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  1. 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 ...

  2. 5 days ago · Ayutthaya at first was only a small city-kingdom on the northwestern edge of the powerful Khmer empire. Within less than a century, however, Tai kings succeeded in pushing back the Khmer, and in 1431 they sacked their great capital of Angkor. Wars against neighbouring powers continued throughout the Ayutthayan period.

  3. 1 day ago · The country was partitioned in three stages by the Russian Empire, the German Kingdom of Prussia, and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy. By 1795, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had been completely erased from the map of Europe. Poland and Lithuania were not re-established as independent countries until 1918. State organization and politics

  4. 1 day ago · The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (/ ə ˈ b æ s ɪ d, ˈ æ b ə s ɪ d /; Arabic: الْخِلَافَة الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-ʿAbbāsiyya) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

  5. 3 days ago · The Vanished Empire (Season 3 Episode 3 of 16): Josh Gates travels to Greece to find out about the Minoan civilisation. Expedition Unknown airs on Discovery History at 7:00 PM, Wednesday 3...

  6. 2 days ago · Series 3 Episode 3: The Vanished Empire. On the Mediterranean island of Crete, the Minoans built one of the most glorious civilisations in the ancient world and then mysteriously vanished. Josh travels to Greece to find out how Europe's first superpower disappeared.

  7. 2 days ago · Support for him among scholar-officials soon vanished. More serious was carelessness in war and diplomacy. The Song disregarded the treaty and coexistence with the Liao empire, allied itself with the expanding Juchen from Manchuria, and made a concerted attack on the Liao.