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Kuang-wu-ti
Kuang-wu-ti The Chinese emperor Kuang-wu-ti (6 B.C.-A.D. 57) was the founder of the Later Han dynasty. He reconstituted the civil administration, began a period of recuperation in domestic affairs, and restored peace to China's borders. Kuang-wu-ti is the posthumous title given to Liu Hsiu,... Read more |
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Meiji restoration
Meiji restoration The term refers to both the events of 1868 that led to the "restoration" of power to the emperor and the entire period of revolutionary changes that coincided with the Meiji emperor's reign (1868-1912). The power of the Tokugawa shogunate, weakened by debt and internal... Read more |
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Emperor of Mexico Cuauhtemoc
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Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie
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Theodosius I
Theodosius I or Theodosius the Great, 346?-395, Roman emperor of the East (379-95) and emperor of the West (394-95), son of Theodosius , the general of Valentinian I. He became (375) military governor of Moesia, but following the execution (376) of his father he retired to Spain. He remained... Read more |
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Emperor angelfish
emperor angelfish (Pomecanthus imperator) See CHAETODONTIDAE.... Read more |
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Jovian
Jovian (Flavius Claudius Jovianus) , c.331-364, Roman emperor (363-64). The commander of the imperial guard under Julian the Apostate in his Persian campaign, Jovian was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers when Julian was killed. He made a humiliating peace with Shapur II of Persia. He returned... Read more |
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Arnulf
Arnulf , c.850-899, Carolingian emperor (896-99), king of the East Franks (887-99), illegitimate son of Carloman of Bavaria. In 887 he led the rebellion of the kingdom of the East Franks (Germany) against his uncle, Carolingian Emperor Charles III , and was proclaimed their king. He repulsed the... Read more |
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Bernhard Strigel
Strigel, Bernhard (b Memmingen, Swabia, Nov./Dec. 1460; d Memmingen, Apr./May 1528). German painter, mainly active in Memmingen, near Ulm, where he was a leading figure in the period of transition from late Gothic to Renaissance. Most of his paintings are on religious subjects, but in his later... Read more |
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Rudolf
Rudolf ♂ From a Latinized version, Rudolphus, of the Germanic name Hrōdwulf (see Rolf). It was introduced to the English-speaking world from Germany in the 19th century. Rudolf was a hereditary name among the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Emperors and rulers of Austria, from the Emperor ... Read more |
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