The general used a long ruler to indicate on the map exactly where the troops would land. |
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He was convinced that only a single strong ruler could restore order in Rome. |
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His strengths and weaknesses as a ruler were considered to be emblematic of the English people as a whole. |
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The former ruler was forced to concede power to a new government. |
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The Huns do not then appear to have been a single force with a single ruler. |
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Before the Norman conquest of England, the most powerful Welsh ruler at any given time was generally known as King of the Britons. |
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On Frederick's death in 1250, Innocent started to look for a new ruler, one more amenable to the Papacy. |
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It was the only time an English ruler recognised the right of a ruler of Gwynedd over Wales. |
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The chief of the Dahlak islands exported slaves, as well as amber and leopard hides, to the then ruler of Yemen. |
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When the last Ayyubid ruler left Yemen in 1229, Umar stayed in the country as caretaker. |
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For the Kwakwaka'wakw, the killer whale was regarded as the ruler of the undersea world, with sea lions for slaves and dolphins for warriors. |
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After his death King Minos became a judge of the dead in Hades, while Rhadamanthys became the ruler of the Elysian fields. |
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Frankish government and culture depended very much upon each ruler and his aims and so each region of the empire developed differently. |
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Even the majestic Jupiter, the ruler of the gods, was honored for the aid his rains might give to the farms and vineyards. |
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Myinsaing Kingdom became the real ruler of Central Burma and challenged the Mongol rule. |
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In spite of a treaty negotiated in 1678 with its ruler Ganga Zumba, a war between the two remained. |
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He executed the ruler of Algiers and everybody he suspected would oppose him, including local rulers. |
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With the paltry trade goods he had to offer, the explorer was unable to provide a suitable gift to the ruler. |
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Final arrangements were put into place for the encounter with the ruler of Calicut. |
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Cabral forged an alliance with Kochi's ruler, as well with rulers of other Indian cities, and was able to establish a factory. |
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Both dynasties' founders were believed to be twin sons of Aristodemus, a Heraclid ruler. |
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After this, Haakon Jarl ruled Norway as a vassal of Harald Bluetooth, but he was in reality an independent ruler. |
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Considered by contemporaries to be a harsh but effective ruler, Henry skilfully manipulated the barons in England and Normandy. |
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Henry was a harsh, firm ruler, but not excessively so by the standards of the day. |
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Backed by King Louis, William Clito was chosen by the Flemings to become their new ruler. |
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Earlier historians such as Austin Poole and Richard Southern considered Henry as a cruel, draconian ruler. |
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Odoacer then installed himself as ruler over Italy, and sent the Imperial insignia to Constantinople. |
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Their king Hermegisclus had made a strategic alliance with the Frankish ruler Theudebert I, marrying his sister Theudechild. |
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This was the feudal system, in which new princes and kings arose, the greatest of which was the Frank ruler Charlemagne. |
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Five weeks later, after the departure from Sudak, he reached the encampment of Batu Khan, Mongol ruler of the Volga River region. |
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According to Procopius, the Vandals came to Africa at the request of Bonifacius, the military ruler of the region. |
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The Huns fell upon the Thervingi, whose staunchly pagan ruler, Athanaric, sought refuge in the mountains. |
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In 561, the Avars captured Bessarabia and executed the local ruler Mesamer. |
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Gibbon describes Augustus' reaction to the defeat as one of the few times the normally stoic ruler lost his composure. |
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Odoacer is the earliest ruler of Italy for whom an autograph of any of his legal acts has survived to the current day. |
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Odoacer is the first ruler of Italy for whom the original text of any of his legal acts has survived. |
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Neither Zeno nor Basiliscus, the two generals fighting for the eastern throne at the time of Romulus' accession, accepted him as ruler. |
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This son, Louis the Pious, followed his father as the ruler of a united empire. |
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Eventually, Clotaire II in 613 reunited the entire Frankish realm under one ruler. |
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After this, Pepin, though not a king, was the political ruler of the Frankish kingdom and left this position as a heritage to his sons. |
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Carloman's sudden death in December 771 under unexplained circumstances left Charlemagne as the sole, undisputed ruler of the Frankish Kingdom. |
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In November of the same year, Charlemagne went to Regensburg where the Avar leaders acknowledged him as their ruler. |
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In 795, when the Saxons broke the peace, the Abotrites and Wiltzes rebelled with their new ruler against the Saxons. |
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Part of Charlemagne's success as a warrior, an administrator and ruler can be traced to his admiration for learning and education. |
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Following Amalaric's assassination in 531, another Ostrogothic ruler, Theudis took his place. |
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Two of the brothers died, and Rurik became the sole ruler of the territory and progenitor of the Rurik Dynasty. |
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Power struggles between ruler and estates were comparable to similar events in the history of the British and French parliaments. |
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Often the conversion of the ruler was followed by the compulsory baptism of his subjects. |
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There he established ties with the local ruler who was impressed with his martial skills. |
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Famed for his piety and his remarkably mild and just reign, John was an exceptional example of a moral ruler at a time when cruelty was the norm. |
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In the Byzantine state, the emperor was the sole and absolute ruler, and his power was regarded as having divine origin. |
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On 6 June, the Manchus and Wu entered the capital and proclaimed the young Shunzhi Emperor ruler of China. |
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Even though Sekandar was an autonomous ruler in his own right, he was not recognized by the Chinese. |
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Nine days after crossing the Don he met Sartaq Khan, ruler of the Kipchak Khanate. |
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Kublai secured the northeast border in 1259 by installing the hostage prince Wonjong as the ruler of Korea, making it a Mongol tributary state. |
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In Baghdad, he found Abu Sa'id, the last Mongol ruler of the unified Ilkhanate, leaving the city and heading north with a large retinue. |
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The Mongol ruler Genghis Khan had the once vibrant cities of Bukhara and Samarkand burned to the ground after besieging them. |
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In 1783, Oman's Seyyid Sultan, defeated ruler of Muscat, was granted sovereignty over Gwadar. |
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After this, Menokki were became the ruler of Polanad and came to terms with the troops and people. |
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He was recognized as an intelligent, perceptive ruler with demonstrated success, both by contemporaries and by later historians. |
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Nevertheless, Denis is described in contemporary chronicles as a wise and able ruler. |
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The most fortunate of the men worked as the officials or bodyguards of the ruler and emirs, or as business managers for rich merchants. |
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After this battle and the loss of one of Portugal's most remarkable infantes, the Duke of Braganza became the de facto ruler of the country. |
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In north Africa, Sulayman and his brothers forged alliances with local Berbers, especially the Kharijite ruler of Tahert. |
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In August of the same year, Isabella proved her abilities as a powerful ruler on her own. |
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Cabral promises to make the Trimumpara Raja of Cochin the ruler of kingdom of Calicut, upon the city's capture. |
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In AD 993, the invasion of Chola emperor Rajaraja I forced the then Sri Lankan ruler Mahinda V to flee to the southern part of Sri Lanka. |
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In early 1514, Afonso sent ambassadors to Gujarat's Sultan Muzaffar Shah II, ruler of Cambay, to seek permission to build a fort on Diu, India. |
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He became a confidante of the Sultan Bayan Sirrullah, the ruler of Ternate, becoming his personal advisor. |
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By 1929, Chen Jitang had established himself as the military ruler of Guangdong. |
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The Uyunids controlled Bahrain until 1235, when the archipelago was briefly occupied by the Persian ruler of Fars. |
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In 1521, the Portuguese allied with Hormuz and seized Bahrain from the Jabrid ruler Migrin ibn Zamil, who was killed during the takeover. |
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The first revolt and widespread uprising took place in March 1895 against Sheikh Issa bin Ali, then ruler of Bahrain. |
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When the Spaniards arrived, the ruler of the Aztec empire was Moctezuma II, who was later killed. |
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Classic Maya social organization was based on the ritual authority of the ruler, rather than central control of trade and food distribution. |
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However, in practice one member of the council could act as a supreme ruler, while the other members served him as advisors. |
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During the Classic period, the Maya ruler was the high priest, and the direct conduit between mortals and the gods. |
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Important rituals such as the dedication of major building projects or the enthronement of a new ruler required a human offering. |
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Until this point, the Mexica ruler was not recognized as a legitimate king. |
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But his son, Maxtla, soon usurped the throne and turned against factions that opposed him, including the Mexica ruler Chimalpopoca. |
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The indigenous ruler of the settlement was charged with mobilization labor and tribute that was due the holder of the encomienda. |
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Montezuma is a playable ruler for the Aztec in several of the video games of the Civilization series. |
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Walking down the center came Moctezuma II, who had two lords at his side, one being his brother, the ruler of Iztapalapa. |
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The great ruler declared that anything that they needed would be theirs to have. |
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With this ceremony the new ruler was received, and was recognised as lord and king. |
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People loyal to Atahualpa created a new capital in Quito, so they could follow their preferred ruler and gain favor within the government. |
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In 1532 a group of Spanish conquistadors, led by Francisco Pizarro, defeated the Inca ruler Atahualpa and took over his Empire. |
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By the 16th century, the Russian ruler had emerged as a powerful, autocratic figure, a Tsar. |
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About 1200 Veliky Ustyug was founded by the ruler of Rostov, partially blocking this route. |
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The last Ming ruler, the Chongzhen Emperor, committed suicide by hanging himself when the city fell. |
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Yet Sayyid Akbar was a weak ruler and produced no capable heirs, at least in the opinion of the Akhund. |
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We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims, came by his authority. |
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Venus then indirectly disposits all planets in Leo because these planets are disposited by the Sun, ruler of Leo, and Venus disposits the Sun. |
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He decided to stage a durbar on the plains outside the city, at which the Afghans would be able to express their loyalty to their new ruler. |
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It contains the remains of an early Bronze Age ruler laid out on white quartz pebbles and birch bark. |
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For about seven brief years, Wales was one, under one ruler, a feat with neither precedent nor successor. |
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Welsh Law emphasised the payment of compensation for a crime to the victim, or the victim's kin, rather than punishment by the ruler. |
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The regular 17-sided polygon can be constructed with the help of a compass and a ruler. |
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When Claudius successfully invaded in 43 AD, it was in aid of another fugitive British ruler, Verica of the Atrebates. |
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Though his military expenditure was costly to the empire, Severus was a strong and able ruler. |
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Constantine was a ruler of major importance, and he has always been a controversial figure. |
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In both medieval East and West, Constantine was presented as an ideal ruler, the standard against which any king or emperor could be measured. |
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Without an authoritative ruler, the Balkan provinces fell rapidly into disorder. |
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Odoacer then installed himself as ruler over Italia, and sent the Imperial insignia to Constantinople. |
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Constantine III became ruler, but he then left for Gaul and withdrew more troops. |
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In 927 Edward's successor Athelstan conquered Northumbria, bringing the whole of England under one ruler for the first time. |
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The Danes then placed an Englishman, Ecgberht I of Northumbria, on the throne of Northumbria as a puppet ruler. |
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In the days of Christendom, a king seen to be in favour with God could expect to be ruler over a happy kingdom. |
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As a powerful ruler, Henry was able to provide either valuable patronage or impose devastating harm on his subjects. |
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In 1152, through marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, he became ruler of the Duchy of Aquitaine. |
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In 852, Pepin II was imprisoned by Charles the Bald, who soon afterwards pronounced his own son Charles as the ruler of Aquitaine. |
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At age seventeen he led a successful coup against Mortimer, the de facto ruler of the country, and began his personal reign. |
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Elizabeth was praised as a heroine of the Protestant cause and the ruler of a golden age. |
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When the majority of Tory Lords proposed to acclaim her as sole ruler, William threatened to leave the country immediately. |
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The House of Commons, with a Whig majority, quickly resolved that the throne was vacant, and that it was safer if the ruler was Protestant. |
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Elagabalus was an incompetent and lascivious ruler, who was well known for extreme extravagance, that offended all but his favorites. |
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Maximinus Thrax was the first ruler of that time, governing for just three years. |
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Bangladesh's next major ruler was Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad. |
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He abdicated as ruler of the Spanish Empire in January 1556, with no fanfare, and gave these possessions to Philip. |
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However, George objected, and with the courage of his faith, approached the Emperor and ruler. |
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A Germanic king was not only a political ruler, but also held the highest religious office for his people. |
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The Palace of the Olowo, ruler of the Yoruba Owo clan of Nigeria, is acknowledged to be the largest palace in all of Africa. |
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The association between these different troops was only occasional and corresponds to an immediate necessity for the Norman ruler. |
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Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. |
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Macbeth may have been set in medieval Scotland, but it was filled with material of interest to England and England's ruler. |
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Marrying Sabyn to get control of a merkingdom that had obviously decided it didn't want me as a ruler was not an acceptable thing to do. |
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Though not used this way in all countries that had this system, in England, all rights and privileges were ultimately bestowed by the ruler. |
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Also, as milk-brother of the future ruler, the son of a wetnurse would be well placed to bask one day in his milk-brother's power. |
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In 7th century India, Harsha, ruler of a large empire in northern India from 606 to 647 AD, brought most of the north under his hegemony. |
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The British installed a new ruler, and left a mission and garrison in Kabul. |
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With Bismarck's departure, Wilhelm II became the dominant ruler of Germany. |
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Throughout Ottoman history, there were many instances in which local governors acted independently, and even in opposition to the ruler. |
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No ruler of this period was able to create an empire and consistently control lands much beyond his core region. |
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The rulers were counseled by the Taoist clergy that a strong ruler was virtually invisible. |
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In Malaysia, the first minister for each state with a Malay ruler is known as the Menteri Besar. |
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In 594 BC Solon, the ruler of Athens, created the new Solonian Constitution. |
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In 1867, the Al Khalifa, along with the ruler of Abu Dhabi, sent a massive naval force to Al Wakrah in an effort to crush the Qatari rebels. |
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Similarly, several long land borders made an effective domestic army imperative for any French ruler. |
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Akbar, a Mughal ruler for example, sought religious tolerance and abolished jizya. |
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By 1282, only Gwynedd, whose ruler was accorded the title Prince of Wales, remained independent. |
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The British established the Hashemite king, Faisal I of Iraq, who had been forced out of Syria by the French, as their client ruler. |
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Around 850, Lothair I of Middle Francia acknowledged the Viking Rorik of Dorestad as ruler of most of Frisia. |
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In 1568, the Eighty Years' War between the Provinces and their Spanish ruler began. |
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George was a German ruler, spoke poor English, and remained interested in governing his dominions in continental Europe rather than in Britain. |
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Along with the remains of the ancient ruler were found burial treasures which include a bronze and gold dagger, a wooden bowl and a leather bag. |
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The most powerful ruler in Scotland for over two decades, he was involved in wars in Ireland and England. |
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This was due to the elevation of the title of the Austrian ruler from Archduke to Emperor. |
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Llywelyn defeated Owain and Dafydd and captured them, thereby becoming sole ruler of Gwynedd Uwch Conwy. |
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At times some of the kingdoms were united by a ruler who was an overlord, while wars occurred between others. |
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Cantre'r Gwaelod's capital was Caer Wyddno, seat of the ruler Gwyddno Garanhir. |
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Thus, he became the first ruler since the days of Cunedda to control the greater part of Wales. |
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The use of the title prince was a recognition of the ruler of Gwynedd in relation to the wider international feudal world. |
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Llywelyn, later known as Llywelyn the Great, was sole ruler of Gwynedd by 1200, and made a treaty with King John of England the same year. |
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Anarawd's father Rhodri the Great, by conquest and alleged inheritances, had become ruler of most of northern Wales. |
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In 911, French Carolingian ruler Charles the Simple allowed a group of Vikings to settle in Normandy under their leader Rollo. |
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Llywelyn had a strong claim to be the legitimate ruler and began a campaign to win power at an early age. |
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He was sole ruler of Gwynedd by 1200 and made a treaty with King John of England that year. |
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Gruffudd ap Cynan died in 1200 and left Llywelyn the undisputed ruler of Gwynedd. |
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To many, the presence of a male heir legitimised her place as ruler. |
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Common features of these codes include an emphasis on the payment of compensation for a crime to the victim or the victim's kin rather than on punishment by the ruler. |
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In Xochicalco, depictions of the feathered serpent are accompanied by the image of a seated, armed ruler and the hieroglyph for the day sign 9 Wind. |
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Inaugurated by Nicholas Mavrocordatos in Moldavia after Dimitrie Cantemir, Phanariote rule was brought to Wallachia in 1715 by the very same ruler. |
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However, Alexander also was a pragmatic ruler who understood the difficulties of ruling culturally disparate peoples, many of whom lived in kingdoms where the king was divine. |
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Napoleon himself slipped through the British blockade in October 1799, returning to Paris, where he overthrew the government and made himself the ruler. |
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The sphere of political influence of a certain ruler also created a sphere of linguistic influence, with the language within the area becoming more homogenous. |
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As ruler of Gwynedd, Owain stripped Cadwaladr of his lands, with Owain's son Hywel dispatched to Ceredigion, where he burned Cadwaladr's castle at Aberystwyth. |
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Despite these negatives, he is considered an architect and keeper of Chinese culture, history, and statecraft and an influential ruler in Chinese history. |
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His enemies feared that he had ambitions to become an autocratic ruler. |
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During Ottoman times, voivode was the title borne by the ruler of a province, whose powers included the administration, security and tax collection under a special regime. |
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The extent of the kingdom varied with the strength of the current ruler. |
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By assuming that title, the sovereign of Moscow tried to emphasize that he was a major ruler or emperor on par with the Byzantine emperor or the Mongol khan. |
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On Llywelyn's death in 1023, a member of the Aberffraw dynasty, Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, became ruler of Gwynedd and began his rise to power in Powys. |
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About 9 BC Maroboduus returned to Germania and became ruler of his people. |
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His surname 'Augustus' was given the diminutive form 'Augustulus' by rivals because he was still a minor, and he was never recognized outside of Italia as a legitimate ruler. |
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These last two may be variations on the same title, and Mark Zender has suggested that the holder of this title may have been the spokesman for the ruler. |
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He continued southward to the Persian Gulf, when, after escaping with his fleet a tidal bore on the Tigris, he received the submission of Athambelus, the ruler of Charax. |
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Milan's last independent ruler, Lodovico il Moro, called French king Charles VIII into Italy in the expectation that France might be an ally against other Italian statlets. |
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Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England. |
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This is the earliest surviving written agreement between an English king and a Welsh ruler, and under its terms Llywelyn was to swear fealty and do homage to the king. |
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An entry in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, recording the death in 934 of a ruler who was possibly Ealdred of Bamburgh, suggests another possible explanation. |
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His legacy to his son, the coming ruler of Sweden Charles XII, was one of the finest arsenals in the world, a large standing army and a great fleet. |
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When the 11th century began its fourth decade, Canute was, with the single exception of the Emperor, the most imposing ruler in Latin Christendom. |
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However, Denmark made Margaret temporary ruler upon the death of Olaf. |
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According to The Travels of Marco Polo, they passed through much of Asia, and met with Kublai Khan, a Mongol ruler and founder of the Yuan dynasty. |
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They became worried about returning home safely, believing that if Kublai died, his enemies might turn against them because of their close involvement with the ruler. |
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Warren notes, this Treaty began the practical dominance of the French king over France, and the ruler of the Angevin Empire was no longer the dominating noble in France. |
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Debate has continued into the 21st century as to whether Edward was a lazy and incompetent king, or simply a reluctant and ultimately unsuccessful ruler. |
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He was considered an extremely successful ruler by his contemporaries, largely able to control the powerful earls that formed the senior ranks of the English nobility. |
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It was not long before the new reign also met with other problems caused by the central position at court of Roger Mortimer, who was now the de facto ruler of England. |
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In the 13th century, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, ruler of Gwynedd, refused to pay homage to Edward I of England, prompting the English conquest of Gwynedd. |
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In 1863, the ruler of Cambodia, King Norodom, who had been placed in power by the government of Thailand, rebelled against his sponsors and sought the protection of France. |
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As a ruler, he executed an aggressive and effective foreign policy. |
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Hywel ap Maredudd, lord of Meisgyn captured his cousin Morgan ap Cadwallon and annexed Glynrhondda in an attempt to reunify the commotes under a single native ruler. |
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From as early as the Preclassic period, the ruler of a Maya polity was expected to be a distinguished war leader, and was depicted with trophy heads hanging from his belt. |
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Women took part in aristocratic society mainly in their roles as wives and mothers of men, with the role of mother of a ruler being especially prominent in Merovingian Gaul. |
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Prestige goods obtained by trade were used both for consumption by the city's ruler, and as luxury gifts to consolidate the loyalty of vassals and allies. |
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The ruler of Lahej, who was in Aden at the time, ordered his guards to defend the port, but they failed in the face of overwhelming military and naval power. |
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He met the ruler of Malacca and stayed as a guest for three days. |
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This was the last Frankish ruler who did not rule over all the Franks. |
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His legacy to his son, the coming ruler of Sweden, Charles XII, was one of the finest arsenals in the world, a large standing army and a great fleet. |
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There was nothing like that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring with its unregulated rejoicings. |
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In the first case, Svealand was first mentioned as having one single ruler in the year 98 by Tacitus, but it is almost impossible to know for how long it had been this way. |
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George IV came to the throne in 1820 intending to create a set of royal palaces that reflected his wealth and influence as the ruler of an increasingly powerful Britain. |
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On his way to Basra he passed through the Strait of Hormuz, where he learned that Abu Sa'id, last ruler of the Ilkhanate Dynasty had died in Persia. |
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The sphere of political influence of a certain ruler often also created a sphere of linguistic influence, with the language within the area becoming more homogenous. |
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But Batu, ruler of the Golden Horde, refused to come to the kurultai, claiming that he was ill and that the Mongolian climate was too harsh for him. |
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After Mughal ruler Humayun had success against Bahadur, the latter signed another treaty with the Portuguese to confirm the provisions and allowed the fort to be built in Diu. |
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While the divine right of kings granted unconditional legitimacy, the Mandate of Heaven was dependent on the behaviour of the ruler, the Son of Heaven. |
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The content of the poem addresses God as a helper, ruler, guard, defender and lifter for those who are good and an enemy of sinners whom he will punish. |
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After the capture of Antioch on May 3, 1098, Genoa forged an alliance with Bohemond of Taranto, who became the ruler of the Principality of Antioch. |
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The Portuguese also made direct contact with the Kongolose vassal state Ndongo and its ruler Ngola Kiljuane in 1520, after the latter requested missionaries. |
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In 1579, Ndongo ruler Ngola Kiluanje kia Ndamdi massacred Portuguese and Kongolese residents in the Ndongo capital Kabasa under the influence of Portuguese renegades. |
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Occasionally, a powerful ruler was acknowledged as High King of Ireland. |
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Like a seal displaying the king in majesty, the coin broadcast the image of the ruler to his people and, more fundamentally, altered the simple nature of trade. |
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Whereas Henry's ineffectiveness had led to the collapse of royal authority in England during his reign, Edward was a vigorous and forceful ruler and an able military leader. |
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The ruler in a personal union does not need to be a hereditary monarch. |
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In 1640, after receiving similar permission from the Vijayanagara ruler farther south, a second factory was established in Madras on the southeastern coast. |
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For example, Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty, Ares was the god of war, Hades the ruler of the underworld, and Athena the goddess of wisdom and courage. |
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A Princely State, also called a Native State or an Indian State, was a nominally sovereign entity with an indigenous Indian ruler, subject to a subsidiary alliance. |
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Around 850, Lothair I acknowledged Rorik as ruler of most of Friesland. |
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The brouhaha was initially triggered by the actions of Median ruler Astyages, and was quickly spread to other provinces, as they allied with the Persians. |
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Cabral took vengeance by looting and burning the Arab fleet and then bombarded the city in retaliation for its ruler having failed to explain the unexpected attack. |
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In the 3rd century, Ardashir I, the first ruler of the Sassanid dynasty, marched on Oman and Bahrain, where he defeated Sanatruq the ruler of Bahrain. |
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The letter from King Manuel I brought by Cabral to the ruler of Calicut, which was translated by the ruler's Arab interpreters, sought the exclusion of Arab traders. |
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The last ruler to maintain united state was Mstislav the Great. |
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Yermak mustered an army and pushed eastward where he conquered nearly all the lands once belonging to the Mongols, defeating their ruler, Khan Kuchum. |
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Under the new ruler, Ithacius and Hydatius were deposed and exiled. |
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Otto's army met the armies of King Harald Bluetooth and Haakon Jarl the ruler of Norway under the Danish king, at Danevirke, a great wall near Schleswig. |
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He was the first Ottoman ruler to adopt the imperial title of Padishah. |
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Another example of a de facto ruler is someone who is not the actual ruler but exerts great or total influence over the true ruler, which is quite common in monarchies. |
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The Bagler king Philippus was to remain in control of eastern Norway but renounce the title of king, leaving the Birkebeiner King Inge nominally sole ruler of the country. |
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An oligarchy does not have one clear ruler but several rulers. |
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Its greatest king, Nebuchadnezzar II, rivalled another non native ruler, the ethnically unrelated Amorite king Hammurabi, as the greatest king of Babylon. |
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The ruler of the Zhou, King Wu, with the assistance of his brother, the Duke of Zhou, as regent, managed to defeat the Shang at the Battle of Muye. |
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Their king Maroboduus is the first documented ruler of Bohemia. |
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His campaigning was also met with dissatisfaction from Ernak, ruler of the Akatziri Huns, who wanted to focus on the incoming Oghur speaking peoples. |
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Houtman's expedition then sailed east along the north coast of Java, losing twelve crew to a Javanese attack at Sidayu and killing a local ruler in Madura. |
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His surname 'Augustus' was given the diminutive form 'Augustulus' by rivals because he was still a minor, and he was never recognized outside of Italy as a legitimate ruler. |
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Odoacer, now ruler of Italy, was nominally Zeno's subordinate but acted with complete autonomy, eventually providing support to a rebellion against the Emperor. |
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Adelchis regarded himself as the true successor of the Lombard kings, and in that capacity he amended the Edictum Rothari, the last Lombard ruler to do so. |
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When Mary asked him whether subjects had a right to resist their ruler, he replied that if monarchs exceeded their lawful limits, they might be resisted, even by force. |
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There is then a period of uncertainty but it is possible that Sigurd's son Thorfinn the Mighty became ruler circa 1035 until his own death some two decades later. |
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It is a matter of much debate among historians to which degree, or whether at all, these narratives about this legendary Toltec ruler describe historical events. |
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