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22 hours ago · Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c.550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of Western Asia, parts of the Balkans (Thrace ...
22 hours ago · Alcibiades was born in Athens. The family of his father, Cleinias,[3]had old connections with the Spartan aristocracy through a relationship of xenia, and the name "Alcibiades" was of Spartan origin. [4][5]Alcibiades' mother was Deinomache, the daughter of Megacles, head of the powerful Alcmaeonidfamily, and could trace her family back to ...
22 hours ago · The critic Douglas Bush characterised Swinburne's sadomasochistic Sappho as "one of the daughters of de Sade", the French author known for his violent pornographic books. [206] By the late 19th century, lesbian writers such as Michael Field [ q ] and Amy Levy became interested in Sappho for her sexuality, [ 207 ] and by the turn of the 20th century she was considered a "patron saint of lesbians".
22 hours ago · Frederick II(German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussiafrom 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollernmonarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussiaafter annexing Royal Prussiafrom the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealthin 1772. His most significant accomplishments ...
22 hours ago · The high status soon to be accorded this empire to the north is attested by Ibn al-Balḫî's Fârsnâma (c. 1100), which relates that the Sasanian Shah, Ḫusraw 1, Anûsîrvân, placed three thrones by his own, one for the King of China, a second for the King of Byzantium, and a third for the king of the Khazars. Although anachronistic in retrodating the Khazars to this period, the legend ...
Oct 17, 2024 · The top stops along the way from Aberfeldy to Falkirk (with short detours) are Stirling Castle, The Glasgow Necropolis, and The Falkirk Wheel. Other popular stops include Edradour Distillery, Scone Palace, and Five Sisters Zoo.1Blair Castle & GardensMentioned on+8 other listsCastleMuseumsBlair Castl...
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22 hours ago · The Holy Roman Empire, [ f ] also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. [ 19 ] It developed in the Early Middle Ages and lasted for almost a thousand years until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
