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1 day ago · The Capetians: Kings of France, 987–1328. London, Continuum, 2007, ISBN: 9781852855284; 352pp.; Price: £35.00. Bradbury’s text is a delightful read. His text discusses the Capetian dynasty of kings, from the events that brought the family to power in the tenth century up to the death of Charles IV in 1328. Charles died without male heirs ...
1 day ago · e. The Maurya Empire ( Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe [21]) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. [22] The empire was centralized by the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain; its capital ...
2 days ago · §60A-4-416. Drug delivery resulting in death; failure to render aid. (a) Any person who knowingly and willfully delivers a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance in violation of the provisions of section four hundred one, article four of this chapter for an illicit purpose and the use, ingestion or consumption of the controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance ...
1 day ago · Akhenaten, Nefertiti and their children. See also: Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt family tree. The future Akhenaten was born Amenhotep, a younger son of pharaoh Amenhotep III and his principal wife Tiye. Akhenaten had an elder brother, crown prince Thutmose, who was recognized as Amenhotep III's heir.
4 days ago · The present royal family of Thailand belongs to the House of Mahidol ( Thai: ราชสกุลมหิดล; RTGS :Ratchasakun Mahidon ), a cadet branch of the Chakri dynasty. The House was founded by Prince Mahidol Adulyadej (1891–1929) and Princess Srinagarindra (1900–1995). The Prince was a son of King Chulalongkorn and his wife ...
2 days ago · A remarkable female poet of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Li Qingzhao (1084-1155) made great achievements in prose as well as poetry, but most of all in the field of lyrics. Born into a literary family in present-day Jinan of Shandong Province, she established herself early as a major talent. In 1101 she married Zhao Mingcheng, who shared her ...
3 days ago · In 613 AD, the ninth year of the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang, in June, Yang Xuangan raised an army against the Sui Dynasty in Liyang, sounding the death knell of the demise of the Sui Dynasty. However, Yang Xuangan's attack this time was quickly extinguished by the court in August of the same year.
