Zoroastrianism. 550BC-650. Monotheistic, dualist national religion of Persia. =Parsiism. Zoroaster.

Zuiderzee. Netherlands. 13C. Floods caused by storms. 1927-32 Dam built. 1930s Land reclaimed. 1944 Flooded by Nazis. 1946 reclaimed.

Akkad. Ancient region in modern Iraq, north of Sumer. c24C BC; center of Sargon’s Semitic Empire.

Albion. Ancient Greek, Roman name for Great Britain, probably from Gaelic.

Aramaeans. Ancient Semitic people of Mesopotamia, Syria. Language widespread 10C-5C BC. Alphabet 720 BC.

Arcadia. Ancient Greek region of Peloponnesus. Megalopolis.

Archons. Ancient Greek chief magistrates.

Artesian Well. Ancient Egypt, China, Persia, Syria.

Biruni, al-. 973-1048. Arab scholar. Chronology of Ancient Nations.

Breasted, James. 1865-1935. US Egyptologist. Ancient Records 1906.

Capua. (Ancient) c600BC Etruria. c440BC Samnites. 338BC Rome. 216BC Hannibal. 211BC Rome. 456 Vandals. c840 Saracens destroy. Rebuilt as Sta Maria Capua Vetere.

Coleridge, Samuel. 1772-1834. English Romantic poet: Ancient Mariner 1798, Kubla Khan.

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

Dacia. Ancient name for Romania.

Disciples of Christ. c1810-. US Protestant organization urging ancient order of Christianity.

Epidaurus. Ancient Greek healing center.

Galilee. N Israel. (Ancient N Palestine). Jesus’ homeland. Absorbed in Arab-Israeli War, 1949.

Magna Carta. 1215. British charter of rights, confirming ancient liberties, forced on King John at Runnymede. Habeas Corpus.

Mali. Ancient Ghana. c1200 Mali Empire includes Senegal, Niger. 1460 Songhai Empire. c1600 Divided. c1880 =French Sudan. 1959 +Senegal +Sudanese Republic =Mali Federation. 1960 Independent -Senegal =Mali Republic.

Mauritania. Bafours. ~1C BC Sanhadja, Zenet, Teda. Ancient Ghana. 7/8C Moslem. 11C Almoravid. 13-17C Moqil invade. 15C = Shinqit. 19C «French West Africa. 1958 Autonomous. 1960 Independent.

Morris Dance. English ritual folk dance of ancient Indo-European origins.

Oil. Ancient language of N. France. Occitan.

Olympia. Home of ancient Greek games. 776BC-393 AD.

Rosicrucians. 17C- Society claiming ancient mystical knowledge. Rosenkreuz.

Sabines. Ancient Italian tribe whose women were seized by Romans as wives (legend). 290BC Conquered.

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