Caesarea		An ancient town of Anatolia which served as the residence of the kings of Cappadocia, on the ancient trade route from Sinope to the Euphrates, on the Persian Royal Road from Sardis to Susa, and on the great Roman highway from Ephesus to the East. It is now Eskishehr.
Caledonia		Stirlingshire, Scotland, Roman name for Scotland
Cambria		Wales in the 1100's
Canaan		Now Lebanon
Canaanites		First appearing near Jordan River 3000 BC Basically non-Jewish Semites Phoenicians whose language was similar to Hebrew. Canaan means land of purple, being a main source for red and purple dye
Carinthia		east of Switzerland, west of Hungary. Part of Austrian states
Cathars		Belief starting in Eastern Europe, associated with Bulgarians. French Cathars were in Limousin 1012  to1020, put to death at Toulouse in 1022. Seen as the influence for Francis of Assisi's movement. They believed in reincarnation and Jesus.
Celts		Those who spoke the Celtic languages that include Breton, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish Gaelic, a mix of Alpine, Nordics, Beaker people, Battle Ax people and Urn people. More
Chalcolithic		Stone Age characterized by mixed stone and metal tools, not a period distinguished by all scholars
Chaldeans		Arameanic Western Semitic tribe who established the Nebuchadrezzar dynasty 600's BC in Babylon
Cimmerians		Nomads from the Russian steppes, lived in southern Ukraine 1200 BC to 700 BC, first to invade Asia Minor from the north, defeated by the Assyrians in the 600's BC
Consanguinity		Being descended from the same ancestor as another person as dictated by Roman Canon law.
Cossaeans		aka Kassites, uncultured non-Semitic mountain people invading Babylonia 1600 BC  originating from Kashshu
Cro-magnon		Earliest homo sapien sapien from 40,000 BC, short and very strong. Named for the skeletons found at the Cro-Magnon cave in Les Eyzies, in southwestern France
Cumbria		parts of Scotland
Cycladics		Aegean culture 3000 BC, lived on Cyclades Islands
Cyrus of Persia		The father of Cyrus is said to have been Cambyses, king of the Persians: this Cambyses belonged to the stock of the Persidae, and the Persidae derive their name from Perseus (son of Zeus)
Daneslaw		Eastern counties of England settled by Danes. Northern Danelaw is the area surrounding York, in the old Anglian kingdom of Deira. Southern Danelaw includes Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, and Essex. Outer Danelaw includes the shires between the southern Danelaw and the Five Boroughs. Eastern Danelaw, consisting of Norfolk and Suffolk
Danishmends		Oghuz Moslem Turks ruling in eastern Anatolia
Deheubarth		A kingdom in Wales. Hywel Dda combined Dyfed and Seisyllwg in 920. Kings of Deheubarth often ruled Gwynedd as well.
Dorians		Overran Crete 1100 BC, bringing Iron Age. From Epirus  in Greece? 1300 BC
Druids		The priests and learned class of Celts
Druze sect		Islam religion influenced by Greek philosophy, an offspring of Shi’ite Islam, was founded in 1017 in Cairo by a band of Islamic fanatics.
East Anglia		South eastern hand round edge of Britan, last king was Edmund, killed in 869
Egypt		Means gift of the Nile
Elamites		Sumerians, highly developed Chalcolithic culture first appearing in Iran 3000 BC, dark skinned
Epic of Creation		The Epic of Creation and the Epic of Gilamesh were written in Mesopotamia, see http://www.uwec.edu/greider
Epipalaeolithic		Stone Age characterised by the use of microliths, not distinguished by all scholars.
Etruscans		Possibly from Asia Minor, called themselves the Rasenna, greatly influences the Romans. The toga was Etruscan. Greeks called the Etruscans the Tyrrhenians after their prince

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