Adonis. Beautiful youth, beloved of Aphrodite and Persephone, worshipped by the Phoenicians.

Adoptionism. 8C Christian heresy. Christ was born human, became divine after baptism.

Adrian IV. c1100-59. Only English pope 1150-. Crowned Barbarossa.

Adrian VI. 1459-1523. Only Dutch pope 1522-. Taught Erasmus.

Adrianople, Treaty. 1829. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Ottomans cede control of Greece.

Adullam. Biblical city in central Israel.

Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.

Aeneas. Trojan hero of Virgil’s Aeneid.

Aeschylus. 524-456BC. Founded Greek tragic drama. Introduced 2nd actor, reduced chorus. Prometheus Bound. Seven Against Thebes, 467.

Aesop. Legendary/6C BC. Greek slave/fablist. Fox and Grapes. Hare andTortoise.

Aetolian League. 4-2C BC. Confederation of Greek city states, led by Thebes.

Afghanistan. c200BC Aryan. 6C BC Achaemenid. 330 Alexander...Seleucid/ Maurya. 2C BC Persia/ India/ Parthia/ Kushan. 7C Arab (NW). 750 Persia (W)/ Hindu (E). 1219 Mongol...Timurid. 1525 Mogul. 1737 Persia. 1747 Monarchy. 19 C Britain/Russia dispute 1880 British suzerainty. 1919 Independent. 1973 Marxist coup, Republic. 1978 Communist coup. 1979 Russian occupation. 1989 Mujahideen expel Russians aided by CIA. 1990s Warlords. 2001 US attack Taliban.

African Colonization. 1840-1920. 15C Portuguese exploration. 1884-1920 Africa divided by European powers. 1950- anti-colonial mvmts.

African National Congress. ANC. 1912-. Organization for black rights in South Africa outlawed to 1990. 1994- Ruling party. Mandela.

Africanus Sextus. c180-250. Wrote chronology of World, Creation to 221 AD.

Aga Khan III. 1877-1957. Indian Moslem leader. President, League of Nations, Gen Assembly, 1937.

Agadir Crisis. 1911. French/German crisis by German manoevres off Morocco.

Agam, Yaacov. 1928-. Israeli optical artist.

Agamemnon. Legendary King of Argos/Mycenae. Led Greeks in Trojan War.

Aggression. 1974 UN Definition-Use of armed force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another state.

Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.

Agnes, St. 4C. Roman girl martyred at 13.

Agnosticism. Huxley’s term for not knowing whether God exists or not.

Agrippina. c16-59. Roman princess, who poisoned husband Claudius. Killed by son Nero.

Ahimsa. Hindu/Buddhist doctrine: non-injury to all living things. Jainism.

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