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INDEX SEARCH RESULTS FOR: AMERICAN
American Civil War
American colonies - and transportation
American Colonization Society - in Liberia
American Independence, War of
- brief account
AMERICAN INDIANS
- tour through time
- and creation myths
- and European diseases
American Negro - origins
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
- tour through time
America's Cup
- and Marconi
Amerindians - and European diseases
Amery, Leo - 'In the name of God, go!'
Amharic - and Pedro Páez
Amherst, Jeffrey - and the Pontiac uprising
Amida - Japanese name for Amithaba
Amiens - peace of 1802
- and gas lighting
- battle in 1918
Amin, Hafizullah - Afghan politician
- and the Soviet invasion
Amin, Idi - president of Uganda
amino acids - first stirrings of life
Amis, Kingsley
Amithaba - known in Japan as Amida
Amminius - son of Cymbeline
amnesty - for generals in Argentina
- for generals in Uruguay
Amnesty International
Amontons, Guillaume - and mercury
Amores - by Ovid
Amours - of Ronsard
amphibians - in evolution
amphibious warfare - in World War II
Ampleforth College
Ampulla, Holy - brought by Holy Spirit
amputation - in 16th century
- and infection
- of Nelson's arm
- at Waterloo
- first under anaesthesia
- during the First World War
- in 20th century
- prevented by penicillin
Amritsar - holy city of the Sikhs
Amsterdam - and banking
- and religious freedom in 17th century
- and Rembrandt
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