Kingdom of Judah - Kingdom of Judah In the Old Testament, the Kingdom of Judah is the nation formed from the territories of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin after the Kingdom of Israel was divided. It is often called the Southern Kingdom to distinguish it from the tribe of Judah. Its capital was Jerusalem. See History of ancient Israel and Judah. This article is about what the Bible says. For how this relates to history, see The Bible and history. When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. But very soon after the tribe of Benjamin joined the tribe of Judah, and Jerusalem became the capital of the new kingdom (Joshua 18:28), which was called the kingdom of.
Kingdom of Israel - Kingdom of Israel The Kingdom of Israel is the nation formed from the descendants of Jacob, who is also known as Israel. Following the death of Solomon, this kingdom was divided into a Northern Kingdom known as Israel and a Southern Kingdom known as Judah. See also History of ancient Israel and Judah. Soon after the death of Solomon, Ahijah's prophecy (1 Kings 11:31-35) was fulfilled, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, was scarcely seated on his throne when the old jealousies between Judah and the other tribes broke out anew, and Jeroboam was sent for from Egypt by the malcontents (12:2,3). Rehoboam insolently refused to lighten the burdensome taxation and services which his father had imposed on.
Kingdom of Romania - Kingdom of Romania This article is part of the History of Romania series. Dacia Romania in the Middle Ages National awakening of Romania Kingdom of Romania Romania during World War II Communist Romania Romania since 1989 From 1859 to 1877, Romania evolved from a "personal union" of two principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) under a single prince to a full-fledged kingdom with a Hohenzollern monarchy. After the defeat of the great empires of Central and Eastern Europe in World War I, "Greater Romania" added Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina. However, "Greater Romania" was not to survive World War II. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Unification and monarchy 1.1 Timeline 2 The interbellum years 2.2 Timeline Unification and monarchy The 1859 ascendancy of Alexander John Cuza as prince of.
Kingdom of Thessalonica - Kingdom of Thessalonica The Kingdom of Thessalonica was a short-lived Crusader State founded after the Fourth Crusade. Boniface of Montferrat, the leader of the crusade, was expected by both the Crusaders and Byzantines to become the new emperor after the conquest of Constantinople in 1204. However, the Venetians felt Boniface was too closely tied to the Byzantine Empire, as his brother Conrad had married into the Byzantine royal family. The Venetians wanted an emperor whom they could control more easily, and elected Baldwin of Flanders emperor of the new Latin Empire. Boniface reluctantly accepted this, and set out to conquer Thessalonica, the second-largest Byzantine city after Constantinople. At first he had to compete with Emperor Baldwin, who also wanted the city, but Boniface won this dispute.
Victoria of the United Kingdom - Victoria of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria Guelph1) of the Royal House of Hanover (May 24, 1819 - January 22, 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for a record sixty-three years, seven months, and two days (June 20, 1837 - January 22, 1901). She was also Empress of India (January 1, 1877 - January 22, 1901). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Birth and background 2 Victoria and Albert 3 Mrs Brown 4 Empress of India 5 Grandmother of Europe 6 Quotations 7 Children of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert 8 Footnotes Birth and background She was born on May 24, 1819, to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, sister of.
History of the United Kingdom - History of the United Kingdom Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Background 2 Subjugation of Wales 3 The Union of Two Crowns 4 Republican Rule 1649 5 The Act of Union 1707 6 Act of Union 1801 7 The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth 8 Recent History 9 Military History 10 Constituent Nations' Histories 10..1 Footnote 11 See Also 12 External Links Background The United Kingdom is the realm or kingdom that covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and which for over one hundred years included Ireland. The United Kingdom1 was created in the 1801 Act of Union that merged the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. At its nucleus was a system of government created for the Kingdom of England and which in phases incorporated the Principality.
Vermont - Vermont government maintains a pro-active stance with regards to the environment, social services and prevention of urbanization. The most recent controversy to stir up major political conflict in the state was the adoption of civil unions, an institution which grants same-sex couples nearly all the rights and privileges of marriage. In Baker v. Vermont (1999) the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that, under the Constitution of Vermont, the State of Vermont must either allow homosexual couples to marry, or provide a separate but equal status for them. The State legislature chose the second option by creating the institution of civil union; the bill, which was supported by about half of the state's voters, was passed by the legislature, and signed into law by Governor Howard Dean. Some Vermonters voiced their displeasure out.
Kamisese Mara - He was Chief Minister from 1966 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from two very brief interruptions, Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992. He subsequently served as Vice-President of the Republic in 1993, and then as President from 1993 to 2000. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early Life and Career: 1920-1970 2 Prime Minister of Fiji: 1970-1992 3 President of the Republic: 1993-2000 4 Evaluation 4.1 Sugarcane Industry 4.2 Pine Industry 4.3 International Achievements 5 Criticisms 6 Twilight Years Early Life and Career: 1920-1970 Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara was born on 13 May 1920, in Vanuabalavu in the archipelago of Lau, the son of Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, head of the chiefly Vuanirewa clan, and his first wife Lusiana Qolikoro. Mara's title, Ratu, which means.
Kenyanthropus platyops - Man of Kenya Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Genus: Kenyanthropus Species Kenyanthropus platyops Kenyanthropus is a 3.5 - 3.2 million year old extinct Hominid genus that was discovered in Kenya in 1999. The fossil found features of a broad flat face with a toe bone that suggests it probably walked upright. Teeth are intermediate between typical human and typical ape forms. There is only one described species; Kenyanthropus platyops which means "Flat faced man of Kenya". http://www.nature.com/nature/fow/010322.html - The flat faced man of Kenya (Nature).
Kenneth I of Scotland - first king to rule the Picts of Pictavia and the Scots of Dalriada. It is possible that intermarriage with the Picts helped secure Kenneth's throne. The joint kingdom was known as Alba from the Latin for white. Recalling the peculiarity of a matrilineal succession which governed Pictish crowns, it is evident that Kenneth Mac Alpin grounded his claims to the Pictish crown from his mother's bloodlines. In 839, the Picts suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of the Vikings. The Norsemen had conquered and settled Shetland, the Outer Hebrides and as far south as the mouth of the Clyde. Caithness, Sutherland and even Dalriada were being attacked and harassed by the long boats. The brutalizing defeat at the hands of the Vikings in 839 killed most of the Pictish nobility,.
Kentish Plover - Plover Kentish Plover Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae Genus: Charadrius Species: alexandrinus Binomial name Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. Despite its name, this species no longer breeds in Great Britain. It breeds in most subtropical and tropical parts of the world, from southern Europe to Japan and in Peru, Chile, the southern USA and the Caribbean. The two races which breed in the Americas are collectively called Snowy Plover. The breeding birds in warmer countries are largely sedentary, but northern and inland populations are migratory, wintering south to the tropics. This species breeds on sandy coasts and brackish inland lakes, and is uncommon on fresh water. It nests in a ground scrape and lays.
King James Version of the Bible - Bible This article is part of the History of the English Bible series. Old English Bible translations John Wyclif William Tyndale Great Bible Bishops' Bible Geneva Bible Douai Bible King James Version of the Bible Revised Standard Version New American Standard Version New English Bible New International Version New Revised Standard Version The King James Version or Authorised Version of the Holy Bible was a translation in English for the benefit of the Church of England at the behest of King James I of England. First published in 1611, it was the authorized version for use in the Church of England and became perhaps the most influential English version in America. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Starting the project 2 Literary qualities 3 Subsequent history 4 Copyright status 5 See Also.
Kiln - time. Care must be taken not to heat the kiln too much as clays are made of alumino and magnesium silicates which will degrade under high temperatures leaving oxides of aluminium, magnesium and silica, which can form glass at high temperatures. Kilns have been made for as long as there has been pottery and items made of clay. The technology is thus very old. Early examples of kilns found in the United Kingdom, include those made for the making of roof-tiles during the Roman occupation. These kilns were built up the side of a slope, such that a fire could be lit at the bottom, and the heat would rise up into the kiln. See also limekiln..
Kite (bird) - Kite (bird) Kites Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Falconiformes Family†: Accipitridae Genera Milvinae Harpagus Ictinia Rostrhamus Haliastur Milvus Lophoictinia Hamirostra Elaninae Elanus Chelictinia Machaerhamphus Gampsonyx Elanoides †see also: Accipitridae for other groups in this family Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. In general they will take live prey but mostly feed on carrion. They are birds of prey which along with hawks, eagles, Old World vultures and many others are in the family Accipitridae. Together with less closely related groups such as New World vultures and Osprey, they make up the diurnal bird of prey order Falconiformes. Species include Subfamily Milvinae (Latin Milvus a kite) Genus Milvus. The typical large forked-tailed kites of Eurasia. Red.
Kinglet - Kinglet Kinglets Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Regulidae Genus Regulus The kinglets or crests are a small group of birds often included in the Old World warblers, but frequently given family status because they also resemble the titmice. They have representatives in North America and Eurasia. They are very small insectivorous birds in the genus Regulus. The adults have coloured crowns, giving rise to the scientific and English names. Goldcrest Regulus regulus also Tenerife Kinglet R. r. teneriffae may be a separate species Goldcrest Firecrest R. ignicapillus also Madeira race R. i. madeirensis Firecrest Formosan Kinglet R. goodfellowi Golden-crowned Kinglet R. satrapa Ruby-crowned Kinglet R. calendula.
Kings of the Hittites - empire in the 2nd Millennium BCE. All dating is subject to dispute, as is some of the ordering. The list of the Old Kingdom corresponds to O.R. Gurney's The Hittites (1952,1962)), while the list for the Empire corresponds to one of the dating schemes in Amélie Kuhrt's The Ancient Near East, c.3000-330 BC (1995,2000). Old Kingdom Tudhaliyas c. 1740-1710 BCE Pusarrumas c.1710-1680 BCE Labarnas I 1680-1650 BCE Labarnas II/Hattusilis I 1650-1620 BCE Mursilis I 1620-1590 BCE Hantilis I 1590-1560 BCE Zidantas I 1560-1550 BCE Ammunas 1550-1530 BCE Huzziyas I 1530-1525 BCE Telepinus 1525-1500 BCE Aluwamnas Hantilis II Zidantas II Huzziyas I Empire Tudhaliyas I 1430-1410 Hattusilis II 1410-1400 Tudhaliyas II 1400-1390 Arnuwandas I 1390-1380 Tudhaliyas III 1380-1370 Suppiluliumas I 1370-1330 Arnuwandas II 1330 Mursilis II 1330-1295 Muwatallis 1295-1282 Urshi-Teshub/Mursilis III 1282-1275.
Kim, Yoo-Sin - an accomplished swordsman and a Kuk-Son (Hwarang leader) by the time he was 18 years old. By the age of 34 he had been given total command of the Silla armed forces. Yoo-Sin felt that Baekje, Goguryeo and Silla should not be separate countries, but should instead be united because all the people had the same ethnic background. He is regarded as the driving force in the unification of the Korean peninsula, and is the most famous of all the generals in the unification wars of the Three Kingdoms, but his victories were tempered by his regret that they had to be at the expense of people he considered to be ethnically the same as him. His first military engagement is believed to have occured around 629, and through it he.
Klemens Wenzel von Metternich - Napoleon was possible, and abandoning ideas of a Bonapartist regency under Marie Louise, came to support a Bourbon restoration, which brought him closer to Castlereagh, the British Foreign Secretary. Metternich was one of the principal negotiators at the Congress of Vienna. During this period, Metternich came to have a bitter personal enmity with Tsar Alexander I of Russia, whose Polish plans Metternich deeply feared, and who competed with the womanizing Metternich for the affections of the beautiful Wilhelmina von Sagan. Metternich's attempts to form a united front with Castlereagh and Hardenberg, the Prussian chancellor, to oppose Alexander's plans for a constitutional Kingdom of Poland under his own rule, came to nothing due to Prussia's unwillingness to stand up to Alexander. Metternich then shocked the Prussians by signing an alliance with Castlereagh.
Knight - Although the roots of the word knight are connected to the Old English cniht, meaning page boy, or simply boy, or German knecht, or servant, the ideas of knighthood are arguably more closely tied to the Roman equites. During the middle ages, the term knight referred to a mounted and armoured soldier. Originally, knights were warriors on horse-back, but the title became increasingly connected to nobility and social status, most likely because of the cost of equipping oneself in the cavalry. Knighthood eventually became a formal title bestowed on those noblemen trained for active war duty. In theory, knighthood could be bestowed on a man by any knight, but it was generally considered honorable to be dubbed knight by the hand of a monarch. By about the late 13th century, partly.
Koala - Koala Koala Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Suborder: Vombatiformes Family: Phascolarctidae Genus: Phascolarctus Species: cinereus Binomial name Phascolarctus cinereus The Koala\ (Phascolarctus cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore endemic to Australia, and the only representative of its family, Phascolarctidae. Koalas are unmistakable: they are broadly similar in appearance to a wombat (which is their closest living relative) but have a thicker, softer coat, much larger ears, and longer limbs, which are equipped with large, sharp claws to assist with climbing. Weight varies from about 14 kg for a large, southern male, to about 5 kg for a small northern female. They are generally silent, but male Koalas have a very loud advertising call (a nasal snort that human children delight in imitating).
