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Allende Gossens, Salvador
History; World history

(1908-73) President of Chile (1970-73). His Popular Unity government implemented a program of land redistribution, job creation and wage increases. Openly friendly to Fidel ...

Allied powers (World War I)
History; World history

Victorious opponents of the Central powers: Britain, France and Russia, later joined by Japan (August 1914), Italy (May 1915), Romania (July 1915), the USA (April 1917) and 14 ...

Allied powers (World War II)
History; World history

Victorious opponents of the Axis powers: principally Great Britain and France (Sept 1939), the Soviet Union (after June 1941) and the USA (after December 1941). The British ...

Almanzor (al-Mansur)
History; World history

Vizier and effectively the ruler of Muslim Spain from 978 to 1002. Beginning his career in the administration of Cordoba, he rose to become vizier under the young caliph Hisham II ...

Azuchi-Momoyama period
History; World history

Period of Japanese unification (1574-1600) under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, named after the castles they built. They brought all the provinces under the control of the ...

Aztecs
History; World history

The dominant people of Mesoamerica from the 15th to the early 16th centuries. They were farmers who migrated into the valley of Mexico in about 1200, settling at Tenochtitlan in ...

Azov
History; World history

Port of southeast Ukraine on the Don river. Held since 1471 by the Ottomans, it was captured in 1696 by Peter the Great, who was forced to relinquish it after a defeat at ...

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