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... reign ( 1604-34 ) to build up a power com- parable to that which had been held by Altan Khan . He was too late , however , because of the rise of the Manchu . Revival of Buddhism . During this period there was a second flowering of ...
... reign ( 1604-34 ) to build up a power com- parable to that which had been held by Altan Khan . He was too late , however , because of the rise of the Manchu . Revival of Buddhism . During this period there was a second flowering of ...
Page 359
... reign of Boris Godunov there were severe famines from 1601 to 1603. After Boris ' death in 1605 , the first False Dmitry seized Moscow with Polish help , and , though he was killed in 1606 and the Poles were driven out , they reoccupied ...
... reign of Boris Godunov there were severe famines from 1601 to 1603. After Boris ' death in 1605 , the first False Dmitry seized Moscow with Polish help , and , though he was killed in 1606 and the Poles were driven out , they reoccupied ...
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... reign , relations in the north- ern area were first regulated by a treaty with Russia ( Nov- gorod ; a similar treaty went into effect in 1326 ) . Greenland and Iceland agreed voluntarily to personal unions with the Norwegian king in ...
... reign , relations in the north- ern area were first regulated by a treaty with Russia ( Nov- gorod ; a similar treaty went into effect in 1326 ) . Greenland and Iceland agreed voluntarily to personal unions with the Norwegian king in ...
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