Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of History [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Publishing, Helicon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic books. -- local.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

History--Dictionaries.

Local Subjects:

Electronic books. -- local.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

History--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Helicon Publishing, 2005.

Summary:

Quick and easy reference to historical events.

Contents:

"" The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of 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""; "" Abelard, Peter (1079-1142)""; ""French Pierre Ab-lard,""; ""abolitionism""; ""Abraham, Plains of""; ""absolutism""; ""or absolute monarchy,""; ""Acre""; ""Actium, Battle of""; ""Adams, John (1735-1826)""; ""Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)""; ""Adams""; ""Aden""; ""Arabic 'Adan,""; ""Adenauer, Konrad (1876-1967)""

""Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159)""""born Nicholas Breakspear,""; ""affirmative action""; ""Afghan Wars""; ""Afghan Wars""; ""Agincourt, Battle of""; ""agrarian revolution""; ""Agricola, Gnaeus Julius (40-93)""; ""agricultural revolution""; ""aircraft carrier""; ""Akihito (1933-)""; ""Akkad""; ""Aksum""; ""or Axum,""; ""Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861)""; ""Albion""; ""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 II""; ""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 (III) the Great (356-323 BC)""; ""Alexandria""; ""or El Iskandareya,""; ""Alexandria, Library of""; ""Alexandria, school of""; ""Alexius""; ""Alexius I, Comnenus (1048-1118)""; ""Alexius IV, Angelos (1182-1204)""; ""Alfonso""; ""Alfonso (X), the Wise (1221-1284)""; ""Alfonso XIII (1886-1941)""

""Alfred the Great (c. 849-c. 901)""""Algiers, Battle of""; ""Ali (c. 598-661)""; ""Allende (Gossens), Salvador (1908-1973)""; ""Allies, the""; ""Amal""; ""Amenhotep III (1391-1353 BC)""; ""American Civil War""; ""American Revolution""; ""or War of American Independence,""; ""American Revolution""; ""Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)""; ""Amundsen, Roald Engelbrecht Gravning (1872-1928)""; ""Angevin""; ""Anglo-American War""; ""Anglo-Saxon""; ""Anglo-Saxon Chronicle""; ""Anne (1665-1714)""; ""Anne, Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise (1950-)""; ""anthropology""

""(Greek anthropos 'man', logos 'discourse')""""antibiotic""; ""Antioch""; ""Antiochus""; ""Antiochus (III) the Great (c. 241-187 BC)""; ""Antiochus IV (c. 215-164 BC)""; ""Antiochus VII (c. 159-129 BC)""; ""anti-Semitism""; ""Antonine Wall""; ""Antoninus Pius, Titus Aurelius Fulvus (AD 86-161)""; ""Appomattox Court House""; ""Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274)""; ""Arab-Israeli Wars""; ""Arafat, Yassir (1929-2004)""; ""born Muhammad Yassir Abdul-Ra'ouf Arafat As Qudwa al-Husseini,""; ""archaeology""; ""(Greek archaia 'ancient things', logos 'study')""

""Aristides (c. 530-468 BC)""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-73157-5

9786610731572