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John Cairns Historical Dictionary
John Cairns
5 May 2002
Updated: 28 March 2009
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10,000 BCE - 450 BCE
Definition of Hominids
Definition of Homo Sapiens
Definition of Paleolithic
Definition of Neolithic
Definition of Mesolithic
Definition of Fertile Crescent: An Historical Place
Definition of Jericho: An Historical Place
Definition of Mesopotamia: An Historical Place
Definition of Sumerians: An Historical People
Definition of Babylon: An Historical Place
Definition of Enlil
Definition of Code of Hammurabi: An Important Writing
Definition of Ziggurat
Definition of Divination
Definition of Cuneiform
Definition of The Epic of Gilgamesh: An Important Writing
Definition of Ma'at
Definition of Pharaoh
Definition of Heliopolis: An Historical Place
Definition of Atum-Re
Definition of Hatshepsut: A Person
Definition of Hieroglyphics
Definition of Hyksos: An Historical People
Definition of New Kingdom
Definition of Amenhotep IV, Akhenaton: A Person
Definition of Hittites: An Historical People
Definition of Phoenicians: An Historical People
Definition of Hebrews: An Historical People
Definition of Covenant
Definition of Moses: A Person
Definition of Exodus
Definition of Pentateuch
Definition of Yahweh
Definition of The Covenant
Definition of Byblos: An Historical Place
Definition of Assyrians: An Historical People
Definition of Ashurbanipal: A Person
Definition of Chaldeans: An Historical People
Definition of Nebuchadnezzar: A Person
Definition of Gardens of Babylon: An Historical Place
Definition of Medes: An Historical People
Definition of Persians: An Historical People
Definition of Cyrus the Great: A Person
Definition of Darius: A Person
Definition of satrapy
Definition of Royal Road: An Historical Place
Definition of Zoroastrianism
Definition of Ahuramazda
Definition of immortals
Definition of Minoan Crete: An Historical Place
Definition of Mycenaean Civilization: An Historical People
Definition of Homer: A Person
Definition of Iliad: An Important Writing
Definition of Odyssey: An Important Writing
Definition of Pre-Socratic Philosophers
Definition of polis
Definition of hoplites
Definition of Cleisthenes: A Person
Definition of Delphic Oracle
Definition of Persian Wars
Definition of Delian League
Definition of Pericles: A Person
Definition of Peloponnesian War
Definition of Herodotus: A Person
Definition of Thucydides: A Person
Definition of Aeschylus: A Person
Definition of Sophists
Definition of Socrates: A Person
Definition of Plato's Republic: An Important Writing
Definition of Aristotle: A Person
Definition of hetairai
Definition of Philip II: A Person
Definition of The Philippics
Definition of Alexander the Great: A Person
Definition of Roxane: A Person
Definition of koine
Definition of gymnasium
Definition of Apollonius of Rhodes: A Person
Definition of Antigonid Dynasty
Definition of Seleucids
Definition of Judas Maccabaeus: A Person
Definition of Ptolemies
Definition of Hippocrates: A Person
Definition of Alexandria: An Historical Place
Definition of Theocritus: A Person
Definition of Argonautica
Definition of New Comedy
Definition of Polybius: A Person
Definition of Aristarchus of Samos: A Person
Definition of Archimedes: A Person
Definition of Epicureanism
Definition of Stoicism
450 BCE - 750 CE
Definition of Etruscans: An Historical People
Definition of fasces
Definition of Romans
Definition of Roman Confederation
Definition of Samnites: An Historical People
Definition of Pyrrhic War
Definition of imperium
Definition of consuls
Definition of paterfamilias
Definition of patricians
Definition of plebians
Definition of plebian
Definition of Twelve Tables: An Important Writing
Definition of Cato the Elder: A Person
Definition of Hannibal: A Person
Definition of nobiles
Definition of latifundia
Definition of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Definition of Gaius Marius: A Person
Definition of Sulla: A Person
Definition of Cicero: A Person
Definition of Spartacus: A Person
Definition of First Triumvirate
Definition of Second Triumvirate
Definition of Battle of Actium: An Important Battle
Definition of Mark Antony: A Person
Definition of Augustus: A Person
Definition of Octavian: A Person
Definition of Teutoburg Forest: An Historical Place
Definition of Catullus: A Person
Definition of Lucretius: A Person
Definition of Aeneid: An Important Writing
Definition of Ovid: A Person
Definition of Livy: A Person
Definition of praetorian guard
Definition of Flavians: An Historical Dynasty
Definition of Pax Romana
Definition of ``Good Emperors''
Definition of Seneca: A Person
Definition of Nero: A Person
Definition of Tacitus: A Person
Definition of insulae
Definition of ius gentium
Definition of ius naturale
Definition of Mithraism
Definition of Messiah
Definition of Paul of Tarsus: A Person
Definition of Diocletian: A Person
Definition of Edict of Milan
Definition of Constantine the Great: A Person
Definition of heresy
Definition of Atilla: A Person
Definition of Council of Nicaea
Definition of Petrine Supremacy
Definition of Ambrose: A Person
Definition of The City of God: An Important Writing
Definition of Benedictine Rule
Definition of Saint Patrick: A Person
Definition of Vandals: An Historical People
Definition of Visigoths: An Historical People
Definition of Merovigians: An Historical Dynasty
Definition of Clovis: A Person
Definition of weregeld
Definition of Gregory the Great: A Person
Definition of Justinian: A Person
Definition of Corpus Iurus Civilis: An Important Writing
Definition of Hagia Sophia: An Historical Place
Definition of Vulgate
Definition of Muhammad: A Person
Definition of Quran: An Important Writing
Definition of Koran: An Important Writing
Definition of Jihad
Definition of Ka'ba
Definition of Pepin: A Person
Definition of Charlemagne: A Person
Definition of Missi Dominici
Definition of Donation of Constantine
Definition of scriptorium
Definition of Alcuin of York: A Person
Definition of Carolingian Renaissance
Definition of Treaty of Verdun: An Important Writing
Definition of Magyars: An Historical People
Definition of Vikings: An Historical People
Definition of feudalism
Definition of vassalage
Definition of benefice
Definition of subinfeudation
Definition of Otto I: A Person
Definition of Hugh Capet: A Person
Definition of manorialism
Definition of Slavs: An Historical People
Definition of The Rus: An Historical People
Definition of Abbasids: An Historical Dynasty
750 CE - 1542
Definition of carruca
Definition of aratum
Definition of Truce and Peace of God
Definition of Cluniac reforms: A Religious Movement
Definition of Chivalry
Definition of melee
Definition of Investiture Controversy
Definition of Cistercians: A Religious Movement
Definition of Hildegard of Bingen: A Person
Definition of Cult of Mary: A Religious Movement
Definition of Indulgences
Definition of seven sacraments
Definition of excommunication/interdict
Definition of Frances of Assisi: A Person
Definition of Dominicans: A Religious Movement
Definition of Albignesians
Definition of Pope Urban II: A Person
Definition of Seljuk Turks: An Historical People
Definition of ``Peasant's Crusade''
Definition of Saladin: A Person
Definition of Fairs of Champagne: An Historical Event
Definition of Charters of Liberties
Definition of guilds
Definition of burghers
Definition of scholasticism
Definition of universitas
Definition of troubadours
Definition of Romanesque and Gothic Cathedrals
Definition of William of Normandy: A Person
Definition of Domesday Book: An Important Writing
Definition of Thomas Becket: A Person
Definition of Frederick Barbarossa: A Person
Definition of English parliament
Definition of Magna Carta: An Important Writing
Definition of Teutonic Knights
Definition of Kievan Rus State
Definition of Alexander Nevsky: A Person
Definition of Black Death
Definition of Flagellant: A Religious Movement
Definition of Estates-General
Definition of Jacquerie
Definition of Hundred Years' War: An Historical Event
Definition of Crecy: An Important Battle
Definition of Poitiers: An Important Battle
Definition of Agincourt: An Important Battle
Definition of Joan of Arc: A Person
Definition of Bonifice VIII: A Person
Definition of Unam Sanctam
Definition of Avignon Papacy: An Historical Event
Definition of Great Schism: An Historical Event
Definition of Dante: A Person
Definition of Hanseatic League
Definition of House of Medici
Definition of Petrarch: A Person
Definition of Civic humanism
Definition of Machiavelli: A Person
Definition of Johanne Gutenberg: A Person
Definition of School of Athens
Definition of War of the Roses: An Historical Event
Definition of Henry VII Tudor: A Person
Definition of Isabella and Ferdinand: Persons
Definition of Habsburgs: An Historical Dynasty
Definition of Fall of Constantinople: An Historical Event
Definition of Julius II: A Person
Definition of Protestant Reformation: A Religious Movement
Definition of Martin Luther: A Person
Definition of Erasmus: A Person
Definition of Indulgences
Definition of Pluralism
Definition of justification by faith
Definition of Edict of Worms: An Historical Event
Definition of Peace of Augsburg: An Historical Event
Definition of Anabaptists: A Religious Movement
Definition of Predestination
Definition of Act of Supremacy
Definition of Papal Index
Definition of Counter-Reformation: A Religious Movement
Definition of Jesuit: A Religious Movement
Definition of Council of Trent: An Historical Event
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John Cairns 2009-03-28
