Prome
Prome or Pyè , city (1983 pop. 83,332), Bago div., S central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River. It is a commercial town and port, with railroad connections to Yangon. One of the oldest cities in Myanmar, Prome was founded in the 8th cent. by the Indianized Pyus, who were conquered and absorbed by the Mon kingdom of Bago, probably in the 9th cent. It was incorporated into British Burma in 1852. The ruins of the old city are near its modern namesake.
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Mary Queen of Scots to be a Scarlett woman in new movie
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/30/2006; ; 700+ words
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Mary Queen of Scots: An Illustrated Life/Catholic Queen, Protestant Patriarchy: Mary Queen of Scots and the Politics of Gender and Religion
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
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Tragic Scots Queen, a Midlands prisoner; Chris Upton looks back at the life of imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots and Ross Reyburn visits Tutury Castle, where she was once held.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/10/1999; 700+ words
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Mary Queen of Scots: Romance and Nation.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: CLIO; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
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Mary Queen of Scots and the French connection: Alexander Wilkinson considers what the French made of the controversial royal who played a pivotal role in the French wars of religion, both as Queen of Scots and Queen of France.
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
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Guy, John: Queen of Scots: the True Life of Mary Stuart.(Book Review)
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Mary Doll, Queen of the Scots; Give us your vote on who is our very own Scottish crown jewel.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/2/1999; ; 700+ words
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Mary Queen of Scots and her mother-in-law; Biography.
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Is Mary Queen of Scots going to get the chop? ; Beheaded: Mary Queen of Scots Troubled queen: Actress Scarlett Johansson is set to play ill-fated Mary.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/24/2008; 700+ words
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Mary Queen of Scots
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Queen's Maries
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Mary
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
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Mary of Guise
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mary of Guise , 1515-60, queen consort of James V of Scotland and regent for her daughter, Mary Queen of Scots . The daughter of Claude de Lorraine...de Guise , she was also known as Mary of Lorraine. Before her marriage...
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