Search results for "King" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556-539 B.C.E. Although his background is uncertain ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- and political reasons, while the King saw them as essential for ... impeachment and subsequent execution of the king's advisers, Archbishop ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 21:03, 3 November 2022
- year 3 B.C.E.. In 1424 C.E., when the third king of Jurchen Li Manzhu invaded ... Goguryeo. The kingdom's second ruler, King Yuri, chose the site as the ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- (천왕봉, 天王峰), which means "King of Heaven Peak," rises ... (National Treasure no. 67), named by King Sukjong, is a three-story ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- the Pilgrimage of Grace, objecting to the King's "casting off" ... Shires"—as they came to be known under King James I. ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ, Yošiyyáhuv, "supported of the LORD") was an important king of Judah whom the Bible praises as the ...13 KB (2,117 words) - 05:07, 7 May 2024
- and can be seen and heard in the movie The King of Jazz. When Bing Crosby ... Bessie Smith, the empress of the blues, Joe King Oliver, and fellow guitarist ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- One of them, named Suro, became the king of Geumgwan Gaya, and the ... Gaya consisted of nine villages united by King Suro of Gaya. Some legends ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- the state, becoming a cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister ... The Cardinal de Richelieu was often known by the title of the King ...19 KB (2,876 words) - 19:14, 26 November 2023
- recognized with an Honorary Fellowship at King's College, Cambridge ... was educated at Rugby School, and entered King's College, Cambridge ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- introduced from China and promulgated by King Beopheung in 520. ... to have royal blood on both sides. Until King Muyeol abolished rank with ...8 KB (1,213 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- Jeroboam ("increase of the people"), the son of Nebat, (1 Kings 11:26-39), was the first king of the break-away ten tribes or Kingdom ...17 KB (2,812 words) - 18:48, 23 June 2023
- B.B. King, born Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely considered ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- write in the first person. The daughter of King Sargon I, her writings invoke ... disrepair but was restored by the Assyrian King Shalmaneser in the ninth century ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- College to succeed Albert II as the king. After several Habsburg kings ... Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (also King Charles I of Spain) (1516 ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- is unclear, most probably it was built by King Kasyapa (477–495 C.E.) of ... Sigiriya converted to a monastery after King Kasyapa's death, Buddhist ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- The state was led by Oranmiyan, the founder-king or first Alaafin of Oyo (Alaafin ... royal wards of the city. They guided the king in many important matters ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- sacking and burning much of the palace. King Injong regained control in ... Printing with movable metal type was developed during the reign of ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- the biblical record as late as the reign of King Hezekiah in the eighth century ... a military campaign of Kedorlaomer, king of Elam, and his allies which ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 02:37, 24 July 2023
- beginning in 1011 during the reign of King Hun Chong when the Khitan ... nearly three decades of Mongol attacks, King Gojong of Goryeo ordered the ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
