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empire of Nicaea
empire of Nicaea 1204-61. In 1204 the armies of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople, but the Crusaders' influence did not extend over the entire Byzantine Empire. Several Greek successor states, chief among them the empire of Nicaea, sprang up (see also Epirus, despotate... Read more |
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French Empire
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First Empire State Corp
First Empire State Corporation One M&T PlazaP.O. Box 223Buffalo, New York 14240-0223U.S.A.(716) 842-5445Fax: (716) 842-5177 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1969 as First Empire State CorporationEmployees: 4,275Assets: $10.36 billionStock Exchanges: AmericanSICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021... Read more |
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Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire , vast state founded in the late 13th cent. by Turkish tribes in Anatolia and ruled by the descendants of Osman I until its dissolution in 1918. Modern Turkey formed only part of the empire, but the terms "Turkey" and "Ottoman Empire" were often used interchangeably. ... Read more |
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Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery London, originally the National Gallery of British Art. The original building (in Millbank on the former site of Millbank Prison), with a collection of 65 modern British paintings, was given by Sir Henry Tate and was opened in 1897. It was extended by another gift of Tate's in 1899,... Read more |
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Ferdinand I (Holy Roman Empire)
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Joseph Duveen 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank , 1869-1939, English art dealer, b. Hull. Beginning his career (1886) in his father's antiques firm, Duveen Brothers, he soon took over the business and expanded it to mammoth dimensions, presiding over galleries in London, Paris, and New York and... Read more |
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Mithraeum
Mithraeum. Building dedicated to the cult of Mithras, popular during the Roman Empire, often partly underground and planned on an axis between shelves or loculi on which followers reclined during the mysteries, and with an apse at one end. A good example was discovered in 1870 under the Church of... Read more |
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acquisition of Bengal
Bengal, acquisition of. On 12 August 1765 the Mughal emperor Shah Alam proclaimed the English East India Company his diwan (administrator) for the revenues of the provinces of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. This confirmed the company's transformation from a trading to a political power in India and... Read more |
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Saatchi plans major South Bank gallery to rival Tate empire.
...mogul Charles Saatchi is set to...large-scale gallery and museum...challenge to the Tate empire and its director. Mr Saatchi, 58, plans to open the...Modern on the South Bank. ... |
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Saatchi plans South Bank gallery to rival Tate empire.
...dominance of the Tate galleries in London...exhibition at Mr Saatchi's new...which he plans to open in...Hall. Mr Saatchi is in discussions...present in the Saatchi Gallery in Swiss...approve his ... |