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3 days ago · The Ayutthaya Kingdom (/ ɑː ˈ j uː t ə j ə /; Thai: อยุธยา, RTGS: Ayutthaya, IAST: Ayudhyā or Ayodhyā, pronounced [ʔā.jút.tʰā.jāː] ⓘ) or the Empire of Ayutthaya was a Mon and later Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present ...
1 day ago · From 1884 to 1915, Namibia was under the rule of the German Empire and was known as German South West Africa. When diamonds were discovered in 1908, German miners flocked to the area, and several new settlements were established, only to be abandoned once the supply of diamonds dried up.
1 day ago · The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire ( / əˈbæsɪd, ˈæbəsɪd /; Arabic: الْخِلَافَة الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, romanized : al-Khilāfa al-ʿAbbāsiyya) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE ), from whom the dynasty takes its name. [8] .
20 hours ago · Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise And Fall Of States And Nations, by Norman Davies. This book operates a bit under a bait and switch principle, in that the chapter headings pick deliberately unfamiliar names (at least to Anglophone audiences) for kingdoms and states that many readers will be at least slightly familiar with.
3 days ago · An ancient sword known as the French version of King Arthur’s legendary “Excalibur” has mysteriously vanished from the town where, according to local lore, it had remained lodged in a rock for...
4 days ago · Albert Calibet, who left the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in 2018, was on vacation and getting ready to head to the Greek island of Amorgos when he vanished on June 11. His family...
5 days ago · A 51-year-old man who vanished shortly after jumping into Lake Perris remains missing, and the search has been called off.. The Riverside County sheriff’s dive team and State Park lifeguards using sonar and scuba divers searched for the man in water 50 to 85 feet deep for six days starting on June 15 but could not find him, State Park Superintendent John Rowe said on Monday, July 1.
