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The history of the monarchy of the United Kingdom and its evolution into a constitutional and ceremonial monarchy is a major theme in the historical development of the British constitution. [1] The British monarchy traces its origins to the petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Scotland, which consolidated into the kingdoms of England and Scotland by the 10th century. Anglo ...
In ancient times, the Phoenicians / Carthaginians, the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the Persian Achaemenid Empire ( see Libya (satrapy) ), the Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great and his Ptolemaic successors from Egypt ruled variously parts of Libya. With the Roman conquest, the entire region of present-day Libya became part of the Roman Empire.
Following the sack of Constantinople and the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire by the Fourth Crusade in April 1204, Leo Sgouros, the Greek ruler of Nauplia, marched into central Greece. At Larissa he met the deposed Alexios III, and concluded a marriage alliance with him.
Lists of ancient kings are organized by region and peoples, and include kings recorded in ancient history (3000 BC – 1700 AD) and in mythology .
List of English monarchs. Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages. Listed in red are The Heptarchy, the collective name given to the seven main Anglo-Saxon petty kingdoms located in the southeastern two-thirds of the island that were unified to form the Kingdom of England. This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England ...
Argos ( / ˈɑːrɡɒs, - ɡəs /; Greek: Άργος [ˈarɣos]; Ancient and Katharevousa: Ἄργος [árɡos]) is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and one of the oldest in Europe. [2] It is the largest city in Argolis and a major center in the same prefecture, having nearly twice the ...
Second Ancient Theatre, Larissa. Coordinates: 39°38′25″N 22°24′43″E. Photo of the theatre today: remains of the skene in the foreground, the semi-circular orchestra with the base of the thymele, and the two rows of edolia of the koilon. The Second Ancient Theatre of Larissa ( Greek: Β΄ Αρχαίο Θέατρο της Λάρισας ...
