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- Arkwright, Richard (1732-1792)
- English inventor and enterpreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the early Industrial Revolution. He invented the water frame, a machine that, with minimal human supervision, could spin many strong cotton threads at once.
- aqueduct
- A conduit, either elevated or underground, using gravity to carry water from a source to a location --usually a city--that needed it. The Romans built many aqueducts in a period of substantial urbanization.
- Amur River
- This river valley was a contested frontier between northern China and eastern Russia until the settlement arranged in Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689).
- Arawak
- Amerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columus.
- Asante
- African kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680. Asante participated in the Atlantic economy, tradinggold, slaves, and ivory. It resisted British imperial ambitions for a quarter century before being absorbed into Britain's Gold Coast colony in 1902.
- Allende, Salvador (1908-1973)
- Socialist politician elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by the military in 1973. He died durin the military attack.
- Alexandria
- City on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt founded by Alexander. It became the capital the Hellenistic kingdom of the Ptolemies. It contained the famous Library and the Museum as a center for leding scientific and literary figures. Its merchants engaged in trade with areas bordering the Mediterranean and the Indian Oceans.
- Anaszi
- Important culture of what is now the southwest United States (1000-1300 A.D.). Centered on Chaco Canyon in New Mexico and Mesa Verde in Colorado, the Anaszi culture built multistory residences and worshped in subterranean buildings called kivas.
- All-Indian Muslim League
- Political organization founded in India in 1906 to defend the interests of India's Muslim minority. Led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, it attempted to negotiate with the Indian National Congress. In 1940, the league began demanding a seperate state for Muslims, to be called Pakistan.
- Alexander (356-323 B.C.)
- King of Macedonia in northern Greece. Between 334 and 323 B.C. he conquered the Persian cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East. Later known as Alexander the great.
- Armenia
- One of the Earliest Christian kingdoms, situated in eastern Anatolia and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language.
- anarchists
- Revolutionaries who wanted to abolish all private property and governments, usually by violence, and replace them with free associations of groups.
- amulet
- Small charm meant to protect the bearer from evil. Found frequently in archaeological excavations in Meopotamia and Egypt, amulets reflect the religious practices of the common people.