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13 hours ago · Tahirid Sultanate of Yemen (1454–1517) Yemen Eyalet (1517–1636) ( eyalet of the Ottoman Empire) Zaidi Imamate (1597–1686) (gradually expelled the Ottomans from the territory of modern Yemen by 1636) and some small states in its orbit. Kathiri State of Seiyun, independent state (1686–1886), regained independence.
13 hours ago · The Ayutthaya Kingdom ( / ɑːˈjuːtəjə /; Thai: อยุธยา, RTGS :Ayutthaya, IAST:Ayudhyā or Ayodhyā, pronounced [ʔā.jút.tʰā.jāː] ⓘ) or the Empire of Ayutthaya [23] was a Mon and later Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 [1] [24] [25] to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present ...
13 hours ago · Shivaji (1630–1680) was a Maratha aristocrat of the Bhonsle clan and was the founder of the Maratha state. Shivaji led a resistance against the Sultanate of Bijapur in 1645 by winning the fort Torna, followed by many more forts, placing the area under his control and establishing Hindavi Swarajya (self-rule of Hindu people [17] ).
13 hours ago · Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army ...
13 hours ago · East Germany – Annexed by West Germany in 1990 and now part of Germany. England – Merged with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, now part of the United Kingdom. Franceville (1889–1890) – Independent in 1889, later governed by France and Britain as part of the New Hebrides; now part of Vanuatu.
13 hours ago · The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, [1] 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 10 other states. The sovereignty dispute column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 ...
13 hours ago · The name Rāmāyaṇa is composed of two words, Rāma and ayaṇa. Rāma, the name of the main figure of the epic, has two contextual meanings. In the Atharvaveda, it means 'dark, dark-coloured, black' and is related to the word rātri which means 'darkness or stillness of night'. The other meaning, which can be found in the Mahabharata, is ...
