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9256818355Abbasid CaliphateDescendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad from 750-12580
9256818356AbolitionistsMen and women who agitated for a complete end to slavery. Abolitionist pressure eneeebrhe British transatlantic slave trade in 1808 and slavery in British colonies in 1834. In the US, they helped lead to the civil war1
9256818357AcculturationThe adoption of the language, customs, values, and behaviors of host nations by immigrants2
9256818358Acheh SultanateMuslim kingdom in northern Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia in the early 17th century, it declinee after the Dutch siezed Malacca from Portugal in 16413
9256818359AdenPort city in the modern south Arabian country of Yemen. It has been a major trading center in the Indian Ocean since ancient times.4
9256818360African National ConferenceAn organization dedicated to obtaining equal voting and civil rights for black inhabitants of South Africa. Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, it changed its name in 1923. Though it was banned and its leaders were jailed for many years, it eventually helped bring majority rule to South Africa5
9256818361AfrikanersSouth Africans descended from Dutch and French settlers of the 17th century. Their Great Trek founded new settler colonies in the 19th century. Though a minority among South Africans, they help political power after 1910, imposing a system of racial segregation called apartheid after 19496
9256818362Agricultural Revolution(s) (Ancient)7
9256818363Agricultural Revolution (18th Century)8
9256818364Emilio Aguinaldo9
9256818365Akbar I10
9256818366Akhenaten11
9256818367Alexander the Great12
9256818368Alexandria13
9256818369Salvador Allende14
9256818370All-India Muslim League15
9256818371Amulet16
9256818372Amur River17
9256818373Anarchists18
9256818374Anasazi19
9256818375Aqueduct20
9256818376Arawak21
9256818377Richard Arkwright22
9256818378Armenia23
9256818379Asante24
9256818380Ashikaga Shogunate25
9256818381Ashoka26
9256818382Asian Tigers27
9256818383Atahualpa28
9256818384Atlantic Circuit29
9256818385Atlantic System30
9256818386Augustus31
9256818387Auschwitz32
9256818388Ayllu33
9256818389Aztecs34
9256818390Babylon35
9256818391Balance of power36
9256818392Balfour Declaration37
9256818393Bannermen38
9256818394Bantu39
9256818395Batavia40
9256818396Battle of Midway41
9256818397Battle of Omdurman42
9256818398Beijing43
9256818399Bengal44
9256818400Berlin Conference45
9256818401Bhagavad-Gita46
9256818402Usama bin Laden47
9256818403Otto von Bismarck48
9256818404Black Death49
9256818405Simón Bolívar50
9256818406Bolsheviks51
9256818407Napoleon Bonaparte52
9256818408Bornu53
9256818409Bourgeoisie54
9256818410Joseph Brant55
9256818411Savorgnan de Brazza56
9256818412British raj57
9256818413Bubonic plague58

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