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INDEX, PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY, AND GLOSSARY.

Note.—In the case of words whose correct pronunciation has not seemed to be clearly indicated by their accentuation and syllabication, the sounds of the letters have been denoted thus: ā, like a in grāy; ā́ like ā, only less prolonged; ă, like a in hăve; ä, like a in fär; ē, like ee in fēēt; ĕ, like e in ĕnd; ꞓ and ꞓh, like k; ç, like s; ġ, like j; ô like o in for; s̝, like z.

  • Aachen (ä′ken), 408.
  • Äb-bäs′, 400.
  • Abbassides (ab-bas′idz), house of, 400.
  • Äbd′er-räh′män, 399.
  • Abubekr (ä′boo-bek′r), first caliph, 395.
  • Abukir (ä-boo-keer′), battle of, 670.
  • Absalom, son of David, 65.
  • Academy, the, at Athens, 207.
  • Ac′cad, 41, 45.
  • Accadians, civilization of, 41.
  • A-ꞓhæ′ans, the, 90, 91, 97.
  • A-ꞓhæ′an League, 175.
  • Aꞓhaia (a-ka′ya), the name, 97.
  • A-ꞓhil′les, 95, 106, n.
  • Acre (ä′ker), siege of, by crusaders, 445.
  • A-crop′o-lis, Athenian, 180.
  • Ac′ti-um, battle of, 304.
  • Addison, Joseph, 629.
  • A-dol′phus, Gus-ta′vus, k. of Sweden, 583, 585.
  • Ad′o-ni′jah, 65.
  • Ad′ri-an-o′ple, peace of, 693.
  • Æ-ga′tian Islands, naval battle near, in First Punic War, 253.
  • Æ-ġe′an Sea, 88, 89.
  • Æ-ġi′na, 220.
  • Æ-ġis′thus, 96.
  • Æ′gos-pot′a-mi, capture of Athenian fleet at, 154.
  • Æ′mil-i-a′nus, Scipio, 271, 272.
  • Æ-ne′as, 96.
  • Æ-o′li-ans, the, 236; migration to Asia Minor, 97.
  • Æ′o-lus, 103.
  • Æ′qui-ans, the, 236.
  • Æs′ꞓhi-nes, 199, 200.
  • Æs′ꞓhy-lus, 193, 194.
  • A-e′ti-us, Roman general, 345.
  • Æ-to′li-an League, 175.
  • Africa, circumnavigation of, in reign of Necho II., 26.
  • Africa (North), conquest of, by the Arabs, 397.
  • Agadê (äg-a-dā′), 42.
  • Ag′a-mem′non, 92, 95.
  • Agincourt (ä′zhăn-koor′), battle of, 486.
  • Ag′o-ra, the, 98.
  • Agrarian troubles at Rome, 274–277.
  • A-gric′o-la, 314, 315.
  • Ag′rip-pi′na, 312.
  • Ah′mes. See Amosis.
  • Äh′ri-man, 83, 84.
  • Ahura Mazda. See Ormazd.
  • Aix-la-Chapelle (āks-lä-shä′pel′), treaty of, 593; peace of, 645.
  • A′jax, 95.
  • Al′a-ric, his first invasion of Italy, 339; sacks Rome, 342; his death, 343.
  • Alba Longa, 223.
  • Albertus Magnus, 471.
  • Ăl′bi-ġĕn′sēs̝, 493, 494.
  • Al′ci-bi′a-dēs, leader at Athens, 151, 152, 153, 154; as a pupil of Socrates, 206, 207.
  • Alꞓ′mæ-on′i-dæ, first banishment from Athens, 120; second banishment, 122; contract to rebuild the Delphian temple, 122, 123.