1126 - Events. January-March - In Sung, scholars and farmers demonstrated around Kaifeng and asked for the restoration of a probity military official, Li Gang (李綱). There were some small conflicts between the protestors and the Government. Rutherglen becomes one of the first Royal Burghs in Scotland. Establishment of the Second Chin Dynasty in the north of China with the Sung Dynasty's loss at the Huang He river valley. Alfonso VII crowned king of Castile and León in Spain.Including:

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The following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq. List of kings of Babylon - First Dynasty of Babylon. This uses the traditional Middle Chronology, although there is now reason to believe it may be too early by as much as a century. Sumu-abum 1894-1881 BC Sumu-la-El 1880-1845 BC Sabium 1844-1831 BC Apil-Sîn 1830-1813 BC Sin-muballit 1812-1793 BC Hammurabi 1792-1750 BC Samsu-I ...

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• List of kings of Babylon - Early Kassite Monarchs
• List of kings of Babylon - Sealand Dynasty Dynasty II of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Kassite Dynasty Third Dynasty of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IV of Babylon from Isin
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty V of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VI of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VII of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VIII of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IX of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IX of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty X of Babylon Assyrians and Chaldeans
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty XI of Babylon Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean

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Alfonso VII of Castile (March 1, 1104/5 – August 21, 1157), nicknamed the Emperor, was the king of Castile and Leon since 1126, son of Urraca of Castile and Count Raymond of Burgundy. Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat enigmatic figure. A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held Leon. This sovereign was considered the most direct representative of the Visigoth kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Roman empire. But though given in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of Castile and Alfonso I of Aragon ...

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It is led by the Archbishop of Milan who serves as metropolitan to the dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia and Vigevano. The Church in Milan was first established in the 1st century as a small diocese. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese in the 4th century. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan - Bishops and Archbishops. St. Barnabas (ca.50-5 ...

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Vijnaneshwara was a prominent jurist of 12th century India. His treatise, the Mitakshara, dealt with inheritance, and is one of the most influential legal treatises in Hindu law. Vijnaneshwara was born in the village of Martur, near Gulbarga in Karnataka. He lived in the court of king Vikramaditya II (1076-1126), the Chalukya monarch of Kalyana. Other related archives1076, 1126, 12th century, Chalukya, Gulbarga, Hindu law, India, Kalyana, Karnataka, Mitakshara, Vikramaditya II, jurist<

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William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie; 1028?–September 9, 1087) ruled as the Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (as William II) and as King of England from 1066 to 1087 (as William I). The sole son of Robert the Magnificent and Herleva, William was born illegitimate in Falaise, Normandy, part of France. William invaded England, won a victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and suppressing subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. No authentic portrait of William has been found. He was described as a big burly man, strong in every ...

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• William I of England - Conquest of England
• William I of England - William's reign
• William I of England - Death burial and succession
• William I of England - Children of William and Matilda
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The Chalukya Dynasty was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between 550 and 750, and again between 973 and 1190. Dr. S. C. Sircar believes that they were an indigenous Kannada family that claimed the status of the Kshatriyas. Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri , Sri. N. Laxminarayana Rao and Prof. S. C. Nandinath have emphatically asserted that the Chalukyas were Kannadigas and very much the natives of Karnataka. They encouraged Kannada language and literature; their inscriptions are in Kanna ...

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• Chalukya - Early History
• Chalukya - Pulakesi II
• Chalukya - The Kalyani Chalukyas
• Chalukya - Legacy
• Chalukya - List of Chalukya rulers
• Chalukya - Chalukyas of Badami
• Chalukya - Chalukyas of Kalyani

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1198 - Events. End of the reign of Emperor Go-Toba, emperor of Japan Emperor Tsuchimikado ascends to the throne of Japan January 8 - Pope Innocent III ascends Papal Throne Frederick II, infant son of German King Henry VI, crowned King of Sicily 1198 - Births. August 24 - King Alexander II of Scotland (died 1249) Ertugrul, Turkish leader, father of Osman I Ferdinand III of Castile (died 1252) Sybilla of Lus ...

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1071 - Events. April — The last Byzantine-controlled city in southern Italy, Bari, is captured by Robert Guiscard. August 26 — Byzantine Empire loses Battle of Manzikert to Turkish army under Alp Arslan. Control of much of Asia Minor passes to the Turks. Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England begins. 1071 - Births. October 22 - William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (d. 1126) 1071 - DeathsIncluding:

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Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126 – December 10, 1198) was an Andalusian-Arab philosopher and physician, a master of philosophy and Islamic law, mathematics, and medicine. He was born in Cordoba, Spain, and died in Marrakesh, Morocco. His name is also seen as Averroès, Averroës or Averrhoës, indicating that the o and the e form separate syllables. In Arabic (the language in which he wrote), his name is Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd أبو ال� ...

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• Averroes - System of philosophy
• Averroes - Significance
• Averroes - Jurisprudence and Law
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An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer whose water is pressurized. Water will thus flow out of an artesian well without pumping. Artesian aquifer - Why is a well artesian?. Because the water table at its recharge zone is at a higher elevation than the head of the well. Pascal's law predicts the theoretical hydrostatic pressure P: where ρ (rho) is the density of the fluid, g the acceleration due to gravity, and z is the ...

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• Artesian aquifer - Origin
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The state of Goryeo ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the founding of Joseon in 1392. The name "Goryeo" is a shortened form of "Goguryeo," the name of a kingdom in northern Korea which was conquered by Silla in 668. The English name "Korea" comes from "Goryeo." See Names of Korea. Two of this period's most notable products are Goryeo pottery — the famous Korean celadon pottery — and the Tripitaka Koreana — the Buddhist scriptures (Tripitak ...

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The Sortes Sanctorum or Sortes Sacrae were a species of divination practised in the earlier ages of Christianity, and consisted in casually opening the Holy Scripture, and from the words which first presented themselves deducing the future lot of the inquirer. They were evidently derived from the Sortes Homerica and Sortes Virgilanae of the pagans, but acc ...

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For lists of the prehistoric kings of Sweden see Mythological kings of Sweden Semi-legendary kings of Sweden List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Munsö or Uppsala. c. 970- c. 995 : Eric the Victorius (Erik Segersäll) c. 995- c. 1022 : Olof the Treasurer (Olof Skötkonung) c. 1022-1050 : Anund Jacob (Anund Jakob) - and in South Canut ...

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List of Swedish monarchs, List of Swedish monarchs - Monarchs Regents and Viceroys of Sweden, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Munsö or Uppsala, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Stenkil, List of Swedish monarchs - The Houses of Sverker and Erik, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Bjällbo, List of Swedish monarchs - Regents of the Kalmar Union and Viceroys Riksföreståndare, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Vasa, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Wittelsbach Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Hesse, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Holstein-Gottorp, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Bernadotte

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This refers to a much disputed line of kings that have in one way or another dominated Germany since the time of Charlemagne. Henry I (919-936), see Henry I the Fowler Henry II (1002-1024), see Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (1039-1056), see Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (1056-1106), see Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V (1106-1125), see Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI (1190-1197), see Henry VI, Holy Roman Empe ...

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List of rulers named Henry, List of rulers named Henry - Byzantine Empire, List of rulers named Henry - England, List of rulers named Henry - Scotland, List of rulers named Henry - France, List of rulers named Henry - Germany and Holy Roman Empire, List of rulers named Henry - Dukes of Saxony, List of rulers named Henry - Dukes of Bavaria, List of rulers named Henry - Margraves and Dukes of Austria, List of rulers named Henry - Grand Dukes of Luxembourg, List of rulers named Henry - Princes zu Reuss, List of rulers named Henry - Portugal, List of rulers named Henry - Spain, List of rulers named Henry - Navarre

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While a real artist, Huizong neglected the army, and Song China became increasingly weak and at the mercy of foreign enemies. When the Jurchen of Manchuria founded the Jin Dynasty and attacked the Liao kingdom to the north of the Song empire, the Song court allied with the Jin and attacked the Liao from the south. This succeeded in destroying the Liao kingdom, a long time enemy of the Song. However, an enemy even more formidable, the Jin, was now on the northern border. Not content with the annexation of the Liao kingdom, and measuring right ...

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List of Spaniards - Architects. See also: Category:Spanish architects. Ricardo Bofill (b. 1939), one of the main representatives of postmodernism in architecture. Santiago Calatrava (b. 1951), 2005 AIA Gold Medal Laureate. Ildefons Cerdà (1815–1876), urban planner who designed the 19th-century extension of Barcelona (Eixample). Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850–1923), brilliant contemporary of better known fellow c ...

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List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Angevins. Henry II (1154-1189) Henry, the Young King (co-monarch, 1170-1183)4 Richard I, the Lionheart (1189-1199) John (1199-1216) Henry III (1216-1272) Edward I (1272-1307) Edward II (1307-1327) (deposed, died 1327) Edward III ...

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List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Catuvellauni, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Roman Occupation, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Romano-Britons, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Anglo-Saxon Bretwaldas, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Mercians, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - West Saxons, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Danes, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - West Saxons restored, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Normans, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Plantagenets, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Angevins, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - House of Lancaster, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - House of York, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - House of Tudor, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - House of Stuart, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Commonwealth, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - House of Stuart restored, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - House of Hanover, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - House of Windsor, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - Footnotes, List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England - External link

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During the 980s, Icelandic Vikings made the first European discoveries of Greenland and, finding the land unpopulated, settled on the southwest coast. The name Greenland (Grønland) has its roots in this colonization (the Inuit call it Kalaallit Nunaat, "Our Land"), and there has been speculation on its meaning. Some have argued that the coasts in question were literally green at the time due to the medieval climate optimum, while others have suspected that it was mostly a marketing scam to get people to settle there. Eric the ...

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History of Greenland, History of Greenland - Early Palaeo-Eskimo cultures, History of Greenland - Norse settlement, History of Greenland - Late Dorset and Thule cultures, History of Greenland - Danish colonization, History of Greenland - Strategic importance, History of Greenland - Home rule, History of Greenland - Notes

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When his mother passed away, his grandfather, Retired Emperor Shirakawa, took him under his care and raised him. He became emperor at the age of four upon the death of his father, Emperor Horikawa. Government affairs were controlled by his grandfather as cloistered emperor. He abdicated in 1123. In 1129, after the death of Retired Emperor Shirakawa, he began to rule as cloistered emperor. He continued to hold power through the reigns of three emperors, Emperor Sutoku, Emperor Konoe, and Emperor Go-Shirakawa. In 1142, he became a ...

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Emperor Toba, Emperor Toba - Genealogy, Emperor Toba - Empresses, Emperor Toba - Life, Emperor Toba - Eras of his reign

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