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Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – 25 August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire, which he ruled from 1206 until his death in 1227; it later became the largest contiguous empire in history.
Napoleon I (born August 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica—died May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island) was a French general, first consul (1799–1804), and emperor of the French (1804–1814/15), one of the most celebrated personages in the history of the West.
His new film, Kidnapped (co-written with Susanna Nicchiarelli, and helpfully, if redundantly, subtitled for us The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara), is legacy Bellocchio, in that it’s as compelling ...
Darius I ( Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
Etymology. The word ant and the archaic word emmet are derived from ante, emete of Middle English, which come from ǣmette of Old English; these are all related to Low Saxon e(e)mt, empe and varieties (Old Saxon emeta) and to German Ameise (Old High German āmeiza).All of these words come from West Germanic * ǣmaitjōn, and the original meaning of the word was "the biter" (from Proto-Germanic ...
This Ottoman miniature painting from 1558 shows a group of boys dressed in red, being registered for the devshirme (usually translated as “child levy” or “blood tax”).
Aspirations to empire – to bring diverse places and peoples under some form of political control – are widespread in every era of history. But actually building an empire is difficult, not just due to resistance, but because other empires raise the entry costs of the imperial game.
