Metric System. 1795 France.

Milan, Decree. 1807. Napoleon Continental System edict.

Minamoto Yoritomo. 1147-99. Founded Shogun system that ruled Japan to 19C.

Mir. 17C-1906. Russian system of communal landholding and taxation. Serfdom abolished 1861.

Montessori, Maria. 1870-1952. Italian educator. System based on spontaneity and self motivation 1907.

Nakatomi Kamatari. 614-69. Founded Fujiwara dynasty. Tried to adapt Chinese system to Japan.

National Health Service. 1948-. British system of socialized medicine.

Norman Conquest. 1066. Brought Norman laws, customs, feudal system to England. Hastings.

Observatory, Paris. 1667-72. Claude Perrault. Dimensions of the solar system 1672, meridians of longitude. Sets Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Pendleton Civil Service Act. 1883. US creates merit based civil service system vs Spoils System.

Pestalozzi, Johann. 1746-1827. Swiss educator. Modern primary education system. Paced development from familiar to new. Lienhard and Gertrude 1781-9. How Gertrude Teaches 1801.

Poor Law Commission. 1842. Chadwick recommends municipal clean water supply and sewage systems to prevent disease.

Presbyterianism. 16C-. System of church organization sharing power between clergy and congregation. Calvin. Knox. Episcopacy. Congregationalism.

Ptolemy. c140. Alexandrian. First cartographer. Promoted Hipparchus’ geocentric theory of solar system. Copernicus. Columbus studied his Geography.

Quesnay, François. 1694-1774. French economist, Physiocrat. “Laissez-faire” is a natural divinely appointed law. Tableau Économique 1758 -systematic study of political economy. Can maximize social satisfaction under free competition.

Round Table Conference. 1930-32. Established federal system, provincial autonomy in India; not implemented.

Russian Revolution. 1905. Led to Duma, Constitution and end of Mir system. Police gradually regained authority. October Manifesto. Bloody Sunday. 1917 Feb: Liberal republicans overthrow Czar. Oct: Lenin’s Bolsheviks overthrow Kerensky’s Provisional Government, withdraw from WWI.

Savigny, Friedrich von. 1779-1861. German jurist, historian of Roman and medieval law. Modern system of civil law.

Scharnhorst, Gerhard von. 1755-1813. Prussian general, reorganized army. General staff system.

Social Credit. 1919. Douglas’ economic theory. Give money to consumers, producers based on social credits, “liberating” production from price system.

Spoils System. 19C US political patronage.

Sumerians. c6000-2000BC Civilization in Tigris-Euphrates valley. First writing system. First legal code. Akkad. Ur.

Templars. 1119-1312. Founded by Baldwin II and 9 knights in the Holy Land to protect pilgrims. Created International banking system, 9,000 commanderies, and owned 1/4 of Paris when dissolved by Philip IV, 1307; and Edward II, 1308. Council of Vienne.

Terman, Lewis. 1877-1956. Introduced IQ tests to US school system.

Tigris-Euphrates. SW Asian river system. Assyrian, Chaldean civilizations.

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