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  • that the mausoleum holds the bodies of of King Micheon or King Gogugwon. ... bestowed by Murong Jun of the Former Yan on King Gogugwon in 354, indicating ...
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  • Jehu (יְהוּא, Yehu—"The LORD is he") was king of Israel, 842–815 B.C.E. He assumed the throne after being anointed by a messenger ...
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  • Excalibur, or Caliburn, is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty ...
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  • to the throne of England. She married Malcolm III, King of Scots, becoming his queen consort in 1070. Her influence, which stemmed from a lifelong ...
    9 KB (1,439 words) - 13:25, 5 September 2022
  • Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...
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  • of the Venerable Bede and Eadbert, the king, was his brother. These two ... In 781, King Elfwald sent Alcuin to Rome to petition the Pope for ...
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  • Goryeo Dynasty and the founder and the first king of the Joseon Dynasty, the final dynasty in Korea before it became a modern republic. The name 'Taejo ...
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  • text in English prose relating the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Le Morte d'Arthur was wildly popular in the decades ...
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  • The Jacobean era refers to a period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of King James I (1603-1625). The Jacobean era ...
    11 KB (1,631 words) - 08:05, 18 March 2024
  • Later, with Ben E. King's yearning sound on lead tenor, the group ... Five Crowns, including lead singer Ben E. King, promoting them under the ...
    11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
  • known for his mediation in England between King Henry III and his rebellious ... of the state, and to be regularly consulted by the King. ...
    11 KB (1,739 words) - 23:29, 17 December 2022
  • Agrippa I, also called Agrippa the Great (10 B.C.E. – 44 C.E.), was the last king of the Jews. He was the grandson of Herod the Great and son ...
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  • Few personal details have been recorded of the great king. His mother ... The fragment from Natya-darpana mentions the king Ramagupta, the elder ...
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  • Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia c. 538 B.C.E. He ... three months after replacing his father King Jehoiachim, who had died during ...
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  • The Book of Esther is set in the third year of Ahasuerus, a king of ... Ahasuerus, the king of Persia, is married to the beautiful Queen Vashti ...
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  • in the form of a dialogue addressed to the king Ptolemy, it was apparently ... anointed priests and teacher of Ptolemy the king, apparently Ptolemy Philometer ...
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  • #039;s house) became the Maison du Roi (King's house), the latter ... of the dukes can be seen. No duke or king actually lived here. The names ...
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  • an elite royal guard, when he helped King Jayanegara, the son of Majahapit ... Majapahit, rebelled against the Majapahit king Jayanegara (ruled 1309-1328 ...
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  • נאמן (ne’eman), meaning "God, King [who is] Trustworthy." ... In the King James Bible, the word amen is preserved in a number of ...
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  • B.C.E. middle chronology) was the sixth king of Babylon. He became the ... Hammurabi was a First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and ...
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