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  The Eastern Kingdoms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The eastern kingdoms of Ithansia lie on the coast of the North Virdantic Sea and encompass the kingdoms of Aleria, Antipole, Misty Dale, Martania, Whellon, Tigana, Alicur, The Alliance of Sempahl as well as the barbarian plains of Goult and tundra of Autland.
Three distinct societies exist in the Eastern Kingdoms; the tribal barbarian cultures of Goult and Autland, the feudal kingdoms of the lower coastland and the religiously dominated theocracies of Sempahl.
The kingdoms on the north side of the Aragean are ruled by a monarch, with the exception of Tigana and Misty Dale.
home.comcast.net /~m-spec/ithansiad/eastern_kingdoms.htm   (1780 words)

  
 Azeroth (world) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eastern Kingdoms as it was prior to the fall of the nation of Quel 'Thalas.
The Eastern Kingdoms is actually not a continent, but a supercontinent, traditionally divided into three continents.
Once, their subterranean kingdom of Azjol-Nerub was the most prosperous in the harsh land of Northrend, their people thriving in conditions which bested all others.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Azeroth_(world)   (2012 words)

  
 Names of geographical locations and features in Triagia
Bas-Tyra - Duchy of the Kingdom of Isles.
Timons - Duchy of the Kingdom southeast of Salador on the shore of the Kingdom Sea.
Tyr-Sog - Nestled in the southern foothills of the Yabon Hills, Tyr-Sog is one of the northernmost baronies in the Kingdom.
www.shoalcreek.com /feist/names.htm   (17142 words)

  
 General History of Hârnic Religion
Eastern Hârn witnessed a rise in civilized life during the 1st century TR, but the western regions of the island remained in a state of relative barbarism until 301 TR, when the Corani chieftain Corthir united the eight tribes of his people, founded the city of Coranan, and began to conquer the surrounding tribal nations.
By contrast, the spread of Haleanism in the eastern half of the island took place quite slowly and is still probably not nearly as strong as it was in the west during the 5th and 6th centuries.
As in eastern Hârn, the church is respected by the kingdom's nobility, most of whom view Laranism and Peonism as "sister religions"-- the former for themselves, the latter for the poor.
pages.sbcglobal.net /harn-religion-team/general/history.html   (12764 words)

  
 SPAIN - LoveToKnow Article on SPAIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On the side of Portugal a tract of inhospitable country sled originally to the separation between the two kingdoms, inasmuch as it caused the reconquest of the comparatively populous maritime tracts from the Moors to be carried out independently of that of the eastern kingdoms, which were also well peopled.
In its eastern section the chain is crossed by the railways from Burgos to Bilbao and San Sebastian; the last-named line winds through the wild and romantic gorge of Pancorbo (in the north-east of the province of Burgos) before it traverses the Cantabrian chain at Idiazabal.
On the other hand, the eastern part of this zone is the part of Spain which is liable to be visited from time to time by the scorching leveche, the name given in Spain to the sirocco, as well as by the solano, a moist and less noxious east wind.
52.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SP/SPAIN.htm   (18907 words)

  
 End of Europe's Middle Ages - Eastern Europe
Numerous and politically unstable, the petty kingdoms of south-eastern Europe are also known as the Balkans and they served as Europe's buffer zone against the expanding Ottoman Empire during the late Middle Ages.
Unfortunately, few kingdoms actually responded to the call and Hunyadi was forced to lead a motley peasant army against a much larger, seasoned Ottoman force at the siege of Belgrade (Nandorfejervar) in June and July of 1456.
Matthias' achievements demonstrate that, although Eastern Europe was on the periphery, it was not completely isolated from the events taking place in Western Europe and his reign calls to mind many of the developments of the New Monarchies.
www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/eastern.html   (2050 words)

  
 Arcady's World of Fahla - Kingdom of Lomyr - Intro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Eastern Kingdoms however are presently undergoing the collapse of feudal society as a result of the costs of war being too high for society
Eastern life tends to be a little slower paced with smaller families and a slight distrust of foreigners.
The Eastern Kingdoms, Legoli, and Arashan are often the topic of much discussion; but outside of Coinic few people have seen traders from these regions.
home.pacbell.net /arcady0/fahla/Lomyr/Lomyr_intro.html   (2454 words)

  
 Republic of Indonesia - MSN Encarta
The kingdoms of this time fell into two main types of political units: the seafaring trading states along the coasts of Sumatra, northern Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, and some of the other eastern islands; and the rice-based inland kingdoms, particularly of eastern and central Java.
The central and eastern kingdoms relied on wet-rice agriculture and had a complex hierarchy headed by a god-king.
Elsewhere in the eastern islands, most local rulers retained their internal autonomy but were drawn into special relationships with the Dutch.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573214_10/Republic_of_Indonesia.html   (1688 words)

  
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The thesis which is to be tested is that in the Late Bronze Age kingdoms of the eastern Mediterranean a king measured his might in horses and especially chariotry.
As the "raiders" on the eastern kingdoms seem to have used swords in large numbers--9111 swords were captured from the Libyan raid on Egypt in 1208-- Drews suggests that the Naue Type II sword was adopted to meet the challenge (p.
The increasing emphasis on infantry weaponry suggests that those outside the kingdoms of the eastern had "found a way to defeat the greatest chariot armies of the time"; "raiders must have used javelins to good effect, destroying the chariot armies and ending the era of chariot warfare" (p.
www.infomotions.com /serials/bmcr/bmcr-9401-gill-end.txt   (1985 words)

  
 Habisfern
The Northern Kingdoms lay to the north-east of Weidany, and communication between the two lands is rare.
The Kingdom of Lanuch was the first of the Rornic kingdoms in the West, though is now a mere shire of the greater Kingdom of Weidany.
The Kingdom is currently at war with Cadwold, a nation corrupted by the dark arts of the Druids.
www.glendale.org.uk /habisfern   (1185 words)

  
 Eastern Kingdoms - WoWWiki
The Eastern Kingdom is actually made up of three sub-continents known as Azeroth, Khaz Modan, and Lordaeron(with possibly Quel'Thalas making up a 4th continent).
At various stages in the history of the game series, the Eastern Kingdoms, was referred to as Azeroth, though this usage has been retroactively changed, and that term is now used only to refer to the entire world, or the most southern continent of the eastern kingdoms.
The central Eastern Kingdoms are dominated by the Khaz Mountains and the Redridge Mountains.
www.wowwiki.com /Eastern_Kingdoms   (217 words)

  
 Kingdoms of Eastern Europe - Bohemia
Between the 4th and 6th centuries, the territory was settled by Slavs who filled the Central European void left by the barbarian migrations and the rule of the Huns.
Bohemia was later elevated to a kingdom, but the exact date in which that occurred is a little confused, although Vratislav is the first ruler referred to as "king".
The kingdom found itself at the crossroads between the Germanic people in the west and Byzantium in the east.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/EasternBohemia.htm   (1012 words)

  
 Kingdoms of Eastern Europe - Croatia
The Celtic Norican Kingdom, which covered modern Austria, Slovenia and part of northern Croatia, briefly survived the conquest as a Roman tributary.
Croatia is part of the Yugoslavian Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, until Alexander II changes the name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia is ended by Italian and Nazi German occupation.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/EasternCroatia.htm   (1387 words)

  
 Zhou_Dynasty
The capital was moved eastward in 722 BC to Luoyang in present-day Henan Province.
The first, from 722 to 481 BC, is called the Spring and Autumn Period, after a famous historical chronicle of the time; the second is known as the Warring States Period.
With the royal line broken, the power of the Zhou court gradually diminished; the fragmentation of the kingdom accelerated.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/z/zh/zhou_dynasty.html   (976 words)

  
 Eastern Kingdoms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The kingdom of Judah lasted a further 135 years, when Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported 20,000 political and intellectual elite Jews in 597, 587 and 582.
Ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar II, son of King Gotarzes of Babylonia who established the kingdom idependence from the Parthian Empire, Babylonia was a former satrap of the Parthian Empire in the lower reaches of the land between the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates.
Based on the city of Charax, the small kingdom lies in the marshes of the delta formed by the Tigris and Euphrates River flowing into the Erythaeum Sea.
www.donaldhs.vic.edu.au /home/spotter/Eastern_Kingdoms.html   (1347 words)

  
 Advent Children.forums - ~The battle after the war~
The second was the Eastern Kingdom, The Kingdom of the waters grave, inhabited by mermaids and sailors, fishermen and sea-creatures.
The fifth and final kingdom was the middle kingdom, in between all the others, it was a clear desert, its population was low and not as popular as the other four kingdoms.
Even though the four kingdoms co-operated, there were also outsiders who decided not to belong to the kingdoms, they did not care for the war and would only fight with whom paid them the most, and un-fortunately, the secret middle kingdom had got hold of them before anyone else had.
www.adventchildren.net /forums/showthread.php?t=28916   (6830 words)

  
 The Last Days of Babylon, Chapter 7, "The Four Empires of Persia"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The capitol of the eastern Christian church was in Constantinople, and from there the eastern church had to struggle to fight off attempts by the Arabs to overrun Turkey and push into Europe across the Bosphorus.
While the eastern church was fighting the Arabs in Turkey, the western church also had to struggle to keep from being overrun as well.
In the case of the fourth kingdom, Persia is described by Daniel in the dual terms of 'Media and Persia'.
goodnewschristianministry.org /babylonchapter7.htm   (3309 words)

  
 Bandora
Until December 473, Araneth, King of the Western Kingdom and Protector of the Amber Throne was merely a Duke in the Kingdom of Man, a cousin to the King, and swore fealty to the Lord of the Amber Throne, who was recently assassinated.
The Duke of the Middle Kingdom and the Duke of the Eastern Kingdom, both related to the assassinated High King, laid clame to that Throne.
Duke Araneth, citing the conflict east of his borders, instead declared his Duchy, the Eastern Kingdom, to be now separated from the Kingdom of Man, and claimed the title King, as well as Protector of the Amber Throne.
www.mindspring.com /~bandora/regions/body_eastplain.html   (410 words)

  
 Qing Dynasty Encyclopedia Articles @ VeryGoodCredit.com (Very Good Credit)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Second Opium War ended in another crushing Chinese defeat, whilst the Treaty of Tianjin contained clauses deeply insulting to the Chinese, such as a demand that all official Chinese documents be written in English and a proviso granting British warships unlimited access to all navigable Chinese rivers.
During the Qianlong Emperor's reign, for example, members of his family were distinguished by garments with a large circular emblem on the back, whereas a Han could only hope to wear clothing with a square emblem; this meant effectively that any guard in the court could immediately distinguish family members from the back view alone.
With respect to Mongolia, Tibet, and Eastern Turkestan, like other dynasties before it the Qing maintained imperial control, with the emperor acting as Mongol khan, patron of Tibetan Buddhism and protector of Muslims.
209.68.55.246 /encyclopedia/Qing_Dynasty   (5252 words)

  
 The Two Kingdoms
Within a century of Solomon's death, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah are tiny little states, each no bigger than Connecticut, on the larger map of the Middle East.
Located directly between the Mesopotamian kingdoms in the northeast and the powerful state of Egypt in the southwest, Israel and Judah were of the utmost commercial and military importance to all these warring powers.
The Hebrew kingdom, started with such promise and glory by David, was now at an end.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/Kingdoms1.html   (1225 words)

  
 Drachma - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
A modern Greek currency, introduced in 1832, and replaced by the Euro in 2001 (at the rate of 340.750 drachma to the Euro).
After Alexander the Great's conquests, the name Drachma was used in many of the Hellenistic kingdoms in the Middle East, including the Ptolemaic kingdom in Alexandria.
The Arabic unit of currency known as dirham (in the Arabic language, درهم), known from pre-Islamic times and afterwards, inherited its name from the drachma; the dirham is still the name of the official currencies of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/d/r/a/Drachma.html   (626 words)

  
 Thyrenacia - The Treaty of ‎Amon Bhorag‎   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In AG 6546, kingdoms of the continent were fighting back the hordes from the ‎Dyshanti Sovereignty‎.
The five kingdoms of ‎Gallysto‎, ‎Savaiie‎, ‎Quesh‎, ‎Ghorovarn‎, and ‎Cartagon‎ formalized a confederation at a summit in Ars Vapasila, the destroyed capital of ‎Amon Bhorag‎, chosen as neutral territory because its government and cities had been totally destroyed.
The ‎Nevhonim Territories‎, the kingdom that would inherit the lands of the defeated ‎Dyshanti Sovereignty‎, signed the Treaty in AG 6569.
www.extrasolar.net /thyrenacia/article.asp?id=64   (279 words)

  
 World of Sulerin - Atlas - 3.5E and 3E monsters, spells, magic items and D&D resources
History: Named for the city of Zhakar which refused to bend the knee to the Eastern Empire until its walls were torn down and the city burnt to the ground, the Confederacy possesses the same vicious streak of independence, newly won from the beleaguered United Kingdoms.
The United Kingdoms, still recovering from the effects of the Black Scourge (AC12865-AC12867) in that part of the world, is unable to effectively mount a defense.
Leaders of cities in the eastern kingdoms resented being dragged into a war against the elves with whom they had a relatively peaceful and agreeable relationship.
www.sulerin.com /atlas/atlas.asp?id=zhakar   (449 words)

  
 Arcady's World of Fahla - Western Kingdoms - Intro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
All told, nearly fifteen percent of the kingdom is non human, living in many small inland communities, and the bay seems to particularly attract mermaids.
The gestures of the Pertorian 'muses' are considered throughout the Western Kingdoms to be particularly enticing and erotic, and the accent they bring to the Eraedieyan language in song to be especially beautiful.
Pertoria's northern neighbor Eraedieya is a fairly similar land, and in the age of dragons they were known as the twin kingdoms - sharing one monarchy with its capital in the Eraedieyan city Alcanteya.
home.pacbell.net /arcady0/fahla/wk   (3822 words)

  
 Imperium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The fl African kingdoms of the southern Nile Valley also straddle two continents with offshoots of the Kingdom of Axum on the Southern Arabian penisnsula at the southern end of the Red Sea.
The civilized and very ancient Eastern kingdoms lie between the two colossuses of the Parthian Empire, the Roman Republic and the rich independent kingdom of Egypt.
The Sarmatian tribes of the north- eastern plains are steadily pressing southwards and westwards threatening the Celtic nations on the Danubius River, the Romans, Greeks and Eastern kingdoms.
www.donaldhs.vic.edu.au /home/spotter/Imperium.html   (790 words)

  
 Franks
Unfortunately for civilization, the Merovingians were plagued by internal weaknesses: 1) the Germanic practice of dividing kingdoms among sons (i.e., treating kingdoms as private property) led to civil war among heirs.
Charlemagne felt is was his religious duty to raise the educational level of the clergy so that they understood and could properly teach the faith, so monastery schools were established to train the clergy and the Benedictine rule would become the uniform standard of life in the monasteries.
Between the western and eastern kingdoms, out of which eventually emerged France and Germany, was a middle kingdom that retained the imperial title and extended from the modern Netherlands into Italy" (Greaves 212).
socsci.gulfcoast.edu /rbaldwin/franks.htm   (2539 words)

  
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The coinage of these kingdoms were essentially Hindu style with Devnagri inscriptions, a rarity in 17th century of India due to massive Mughal expansion and extensive mintage of coins in Islamic style.
Tripura was an independent Hindu kingdom occupying almost 10,400 square kilometers of hilly tract and a strip of fertile plains east of Bengal.
Thus this hill kingdom managed to remain independent till mid 20th century and finally in 1947 merged as one of the state in Indian republic.
www.med.unc.edu /~nupam/common1.html   (716 words)

  
 Early middle age feudal states - by Marko Marelic
Shortly before his death, Boleslav was crowned king, thus signalizing the establishment of a new and promising Slavic kingdom.
A thriving commercial metropolis, second only to Constantinople in eastern Europe, it was noted especially for its churches.
First conquered by the Franks, Croatia became a kingdom when in 924 Tomislav accepted a crown from the pope (Pope John X, [914-28]).
www.korcula.net /history/mmarelic/mmarelic_middleages.htm   (753 words)

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