wars. 17-18C. Established England’s naval power, ended Dutch world power.

Anthroposophy. Human power to contact spiritual world. Steiner.

Ariosto, Ludovico. 1474-1533. Italian Renaissence poet, playwright: Orlando Furioso 1516.

Armageddon. Site of battle at end of the world.

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

Atomism. 5C BC. World is an infinity of small indestructible particles. Leucippus.

Aumale, Henri, duc d’Orleans. 1822-97. French general, Orleanist leader.

Babylon, Hanging Gardens. 6C BC. One of Seven Wonders of the World.

Baha’ism. 1863-. Founded by Baha (1817-92), disciple of Bab. Religion advocating world peace, through unification of mankind.

Bandaranaike, Sirimavo. 1916-2000. Ceylon Prime Minister 1960~77. World’s first woman Prime Minister.

Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.

Bernard of Chartres. -c1130. French Neoplatonic Idealist philosopher. Real world of eternal ideas vs apparent world of material objects.

Böhme, Jakob. 1575-1624. German mystic. Explained world in terms of opposing elements. Aurora 1612.

Borlaug, Norman. 1914-. US wheat scientist responsible for Green Revolution.

Bretton Woods. 1944. Economic conference. Created International Monetary Fund, World Bank.

Brezhnev Doctrine. 1968. Justified Czech invasion by Soviet right to defend Socialism worldwide.

British Museum. World’s largest museum. Building 1823-52. Founded 1753 from Sloane Collection legacy. Elgin Marbles. Rosetta Stone.

Callaghan, Morley. 1903-90. Canadian writer. Such is my Beloved 1934.

Canterbury, Archbishop. 597-. Primate of all England. Leader of Anglican church world-wide.

Cerberus. Three-headed dog, guardian of Greek underworld.

Chadwick, Edwin. 1800-90. English campaigner for cleanliness to prevent disease. Poor Law Commission, 1832-46. Board of Health 1848-54.

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