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Cnut ( / kəˈnjuːt /; [3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈknuːtr]; [a] c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, [4] [5] [6] was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. [1] The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are ...
Louis XIV(Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great(Louis le Grand) or the Sun King(le Roi Soleil), was King of Francefrom 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1][a]Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the Age of Absolutismin Europe,[3]the King surrounded himself with a ...
Alexander III of Macedon ( Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized :Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, [c] was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. [d] He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years ...
Charles II(29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685)[c]was King of Scotlandfrom 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Irelandfrom the 1660 Restorationof the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Irelandand Henrietta Maria of France.
Hammurabi ( / ˌxæmʊˈrɑːbi /; Old Babylonian Akkadian: 𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉, romanized: Ḫâmmurapi; [a] c. 1810 – c. 1750 BC ), also spelled Hammurapi, [3] [4] was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire, reigning from c. 1792 to c. 1750 BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered the city-states of ...
Cyrus II of Persia ( Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; c. 600–530 BC ), [b] commonly known as Cyrus the Great, [6] was the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. [7] Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Median Empire and embracing all of the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, [7] expanding vastly and eventually ...
Sanctioned Constructed formats include Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, and Vintage. [1] Limited formats, in contrast, utilize a restricted and unknown pool of cards, usually formed by opening Magic products. Limited competition require players to select cards and build decks on the fly within the tournament itself.
Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang ( Chinese: 秦 始皇, pronunciation ⓘ; February 259 [e] – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. [9] Rather than maintain the title of "king" ( wáng 王) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he assumed the invented title of "emperor" ( huángdì 皇帝 ...