Académie Française. Assembly of 40 “immortals” founded 1635 by Richelieu to set literary standards, language.

Academy. c387BC-529. Greek school founded by Plato dedicated to exploration of science and philosophical truth. Closed by Justinian.

Acadia. 1605 French colony centerd in Nova Scotia. 18C resettled by British.

Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.

Achaeans. Greeks who beseiged Troy. May be originally Mycenaean or Doric.

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

Achates. Aeneas’ armour bearer and friend in Greek mythology.

Acid Rain. 1940-. Rain and fog of pH<5.5 caused by industrial air pollution. Prevalent in North America, Eastern Europe.

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.

Acta. 59BC-330. Minutes of Roman public business, published daily.

Actaeon. Mythical Greek hunter, turned into a stag for watching Artemis bathing.

Actium, Battle. 31BC. Octavian defeats Antony to become sole ruler of Roman Empire.

Acts of the Apostles. c70-90. Luke’s history of early Christian church.

Adad. Babylonian, Assyrian weather god.

Adam, Robert. 1728-92. Scottish architect: Neoclassical English country houses.

Adams, John. 1735-1826. Revolutionary, 2nd US president 1797-1801.

Adams, Samuel. 1722-1803. US Revolutionary: -“No taxation without representation”.

Aden. Yemen (South).

Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.

Adler, Alfred. 1870-1937. Austrian psychiatrist. Split with Freud, 1911.

Adlerian Psychology. Man is driven to attain power to compensate for “inferiority feeling”. Can lead to “Overcompensation”, e.g. short dictators. Neuroses are illnesses as an excuse for underachievement.

Admetus. Greek mythical suitor of Alcestis.

Admiral Graf Spee. -1939. German battleship def by British, scuttled at Montevideo.

Admiralty Arch. 1910 London memorial to Q Victoria.

Admonition to Parliament. 1572. Puritans demand episcopacy abolition.

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