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15 Sep 2008, 5:18 pm
On a March day in 1220, the Year of the Dragon, the Mongol conqueror broke with his peculiar tradition by leading his cavalry into the center of the newly conquered city of Bukhara, one of the most important cities belonging to the sultan of Khwarizm in what is now Uzbekistan. [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 1:36 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The original castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 11:50 am by Sasha Volokh
"Banjo" Paterson "Лотова жена" ("Lotova zhena", "Lot's wife") by Anna Akhmatova "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear "The Conqueror Worm" by Edgar Allan Poe "Les Djinns" by Victor Hugo "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" by Alan Seeger "When I Was One-and-Twenty" by A.E. [read post]
3 Nov 2008, 11:02 pm
The advertisement, for Hell Pizza, showed animated versions of Sir Edmund Hillary, actor Heath Ledger and the Queen Mother dancing to Michael Jackson's song 'Thriller'.The family of Mount Everest conqueror Sir Edmund, who died in January, said the ad was in "extremely poor taste". [read post]
29 Apr 2007, 6:17 am
The Times obituary quote Rosenthal on his feelings about the Nuremberg trials: “Seeing these strutting conquerors after they were sentenced â€â [read post]
1 Dec 2020, 10:46 am by Sasha Volokh
"Banjo" Paterson "Лотова жена" ("Lotova zhena", "Lot's wife") by Anna Akhmatova "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear "The Conqueror Worm" by Edgar Allan Poe "Les Djinns" by Victor Hugo "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" by Alan Seeger "When I Was One-and-Twenty" by A.E. [read post]
24 Nov 2020, 12:23 pm by Sasha Volokh
"Banjo" Paterson "Лотова жена" ("Lotova zhena", "Lot's wife") by Anna Akhmatova "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear "The Conqueror Worm" by Edgar Allan Poe "Les Djinns" by Victor Hugo "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" by Alan Seeger "When I Was One-and-Twenty" by A.E. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 6:51 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Over the years, the United States has developed a vast body of Indian law to try and find a place for tribal sovereignty in a legal and political system created by the conquerors. [read post]
24 Sep 2012, 4:14 pm by Laurel Davis
Our Alecto edition of the Great Domesday was displayed open to a page in the Devonshire section--students enjoyed the authentic silver penny from the reign of William the Conqueror that was inserted in the front cover when the book was published. [read post]
22 Nov 2020, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The laws were passed in response to reported abuses associated with the “Encomienda,” a Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of particular groups of subject people. [read post]
30 Jul 2022, 5:58 am
' He also questioned the logic of the tribute after Albuquerque in June 2020 removed a statue of Spanish conqueror Juan de Oñate. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 1:17 pm by Buce
Harald the protagonist has story enough to fill out any self-respecting saga: he saw service in Byzantium and Kievan Rus and died fighting another Harald—rather, Harold—at Stamford Bridge in the North of England in 1066 (the winner went on to lose the Battle of Hastings to William of Normandy, aka William the Conqueror). [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 6:40 pm by Buce
And most particularly: one suspects that the Qing conquerors could if they wished have merely squashed these dissenters like a bug. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 11:37 am by Buce
  Japan certainly is (not to put too fine a point on it) rich in contradictions--the nastiest of conquerors, isolationist and xenophobic, second to none in violent porn. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 3:01 pm by Dave_Fagundes
Vlad the Impaler, William the Conqueror, or Joe the Plumber). [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 11:22 am by Sasha Volokh
"Banjo" Paterson "Лотова жена" ("Lotova zhena", "Lot's wife") by Anna Akhmatova "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear "The Conqueror Worm" by Edgar Allan Poe "Les Djinns" by Victor Hugo "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" by Alan Seeger "When I Was One-and-Twenty" by A.E. [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 7:14 am
The history of Guernsey Channel Island and the rest of the Channel Islands include William the Conqueror, who became the monarch of England in 1066 and was coroneted at Westminster Abbey. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 12:07 am
By Nick Akerman, The National Law JournalLittle did William the Conqueror know that when he won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, his victory would have ramifications for protecting computer data. [read post]
22 Mar 2023, 8:50 am by Tom Smith
via www.msn.com We were supposed to have learned this lesson about conquerors and their demands. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 11:53 am by Laurel Davis
However, it is such a fascinating piece of work that I thought a blog post was in order.The Domesday Book was a 1086 survey of Britain ordered by William I of England, more often referred to as William the Conqueror. [read post]