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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Confronter | | | |  Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early careerSima Rui was born in 276 in the then-Jin capital Luoyang, as the son of Sima Jin (司馬覲) the Prince of Langye and his wife Princess Xiahou Wenji (夏侯文姬). (The Wei Shu claimed that he was not Prince Jin's biological son but the product of an affair that Princess Xiahou had, but provided no real evidence, and the claim should be considered suspect.) His father died in 290, and he became the Prince of Langye. He was ...
See also:Emperor Yuan of Jin, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early career, Emperor Yuan of Jin - After the fall of Luoyang, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early reign, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Confrontation with Wang Dun, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Era names, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Personal information Read more here: » Emperor Yuan of Jin: Encyclopedia II - Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early career |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - Introduction The Greek Civil War was fought between 1946 and 1949, and was the first example of a post-war Communist insurgency. The victory of the government anti-Communist forces led to Greece's membership in NATO, as a founding member in 1949, and helped to define the ideological balance of power in the Aegean for the entire Cold War.
The civil war consisted on one side of the predominantly conservative Greek civilian population and the armed forces of the Greek government, supported by the USA and the UK . On the other side were mostly ...
See also:Greek Civil War, Greek Civil War - Introduction, Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44, Greek Civil War - Confrontation: 1944, Greek Civil War - Interlude: 1945-1946, Greek Civil War - Civil War: 1946-1949, Greek Civil War - The end of the war: 1949 Read more here: » Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - Introduction |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44 The origins of the civil war lie in the occupation of Greece by Nazi Germany and Bulgaria from 1941 to 1944. King George II and his government escaped to Egypt, where they proclaimed a government-in-exile, recognised by the Western Allies, but not the Soviet Union. The Western Allies actively encouraged, even coerced, the King to appoint moderate ministers; only two of his ministers were members of the dictatorial government that had governed Greece before the Nazi German invasion. Some in the left-wing resistance claimed the government to b ...
See also:Greek Civil War, Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44, Greek Civil War - Confrontation: 1944, Greek Civil War - Interlude: 1945-1946, Greek Civil War - Civil War: 1946-1949, Greek Civil War - The end of the war: 1949 Read more here: » Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44 |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - Interlude: 1945-1946 In February 1945 the various Greek parties came to the Varkiza Agreement, with the support of all the Allies. This provided for the complete demobilisation of ELAS and all other paramilitary groups, an amnesty for all political offences, a referendum on the monarchy, and a general election as soon as possible. The KKE remained legal, and its leader Nikolaos Zachariadis, who returned from Germany in April 1945, said that the KKE's objective was now ...
See also:Greek Civil War, Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44, Greek Civil War - Confrontation: 1944, Greek Civil War - Interlude: 1945-1946, Greek Civil War - Civil War: 1946-1949, Greek Civil War - The end of the war: 1949 Read more here: » Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - Interlude: 1945-1946 |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - Civil War: 1946-1949 Fighting resumed in March 1946, as armed bands of ELAS veterans infiltrated into Greece through the mountainous regions near the Yugoslav and Albanian borders. They now were organized as the Democratic Army of Greece (Dimokratikos Stratos Elladas, DSE), under the command of the ELAS veteran Markos Vafiadis (known as "General Markos"), who operated from a base in Yugoslavia.
Both the Yugoslav and Albanian Communist regimes, which had come to power through their own efforts and were not Soviet puppets, supported the KKE fighters, ...
See also:Greek Civil War, Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44, Greek Civil War - Confrontation: 1944, Greek Civil War - Interlude: 1945-1946, Greek Civil War - Civil War: 1946-1949, Greek Civil War - The end of the war: 1949 Read more here: » Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - Civil War: 1946-1949 |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - The end of the war: 1949 The fatal blow to the KKE and the DSE, however, was political, not military. In June of that year, the Soviet Union and its satellites broke off relations with Prime Minister Tito of Yugoslavia, who had been the KKE's strongest supporter since 1944. The KKE thus had to choose between their loyalty to Stalin and their relations with their closest and most important ally. Inevitably, after some internal conflict the great majority of them, led by Zachariadis, chose Stalin. In January 1949 Vafiadis was accused of "Titoism" and removed from his poli ...
See also:Greek Civil War, Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44, Greek Civil War - Confrontation: 1944, Greek Civil War - Interlude: 1945-1946, Greek Civil War - Civil War: 1946-1949, Greek Civil War - The end of the war: 1949 Read more here: » Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia II - Greek Civil War - The end of the war: 1949 |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Jim Ross - Championships and accomplishments
Jim Ross - Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 1999)
1988 Best Television Announcer
1989 Best Television Announcer
1990 Best Television Announcer
1991 Best Television Announcer
1992 Best Television Announcer
1993 Best Television Announcer
1998 Best Television Announcer
1999 Best Television Announcer
2000 Best Telev ...
See also:Jim Ross, Jim Ross - Career, Jim Ross - Early career, Jim Ross - World Wrestling Entertainment, Jim Ross - Oklahoma, Jim Ross - Matches, Jim Ross - Other storyline confrontations, Jim Ross - Job titles, Jim Ross - Championships and accomplishments, Jim Ross - Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Jim Ross - Trivia Read more here: » Jim Ross: Encyclopedia II - Jim Ross - Championships and accomplishments |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Black Hawk War - Hostilities The governor issued a proclamation on April 16, mustering five brigades of volunteers to form at Beardstown and to head north to force Black Hawk out of Illinois. Although federal U.S. army troops were also involved, the militia, which by the end of the war reached 9,000 men, were the majority. On May 9, the militia began an aggressive pursuit, finally coming into contact with Black Hawk and his warriors on the Rock River near Dixon on May 14. When the militia fired upon them, the warriors returned fire and killed 11 militiamen in the Battle ...
See also:Black Hawk War, Black Hawk War - Background, Black Hawk War - Return of Black Hawk, Black Hawk War - Hostilities, Black Hawk War - Cholera, Black Hawk War - Final confrontation, Black Hawk War - Aftermath, Black Hawk War - Notes Read more here: » Black Hawk War: Encyclopedia II - Black Hawk War - Hostilities |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Historic View To the historians of his own and later Roman periods, the life of Pompey was simply too good to be true. No more satisfying historical model existed than the great man who, achieving extraordinary triumphs through his own efforts, yet fell from power and influence and, in the end, was murdered through treachery.
He was the hero of the Republic, who seemed once to hold the Roman world in his palm only to be brought low by his own weak judgment and Caesar's indomitability. Pompey was idealized as a tragic hero almost immediately after P ...
See also:Pompey, Pompey - Early life and political debut, Pompey - Sicily and Africa, Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus, Pompey - The Campaign against the Pirates — Pompey in the East, Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome, Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate, Pompey - Confrontation to War, Pompey - Civil War, Pompey - Historic View, Pompey - Marriages and Offspring, Pompey - Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career, Pompey - Pompey in Literature and the Arts, Pompey - Notes Read more here: » Pompey: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Historic View |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Early life and political debut Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was born on September 29, 106 BC, as the son or heir of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, an extremely wealthy man from the Italian region of Picenum. Though patrician by birth, their branch of the Pompeius family was traditionally provincial, making them the inevitable subject of prejudice from the Roman elite. His family had only achieved a first consulship some 35 years earlier. He was thus of respectable but somewhat provincial background, a slight taint that clung to him throughout his long competition with the most powerfu ...
See also:Pompey, Pompey - Early life and political debut, Pompey - Sicily and Africa, Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus, Pompey - The Campaign against the Pirates — Pompey in the East, Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome, Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate, Pompey - Confrontation to War, Pompey - Civil War, Pompey - Historic View, Pompey - Marriages and Offspring, Pompey - Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career, Pompey - Pompey in Literature and the Arts, Pompey - Notes Read more here: » Pompey: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Early life and political debut |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Sicily and Africa Although his young age kept him a privatus (a man holding no political office of – or associated with – the cursus honorum), Pompey was a very rich man and a talented general in control of three veteran legions. Moreover, he was ambitious for glory and power. Happy to acknowledge his son-in-law's wishes, and to clear his own situation as dictator, Sulla sent Pompey to Sicily to recover the island and i ...
See also:Pompey, Pompey - Early life and political debut, Pompey - Sicily and Africa, Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus, Pompey - The Campaign against the Pirates — Pompey in the East, Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome, Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate, Pompey - Confrontation to War, Pompey - Civil War, Pompey - Historic View, Pompey - Marriages and Offspring, Pompey - Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career, Pompey - Pompey in Literature and the Arts, Pompey - Notes Read more here: » Pompey: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Sicily and Africa |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus Pompey's reputation for military genius, and occasional bad judgment, continued when he demanded proconsular imperium (although he had not yet served as Consul) to go to Hispania to fight against Sertorius, a Marian general who maintained a lone presence there. He refused to disband his legions until his request was granted, and he joined Metellus Pius against Sertorius. The campaign against the brilliant guerrilla general would last from 76 BC to 71 BC. It is significant that the war was finally won only when rivals murdered Sertorius, not because either Pompey or Metellus Pius had been ab ...
See also:Pompey, Pompey - Early life and political debut, Pompey - Sicily and Africa, Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus, Pompey - The Campaign against the Pirates — Pompey in the East, Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome, Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate, Pompey - Confrontation to War, Pompey - Civil War, Pompey - Historic View, Pompey - Marriages and Offspring, Pompey - Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career, Pompey - Pompey in Literature and the Arts, Pompey - Notes Read more here: » Pompey: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome In December 62 BC, Pompey finally returned to Rome with a dilemma to address. On one hand he wanted his third triumph, on the other he wanted to run for a second consulship. Roman laws state that a general cannot cross the pomerium without losing the right of the triumph, but an electoral candidate must be in the city in order to apply personally for the election. Pompey tried to use diplomacy and asked the senate to postpone the consular election for the day after the triumph. The Optimates, led by Cato the Younger, strongly opposed this an ...
See also:Pompey, Pompey - Early life and political debut, Pompey - Sicily and Africa, Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus, Pompey - The Campaign against the Pirates — Pompey in the East, Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome, Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate, Pompey - Confrontation to War, Pompey - Civil War, Pompey - Historic View, Pompey - Marriages and Offspring, Pompey - Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career, Pompey - Pompey in Literature and the Arts, Pompey - Notes Read more here: » Pompey: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate Although Pompey and Crassus distrusted each other, by 61 BC their grievances pushed them both into an alliance with Caesar. Crassus' tax farming clients were being rebuffed at the same time Pompey's veterans were being ignored. Thus entered Caesar, six years younger than Pompey, returning from service in Hispania, and ready to seek the Consulship for 59 BC. Caesar somehow managed to forge a political alliance with both Pompey and Crassus (the so-called First Triumvirate). Pompey and Crassus would make him Consul, and he would use his power a ...
See also:Pompey, Pompey - Early life and political debut, Pompey - Sicily and Africa, Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus, Pompey - The Campaign against the Pirates — Pompey in the East, Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome, Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate, Pompey - Confrontation to War, Pompey - Civil War, Pompey - Historic View, Pompey - Marriages and Offspring, Pompey - Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career, Pompey - Pompey in Literature and the Arts, Pompey - Notes Read more here: » Pompey: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Civil War Although in the beginning, Pompey claimed he could defeat Caesar and raise armies merely by stamping his foot on the soil of Italy, but by the spring of 49 BC, with Caesar crossing the Rubicon and his invading legions sweeping down the peninsula, Pompey ordered the abandonment of Rome. His legions fled south towards Brundisium, where Pompey intended to find renewed strength by waging war against Caesar in the East. In the process, almost unbelievably, probably thinking than Caesar will not dare, neither Pompey nor the Senate thought of taking the vast treasury with them, which was left conveniently in the Temple of Saturn when ...
See also:Pompey, Pompey - Early life and political debut, Pompey - Sicily and Africa, Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus, Pompey - The Campaign against the Pirates — Pompey in the East, Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome, Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate, Pompey - Confrontation to War, Pompey - Civil War, Pompey - Historic View, Pompey - Marriages and Offspring, Pompey - Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career, Pompey - Pompey in Literature and the Arts, Pompey - Notes Read more here: » Pompey: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Civil War |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Emperor Yuan of Jin - After the fall of Luoyang In 311, Luoyang fell to Han Zhao forces, and Emperor Huai was captured. A large number of refugees, fleeing Han Zhao forces, crossed the Yangtze River and arrived in Sima Rui's domain. Under Wang Dao's suggestion, Sima Rui sought out the talented men among them and added them to his administration. Meanwhile, he began to exercise more imperial power, and began to put all other provinces south of the Huai River under his own control -- and, for the next few years, under the command of Wang Dun and other generals such as Tao Kan and Zhou Fang ...
See also:Emperor Yuan of Jin, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early career, Emperor Yuan of Jin - After the fall of Luoyang, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early reign, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Confrontation with Wang Dun, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Era names, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Personal information Read more here: » Emperor Yuan of Jin: Encyclopedia II - Emperor Yuan of Jin - After the fall of Luoyang |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early reign In early 318, Han Zhao's emperor Liu Cong executed Emperor Min, and three months later, news arrived in Jiankang. Sima Rui then declared himself emperor (as Emperor Yuan). At this time, the areas directly under his control were roughly south of the Yellow River and east of the Three Gorges, although pockets of Jin territory in the north -- chief among which was You Province (幽州, modern Beijing, Tianjin, and northern Hebei), controlled by the ethnically Xianbei governor Duan Pidi (段匹磾) -- largely also recognized him as emperor. Howe ...
See also:Emperor Yuan of Jin, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early career, Emperor Yuan of Jin - After the fall of Luoyang, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early reign, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Confrontation with Wang Dun, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Era names, Emperor Yuan of Jin - Personal information Read more here: » Emperor Yuan of Jin: Encyclopedia II - Emperor Yuan of Jin - Early reign |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Chimei - The rise of what would become Chimei Circa 17, due to Wang Mang's incompetence in ruling -- particularly in his implementation of his land reform policy -- and a major Yellow River flood affecting the modern Shandong and northern Jiangsu regions, the people who could no longer subsist on farming were forced into rebellion to try to survive. The rebellions were numerous and fractured. Two key major examples are discussed below.
Chimei - Mother Lü.
The case of Mother Lü (呂母, personal name unknown) was a highlyl unusual one. Her son was a ...
See also:Chimei, Chimei - The rise of what would become Chimei, Chimei - Mother Lü, Chimei - Fan Chong, Chimei - The joining of the forces, Chimei - The confrontation with Xin forces under Wang Kuang and Lian Dan, Chimei - Temporary submission to Emperor Gengshi, Chimei - Campaign against Chang'an, Chimei - Loss of popular support, Chimei - Flight back east and collapse, Chimei - Aftermaths Read more here: » Chimei: Encyclopedia II - Chimei - The rise of what would become Chimei |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Chimei - Campaign against Chang'an By late 24, while Chimei was strong militarily, but the soldiers were fatigued from all of the wars and wanted to return home. Fan and the other leaders concluded that in order to keep them together, a bigger goal needed to be set. They therefore set their eyes on Emperor Gengshi's regime, which by then had relocated to Chang'an. The Chimei forces were divided into two armies, one led by Fan and Pang, targeting Wu Gate (武關, in modern Shangluo, Shaanxi), and the other led by Xu, Xie, and Yang, targeting Luhun Gate (陸渾關, in m ...
See also:Chimei, Chimei - The rise of what would become Chimei, Chimei - Mother Lü, Chimei - Fan Chong, Chimei - The joining of the forces, Chimei - The confrontation with Xin forces under Wang Kuang and Lian Dan, Chimei - Temporary submission to Emperor Gengshi, Chimei - Campaign against Chang'an, Chimei - Loss of popular support, Chimei - Flight back east and collapse, Chimei - Aftermaths Read more here: » Chimei: Encyclopedia II - Chimei - Campaign against Chang'an |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Chimei - Loss of popular support Meanwhile, Emperor Penzi was installed on the Han throne in Chang'an. Initially, the people of the Guanzhong (關中, modern central Shaanxi) region submitted and offered tributes -- and were surprised when the Chimei soldiers continuously robbed them on the way to Chang'an. The locals soon resumed maintaining and defending their outposts. They also started to look forward to Liu Xiu, who by then had declared himself as an emperor as well (establishing the Eastern Han Dynasty), and his general Deng Yu (鄧禹), whose forces were then station ...
See also:Chimei, Chimei - The rise of what would become Chimei, Chimei - Mother Lü, Chimei - Fan Chong, Chimei - The joining of the forces, Chimei - The confrontation with Xin forces under Wang Kuang and Lian Dan, Chimei - Temporary submission to Emperor Gengshi, Chimei - Campaign against Chang'an, Chimei - Loss of popular support, Chimei - Flight back east and collapse, Chimei - Aftermaths Read more here: » Chimei: Encyclopedia II - Chimei - Loss of popular support |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Chimei - Flight back east and collapse In autumn 26, The Chimei forces attacked the territory held by the regional warlord Wei Xiao (隗囂), but were repelled by Wei. At this time, they suffered from a sudden cold spell that froze many soldiers to death. They headed back east and reentered Chang'an and engaged in a series of battles with Deng and, despite their reduced strength at this time, continued to defeat Deng regularly. The wars led to a severe famine in the Guangzhong region, which affected not only the people of the region but also both Chimei and Deng's forces. Chimei, ...
See also:Chimei, Chimei - The rise of what would become Chimei, Chimei - Mother Lü, Chimei - Fan Chong, Chimei - The joining of the forces, Chimei - The confrontation with Xin forces under Wang Kuang and Lian Dan, Chimei - Temporary submission to Emperor Gengshi, Chimei - Campaign against Chang'an, Chimei - Loss of popular support, Chimei - Flight back east and collapse, Chimei - Aftermaths Read more here: » Chimei: Encyclopedia II - Chimei - Flight back east and collapse |
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| | | | | Confronter: Encyclopedia II - Beta Ray Bill - Fictional Biography
Beta Ray Bill - Origins.
Beta Ray Bill's race, the Korbinites, once lived near the core of an unnamed galaxy - until, due to the machinations of Surtur, the galactic core exploded. A large proportion of the Korbinites died, while the remainder sought to leave to search for more hospitable planets. While ten thousand giant ships were prepared for the evacuation, they attempted to fashion a champion to guard the ships as they went, while the people travelled in suspended animation. The first attempt, to build a bio-machine called "Alpha Ray," fai ...
See also:Beta Ray Bill, Beta Ray Bill - Fictional Biography, Beta Ray Bill - Origins, Beta Ray Bill - Confronting Thor, Beta Ray Bill - A New Hammer, Beta Ray Bill - The Surtur War, Beta Ray Bill - Ragnarok, Beta Ray Bill - Ashta, Beta Ray Bill - Appearances in other media Read more here: » Beta Ray Bill: Encyclopedia II - Beta Ray Bill - Fictional Biography |
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