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Gupta dynasty
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ca. 1-300 Kushan dynasty
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Han
Han , dynasty of China that ruled from 202 BC to AD 220. Liu Pang, the first Han emperor, had been a farmer, minor village official, and guerrilla fighter under the Ch'in dynasty. During the period of civil strife that followed the fall of the Ch'in , he advanced from the Huai River valley,... Read more |
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Nefertiti
Nefertiti or Nefretete , fl. c.1372-1350 BC, queen of ancient Egypt; wife of Ikhnaton (XVIII dynasty) and aunt of Tutankhamen. She seems to have been divorced by Ikhnaton late in his reign. The exquisite limestone bust of Nefertiti (Berlin Mus.) has given rise to the tradition that she was one... Read more |
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Wei
Wei , river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in SE Gansu prov. and flowing E through Gansu and Shaanxi provs. to the Huang He. Its wide, alluvial valley was the site of some of the earliest centers of Chinese civilization (such as the Chou dynasty, 1027-256 BC) and is now the agricultural and... Read more |
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Uni
Uni , fl. c.2325 BC, Egyptian official of the VI dynasty. His career is known through his private inscription. After rising from an obscure court position to a position of command, he defeated the Bedouins five times and pursued them as far as Palestine. As governor of the south under Pepi I, he... Read more |
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Jacobite risings
Jacobite risings were attempts after 1689 to reverse the expulsion of the senior branch of the Stuart family from its thrones. Supporters of the exiled dynasty were known as Jacobites from the Latin form of the name James which is Jacobus. James VII and II fled from England in December 1688. He... Read more |
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Ahmad Shah
Ahmad Shah , c.1723-1773, Afghan ruler (1747-73), founder of the Durani dynasty. His success in commanding Afghan forces in India for Nadir Shah of Iran won him the rule of Afghanistan on Nadir's death (1747). He twice (1756, 1760) occupied and sacked Delhi, the capital of the Mughal empire. He... Read more |
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hypostyle
hypostyle , the chamber in Egyptian temples in which a number of columns supported a flat stone roof. Forming the chief and largest inner space of the temple, it was entered from the outer courtyard and, in turn, gave access to the holy of holies and the small inner sanctuaries occupying the rear of... Read more |
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GETTING ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT
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The Gray Lady, Through a Purple Lens
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Susan Tifft, 59; journalist wrote blog about her illness
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SHORENSTEIN CENTER ON PRESS, POLITICS, PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR RECEIVES 2011...
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The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times
...lengthy history of the families and executives who made the Times. Tifft and Jones, who wrote "The Patriarch: the Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty" (of Louisville), are very serious researchers on journalism. Jones, an excellent writer... |
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BIG NEWS AND BIG PERSONALITIES THROUGH THE BEST, WORST OF...
...the wife-husband writing team of Susan E. Tifft and Alex S. Jones. Their 1990 book ``The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty,'' examined three generations of the powerful Kentucky newspaper family. In their new book... |
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SHORENSTEIN CENTER ON THE PRESS, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR RECEIVES...
...of "Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy," and co-author of "The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty" and "The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family behind the New York Times," which was a finalist... |
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