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Navaho. SW US. Largest Native American tribe. Migrated c10C from Canada. Supressed by Kit Carson; 8000 incarcerated 1864-8.
Navarino, Battle. 1827. Greeks/Allies naval defeat of Egypt/Turks.
Navarre. Vascones. 1C BC Rome. 400-800 Independent. 711 Moslem(Part). 798 Independent Basque kingdom. 1234 French dynasties. 1512 Castile(S). 1589 France(N).
Navarre College. Paris 1304. Founded by Jean de Navarre. Now École Polytechnique.
Nazareth. Early home of Christ, in Galilee.
Ndebele. Formerly Matabele. Bantu-speaking people of SW Zimbabwe.
Neanderthal Man. 100,000-50,000BC. Skull discovered in Germany 1856.
Neapolitan. 17-18 C School of Music. Elegant, stylized opera, often weak in drama. Scarlatti.
Nebuchadnezzar II. c638-562BC. King of Babylon. 586 Destroyed Jerusalem and Temple. Babylonian Captivity. Built Hanging Gardens.
Necho. -595BC. Egyptian pharaoh 610-. Aided Assyria vs Babylonians. Expedition sailed around Africa.
Neerwinden. 1693 Victory of Luxembourg over William of Orange.
Nefertiti. 14C BC. Egyptian queen to Akhenaton.
Negeri Sembilan. 14C Sumatrans settle. 1773 Confederation of 9 states. 1889 British protectorate. 1895 «Federation of Malay States...1948 Malayan Federation.
Nehru, Pandit Jawaharial. 1889-1964. Congress Movement 1929-. First Indian Prime Minister 1947-. Rationalized Hindu laws.
Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir. 1858-1943. Russian author/director. Founded Moscow Art Theater with Stanislavsky.
Neoclassical. 17-18C. French-originated revival of classical order of arts, architecture. Order, balance, simplicity. Poussin. David. Molière. Adam. 1920-. Music based on 18C style + popular taste. Milhaud. Stravinsky. Les Six.
Neo-Impressionism. 19C. Application of optical discoveries by Seurat and Signac. Pointilism.
Neoplatonism. 3C Plotinus’ philosophy of the “One”. Union with the “Good” by using intelligence.
Neoptolemus. Mythic Greek hero. Killed Priam in Trojan War.
Neo-Pythagoreanism. 1C mystic philosophy.
Neorealism, Italian. 1920-60. Literary movement supressed by Fascists. Moving autobiographical accounts of the war years. Quasimodo.
Nepal. Newars, Mongolians. 1769 Gurkhas unite. 1845 Rana dynasty.
Nerchinsk, Treaty. 1689. Russia-China trade agreement. China recognizes Russia.
Nernst, Walther. 1864-1941. German scientist: Third law of thermodynamics. Physical chemistry.
