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Astarte. Semitic goddess. =Aphrodite.
Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal). 1881-1938. Turkish founder, first president, 1923. 1919-22 drove Greeks out. Major reforms to modernize Turkey.
Athelstan. 895-939. First king of all England 925-. Regulated Royal Mint 928.
Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.
Augeas. Elidian king, Hercules cleaned his stables.
Augsburg Confession. 1530. Doctrine of faith of Lutheran Church. Consubstantiation. Predestination. Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon.
Augustine, St. 354-430. Author of Confessions, City of God. Bishop of Hippo. “God is omnipotent.” Introduced Neoplatonic Determinism to Christianity. Church should rule state.
Austrian State Treaty, 1955. Ended Allied occupation of Austria.
Baader-Meinhof Gang. (Red Army Faction). 1968-92. West German terrorists supported by Stasi.
Babbage, Charles. 1792-1871. British. Invented Difference Engine, 1823-34 -first computer. Founded British Association for the Advancement of Science 1831, Royal Astronomical Society 1820, Royal Statistical Society 1834.
Babel. Babylonian tower to heaven started by Noah’s sons.
Bactria. c1500BC Aryan. 545BC Persia. 328BC Alexander. 256BC-140 Graeco-Bactria. Badakhshan. 7C Moslem. 1220 Genghis Khan. Now Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.
Baldwin, Stanley. 1867-1947. British Conservative Prime Minister. 1923~37. General Strike. Opposed rearmament. “Safety First”.
Ballot Act. 1872. Established secret ballot in English Parliamentary elections.
Baltic States. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Baltic Wars of Liberation. 1918-20. Established independent states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Bancroft, George. 1800-91. “Father of American history”. History of United States 1834-74.
Bangladesh. c200BC Maurya. 4C BC Gupta. 8C Buddhist(E). 12C Hindu. 13C Turk. 1576-Mogul. 1857 Britain. 1947 = East Pakistan. 1971 Independent = Bangladesh.
Barons War. 1264-7. England. Led by Montfort vs Henry III’s spending. Evesham. Oxford Provisions. Ended by Marlborough Statute.
Barth, Karl. 1886-1968. Swiss Protestant theologian. Can only understand God through word of Christ.
Bartholdi, Frédéric. 1834-1904. French sculptor of the Statue of Liberty 1886.
Baruch, Bernard. 1870-1965. US financier/elder statesman; adviser to US presidents, Churchill.
Basel, Confessions. 1531, 1536. Statements of Reformation doctrines.
Bastille. 1370. Paris fortified residence for Charles V, became a state prison, arsenal 1397. Stormed July 14, 1789. Symbolic overthrow of monarch’s power. Lettres de Cachet.