Alphabet Facts

A is for artisans, who were skilled workers.
B is for Bloody Mary, which was the nickname for Mary I of England.
C is for city-state, which includes a town or city and the surrounding land controlled by it.
D is for democracy, which is a government in which citizens take part.
E is for ethics, which is the staudy of what is good and bad.
F is for fief, which is a grant of land and given to a vassal from a lord.
G is for gladiators, which are trained fighters who fought in arenas.
H is for Huns, which were Nomadic people from Asia who attacked the Roman Empire.
I is for Illiad, which is a story by Homer.
J is for Jesuits, which was a Catholic religious order.
K is for King Henry the eighth, who had six wives and three children.
L is for liberalism, which was a political movement protecting individual rights and the law.
M is for martyrs, which were people who were killed for their beliefs.
N is for nationalism, which is the love of one's country.
O is for Odyssey, which was another epic by Homer.
P is for patricians, which were powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society.
Q is for Qur'an, which is the Holy book of Islam.
R is for Renaissance, which was a movement following the Middle Ages.
S is for sects, which are religious societies of a few people, usually with a preacher as their leader.
T is for theocracy, which is a government ruled by religious leaders claiming God's authority.
U is for United Nations, which is an organization of nations to keep peace through arrangements.
V is for veto, which is the refusal to approve, as in a bill or a law.
W is for War of the Roses, which was a war between the York and Lancaster families in 1455.
X is for Xia, which was a line of kings ruling over a late Neolithic people in the Huang River region of China.
Y is for Young Italy movement, which is a group of Italian patriots spreading the ideas of nationalism.
Z is for ziggurats, which were Sumerian temples made of sun-dried brick.