The Hutchinson dictionary of world history
Companion to world history, ranging from the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China to the Balkan states and ex-Soviet republics
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Helicon Publishing,
[2006]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History
- Preface
- Table of contents
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Abbadid dynasty (lived 11th century)
- Abbas II (1874-1944)
- also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha
- Abbas I, the Great (c. 1571-1629)
- Abbasid dynasty
- Abd al-Hamid II (1842-1918)
- Abd al-Karim (1880-1963)
- also known as Abd al-Karim el-Khettabi
- Abd Allah (1846-1899)
- also known as Abd Allah ibn Muhammad at-Tai'shi
- Abd al-Malik Ibn Marwan (647-705)
- abdication crisis
- Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad (1905-1982)
- Abdullah ibn Hussein (1882-1951)
- Abdullah ibn Hussein (1962- )
- Abelard, Peter (1079-1142)
- French Pierre Abélard
- Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
- ABM
- abolitionism
- Aboukir Bay, Battle of
- or the Battle of the Nile
- Abraham, Plains of
- absolutism
- or absolute monarchy
- Abu Simbel
- Abyssinia
- Achaea (or Achaia)
- Achaean League
- Achaemenid dynasty
- Acheson, Dean (Gooderham) (1893-1971)
- Acre
- acropolis
- (Greek 'high city')
- Action Française
- Actium, Battle of
- Adams, John (1735-1826)
- Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
- Adams, Samuel (1722-1803)
- Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844)
- Adelaide (1792-1849)
- Aden
- Arabic 'Adan
- history
- Adenauer, Konrad (1876-1967)
- admiral
- Admiralty, Board of the
- Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159)
- born Nicholas Breakspear
- Adrianople
- Adwa, Battle of
- Aegean civilization
- Aetolia
- affirmative action
- Afghanistan
- government
- history
- independence as a monarchy: 1919-73
- republic and Soviet influence: 1973-79
- Soviet invasion and control: 1979-89
- battle for control over Afghanistan: 1989-92
- the Mujahedin in power: 1992-96
- 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
- Alexander
- Alexander III (died 1181)
- born Orlando Bandinelli
- Alexander VI (1430 or 1432-1503)
- born Rodrigo Borgia or Rodrigo Borja
- Alexander
- Alexander I (1777-1825)
- Alexander II (1818-1881)
- Alexander III (1845-1894)
- Alexander
- Alexander I (c. 1078-1124)
- Alexander II (1198-1249)
- Alexander III (1241-1286)
- Alexander I, Karageorgevich (1888-1934)
- Alexander Nevski, St (1220-1263)
- Alexander Severus (AD 208-235)
- born Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
- Alexander (III) the Great (356-323 BC)
- Alexander the Great
- Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918)
- Alexandria
- or El Iskandarîya
- history
- Alexandria, Library of
- Alexandria, school of
- Alexius
- Alexius I, Comnenus (1048-1118)
- Alexius III, Angelos (died 1210)
- Alexius IV, Angelos (1182-1204)
- Alfonso
- Alfonso VII (c. 1107-1157)
- Alfonso (X), the Wise (1221-1284)
- Alfonso (XI), the Avenger (1311-1350)
- Alfonso XII (1857-1885)
- Alfonso XIII (1886-1941)
- Alfred the Great (c. 849-c. 901)
- Algeciras Conference
- Algeria
- government
- history
- French colonization
- struggle for independence
- Chadli's presidency
- military rule
- mounting civil strife
- opposition proposals rejected
- Algiers, Battle of
- Ali (c. 598-661)
- Ali Pasha, Mehmed Emin (1815-1871)
- Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (1861-1936)
- 1st Viscount Allenby
- Allende (Gossens), Salvador (1908-1973)
- Allies, the
- Almohad
- Almoravid
- Altamira
- Alva, Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo (1508-1582)
- Duke of Alva or Alba
- Alvarado, Pedro de (c. 1485-1541)
- Amal
- Amalekite
- Amanullah Khan (1892-1960)
- Amenhotep
- Amenhotep III (1391-1353 BC)
- American Civil War
- American Federation of Labor
- in full American Federation of Laborand Congress of Industrial Organizations, (AFL-CIO)
- American Revolution
- Antiochus II (c. 286-c. 246 BC)
- Antiochus (III) the Great (c. 241-187 BC)
- Antiochus IV (c. 215-164 BC)
- Antiochus VII (c. 159-129 BC)
- Antiochus XIII (lived 1st century BC)
- anti-Semitism
- Antonescu, Ion (1886-1946)
- Antonine Wall
- Antoninus Pius, Titus Aurelius Fulvus (AD 86-161)
- Anzac
- acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- Anzio, Battle of
- Apache
- (Apache 'fighting men')
- leadership
- wars
- APC
- Apis
- appeasement
- Appomattox Court House
- Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274)
- Arab-Israeli Wars
- first Arab-Israeli War
- second Arab-Israeli War
- third Arab-Israeli War, the Six-Day War
- fourth Arab-Israeli War, the October War or Yom Kippur War
- fifth Arab-Israeli War
- events in the 1990s
- Arafat, Yassir (1929-2004)
- born Muhammad Yassir Abdul-Ra'ouf Arafat As Qudwa al-Husseini
- Arakan
- or Rakhine
- Ara Pacis
- (Latin 'altar of peace')
- Arapaho
- (Arapaho 'trader')
- Arawak
- Arbenz Guzmán, Jácobo (1913-1971)
- Arc de Triomphe
- archaeology
- (Greek archaia 'ancient things', logos 'study')
- history
- related disciplines
- archive
- archon
- (Greek 'ruler')
- Arendt, Hannah (1906-1975)
- Argentina
- government
- history
- the first European settlements
- Spanish colonial rule
- the struggle for independence
- the early republic
- territorial wars
- the dispute with Chile
- the early 20th century: prosperity and reform
- the overthrow of the Radicals
- Argentina in World War II
- the rise of Péron
- Perón's first presidency
- Argentina since the 1950s
- the return of Perón
- the rule of Isabel Perón
- Videla and the 'dirty war'
- the Falklands conflict
- Alfonsín's reforms and investigations
- Menem tackles high inflation
- Menem's constitutional reforms approved
- access to the Falklands regained
- Rúa comes to power
- Menem arrested
- British prime minister visits
- or War of American Independence
- The American Revolution
- reasons for revolution
- the settlement of North America
- the seeds of unrest
- the Declaration of Independence
- British overconfidence and American victory
- the adoption of the Constitution of 1787
- the repercussions of the American Revolution
- American Revolution: key dates
- Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)
- Ammonite
- Amorites
- amphitheatre
- (Greek amphi 'around')
- Amritsar Massacre
- or Jallianwalah Bagh massacre
- Amsterdam Treaty
- ancien régime
- Andorra
- government
- history
- emergence of democracy
- democratic elections
- Andrássy, Gyula (1823-1890)
- Count Andrássy
- Andropov, Yuri (1914-1984)
- Angevin
- Angkor
- Angle
- Anglo-American War
- Anglo-Irish Agreement
- or Hillsborough Agreement
- Anglo-Saxon
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Angola
- government
- history
- republic
- Lusaka Agreement
- fighting resumes after free elections
- escalation of hostilities
- peace treaty
- Anjou
- Anna Comnena (1083-after 1148)
- Annales school
- or total history
- Annam
- Anne (1665-1714)
- Anne of Austria (1601-1666)
- Anne of Cleves (1515-1557)
- Anne of Denmark (1574-1619)
- anno Domini
- (Latin 'in the year of our Lord')
- Anschluss
- (German 'union')
- Anson, George (1697-1762)
- 1st Baron Anson
- Antall, József (1932-1993)
- antebellum
- (Latin ante bellum 'before the war')
- Anthony, Susan B(rownell) (1820-1906)
- anthropology
- (Greek anthropos 'man', logos 'discourse')
- biological anthropology
- social anthropology
- participant observation
- antibiotic
- anticlericalism
- Anti-Corn Law League
- Antigonus (382-301 BC)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- government
- history
- independence from Britain
- ruling ALP retains hold on power
- Antioch
- Antiochus
- Antiochus I (c. 324-c. 261 BC)
- the Taliban in power: 1996-2001
- overthrow of the Taliban in 2001
- rebuilding the country from 2002
- natural disasters
- Afghanistan War
- Afghan Wars
- Afonso I (1094-1185)
- African nationalism
- Africa, the scramble for
- Bismarck intervenes
- Afrika Korps
- Agadir Incident
- or the Second Moroccan Crisis
- Agent Orange
- Agincourt, Battle of
- the battle
- agitprop
- (Russian 'agitation propaganda')
- agora
- agrarian revolution
- causes of improvement
- new crops
- four-course rotation
- livestock farming
- Agricola, Gnaeus Julius (40-93)
- agricultural revolution
- agriculture, 19th-century British
- Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (c. 63-12 BC)
- Ahab (c. 875-854 BC)
- Ahasuerus
- Persian Khshayarsha, Greek Xerxes
- Ahmad Shah Durrani (1724-1773)
- aide-de-camp
- ADC
- (French 'camp assistant')
- Aidid, Muhammad Farah (1936-1996)
- aircraft carrier
- air force
- history
- air raid
- Akbar, Jalal ud-Din Muhammad (1542-1605)
- Akhenaton (or Ikhnaton)
- Akhetaton
- Akkad
- Akko
- formerly Acre
- New Testament Ptolemais
- Aksum
- or Axum
- Alamein, El, battles of
- Alamo, the
- Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke (1883-1963)
- 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
- Alaric (c. 370-410)
- Albania
- government
- history
- independence
- the 'Hoxha experiment'
- open dissent
- end of one-party system
- civil unrest
- first multiparty elections
- economic problems
- first noncommunist leaders
- Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861)
- Albert I (1875-1934)
- Albion
- Albuquerque, Afonso de (1453-1515)
- Alcazarquivir, Battle of
- Alcibiades (451/0-404/3 BC)
- Alcock, John William (1892-1919)
- Alcuin (735-804)
- born Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus
- Aldermaston
- Alemanni (or Alamanni)
- (Gothic 'united men' or 'men from all parts')
- Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George (1891-1969)