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INDEX SEARCH RESULTS FOR: GUILLOTINE
 guillotine - first use in Paris
 - history
- as symbol of the French Revolution
 - in House of Commons
GUINEA
- and the Portuguese
- and the slave trade
- as Spanish colony
- French protectorate from 1881
- opts out of French Community
guinea (gold coin)
GUINEA-BISSAU
Guinegate - battle in 1513
Guinness (company)
Guinness, Alec
Guinness Book of Records
Guinevere - in Arthurian romance
- brief account
- and Glastonbury
Guinizelli, Guido - dolce stil nuovo
Guiscard, Roger - and Sicily
Guise family - and wars of religion
- leading members assassinated
Gulf War, 1990-91 - brief account
Gulistan - of Sa'di
Gulliver'sTravels - by Swift
gunboat diplomacy
Gundulf - and Rochester
Gunn, Martha - Toby jug
gunports - developed in 16th century
gunpowder - first described in China
Gunpowder Plot - in 1605
- brief account
guns - earliest cannon
- earliest hand guns
Gunther - in the Nibelungenlied
Gun War - of 1880-81 in Basutoland
Gupta dynasty - in India
Gur Amir - mausoleum of Timur
gurdwaras - Sikh temples
Gurjara-Pratihara - Indian dynasty
Gurkha (Nepal)
Gustav Line - in Italy in 1943
Gustavus I Vasa, king of Sweden
- and Helsinki
Gustavus II Adolphus, king of Sweden
- and Finland
Gustavus III - king of Sweden
Gustavus IV, king of Sweden
Gutenberg, Johann - and printing
Gutenberg Bible - completed in 1456
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