Absolutism. Government where one person/group has absolute power. 15-18C monarchies.

Achaemenids. c550-330BC. Persian dynasty founded by Cyrus II.

Acre. 1450BC- Egypt/ Assyria/ Persia/ Macedonia. 336BC Alexander...Egypt. 1C Rome. 614 Persia. 638 Moslem. 969 Egypt. 1079 Seljuk. 1099 Crusaders. 1104 Jerusalem. 1187 Saladin. 1191 Crusaders. 1291 Mameluks. 1517 Turks. 1918 British. 1948 Israel.

Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.

Adonis. Beautiful youth, beloved of Aphrodite and Persephone, worshipped by the Phoenicians.

Afghanistan. c200BC Aryan. 6C BC Achaemenid. 330 Alexander...Seleucid/ Maurya. 2C BC Persia/ India/ Parthia/ Kushan. 7C Arab (NW). 750 Persia (W)/ Hindu (E). 1219 Mongol...Timurid. 1525 Mogul. 1737 Persia. 1747 Monarchy. 19 C Britain/Russia dispute 1880 British suzerainty. 1919 Independent. 1973 Marxist coup, Republic. 1978 Communist coup. 1979 Russian occupation. 1989 Mujahideen expel Russians aided by CIA. 1990s Warlords. 2001 US attack Taliban.

Alcmaeonidae. 7-5C BC. Prominent Athenian family. Pericles.

Alexander the Great. 356-323BC. Macedonian king 336-. Conquered an Asian empire to Persia and India.

Alexius I. 1048-1118. Byzantine Emperor 1081-. Restored empire. Requested aid. First Crusade.

Alpini, Prospero. 1553-1616. Italian physician. Introduced coffee and bananas to Europe.

Ampère, André. 1775-1836. Physicist: related magnetism to electric current, 1820. Galvanometer 1824.

Amphityron. Greek husband, impersonated by Zeus to seduce Alcmene.

Andania Mysteries. Greek cult for Demeter + Persephone.

Andromeda. Ethiopian wife of Perseus.

Anthony, Susan B. 1820-1906. US temperence, anti-slavery suffragette.

Anti-Saloon League. 1893 US Temperance organization. Prohibition.

Antioch. 300BC Seleucus I founds. 64BC Rome. First reference to disciples as Christians c42. 540 Persia. 637 Moslem. 10-11C Syrian capital. 969 Byzantine. 1098 Crusader State. 1268 Egypt. 1517 Ottoman. 1920 Syria. 1939 Turkey.

Antoninus, Pius. 86-161. Roman Emperor 138-. Built Antonine Wall.

Anvari. 1126-1189. Persian poet.

Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.

Apollo. Greek/Roman perfection of male beauty, god of prophecy, song and music.

Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.

Appert, Nicolas. c1752-1841. French inventor of preservation by canning.

Arab League. 1945. Non-aggression and cooperation treaty of Arab states. Collective Treaty of Defence, 1950, to defend against Israeli aggression.

Arabia. Semite. 6C BC Chaldean. c106BC Rome. 622 Caliphate Empire. 16C Ottoman. 17C Persia (E). Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAR, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain.

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