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INDEX SEARCH RESULTS FOR: ALSACE
 Alsace - origin
- and the peace of Westphalia
- ceded to France in 1714
- ceded to Germany in 1871
- returned to France in 1919
al-Saffar - and Saffarid dynasty
al-Sanusi al-Kabir - Sufi reformer
Al-Sib - treaty of 1920
Altamira - cave paintings
- discovery of the cave
Al-Tasrif - by Abul Kasim
Althing - Icelandic parliament
- in AD 930
 Althorp
Altiplano - and Bolivia
Altmark - truce of 1629
Altranstädt - treaty of 1706
Alvarado, Pedro de - and Guatemala
Alvarez, Juan - president of Mexico
AM - (Anno Mundi
Amadeo - briefly king of Spain
Amadeus - by Peter Shaffer
- brief account
Amadeus Quartet
Amalfi - and Knights of St John
Amanullah Khan - amir of Afghanistan
Amara - in World War I
Amarna, Tell el - and Akhenaten
amateur (tradition in Britain)
Amateur Athletic Association
Amazons - of Dahomey
Ambassadors - by Holbein
amber - and electricity
Amber - the fortress palace of Jaipur
- princess marries Akbar
Amboina - and cloves
- massacre in 1623
- falls to Japanese in 1942
Amboise - and Leonardo da Vinci
- placard on bedroom door
Ambrose, bishop of Milan - and Theodosius
- and baptism of St Augustine
ambulatory - in French Romanesque churches
 Amelia, Princess - and Richmond Park
Amen - Egyptian god
- in Egyptian creation story
amendments to the US constitution - first ten
Amenhotep III - Egyptian pharaoh
Amenhotep IV - Egyptian pharaoh
Amen-Re - and Ramses II
- and Cleopatra's asp
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