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Genghis Khan Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan (1162–1227), founder of the Mongol empire; born Temujin. He took the name Genghis Khan (‘ruler of all’) in 1206 after uniting the nomadic Mongol tribes, and by the time of his death his empire extended from China to the Black Sea; his grandson Kublai Khan... Read more
Magdala Magdala
Magdala , former name of Amba Mariam , village, Amhara region, central Ethiopia. Emperor Tewodros II (Theodore II) in the mid-19th cent. used Magdala as the base of operations for his conquest of the surrounding Oromo territory. In 1867 he made it his capital and imprisoned several British... Read more
Anak Anak
Anak , according to a folk tradition in the Bible, an ancestor of the Anakim, a tribe of giants inhabiting Hebron and its vicinity at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan. Arba is cited as Anak's father, and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai as his sons. According to early tradition in the Book... Read more
Garcilaso de la Vega Garcilaso de la Vega
Garcilaso de la Vega , 1539-1616, Peruvian historian; son of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega and an Incan princess and therefore called the Inca. He grew up in Peru during the turbulent post-Conquest period. He went (1560) to Spain, where he first served in the army... Read more
Houghton Houghton
Houghton, a common name, usually ‘farmstead on or near a ridge or hill-spur’, OE hōh + tūn: Houghton Cambs. Hoctune 1086 (DB). Houghton Cumbria. Hotton 1246. Houghton Hants. Hohtun 982, Houstun [sic] 1086 (DB). Houghton W. Sussex. Hohtun 683. Houghton Conquest Beds.... Read more
Extirpation Extirpation
EXTIRPATION. The term extirpation is most commonly associated with the Catholic Church's project to eradicate traditional religious practices in the Americas after the Spanish conquest. The Andean highlands, Mesoamerica, and other areas of high indigenous cultural development have rich religious... Read more
Jizya Jizya
JIZYA A poll tax. Several poll taxes were levied throughout the Middle East from the time of the Muslim conquests (seventh century). Caliph Umar II (717 Read more
Dillon Dillon
Dillon. The family supposedly originated with Sir Henry de Leon's coming to Ireland as Prince John's secretary in 1185. He was granted lands in Longford, Westmeath, and Kilkenny. This marcher family—Gaelicized clients of the earls of Kildare at the end of the Middle Ages—managed... Read more
Benjamin Benjamin
Benjamin [Heb.,=son of fortune], younger son of Jacob and Rachel, eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. His mother, dying, named him Benoni [Heb.,=son of my sorrow]. According to the Book of Joshua, the tribe of Benjamin was allotted the plateau of E central Palestine lying W of... Read more

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