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... dynasty , which was to rule over eastern Islam for approximately the next 500 years . The ' Abbasids were de- scended from an uncle of Muḥammad and were cousins to the ruling Umayyad dynasty . The Umayyads were weakened by decadence and ...
... dynasty , which was to rule over eastern Islam for approximately the next 500 years . The ' Abbasids were de- scended from an uncle of Muḥammad and were cousins to the ruling Umayyad dynasty . The Umayyads were weakened by decadence and ...
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... DYNASTY , also called KON- BAUNG , the last ruling dynasty ( 1752-1885 ) of Myanmar ( Burma ) . The dynasty's collapse in the face of British imperial might marked the end of Myanmar sovereignty for more than 60 years . ( Some ...
... DYNASTY , also called KON- BAUNG , the last ruling dynasty ( 1752-1885 ) of Myanmar ( Burma ) . The dynasty's collapse in the face of British imperial might marked the end of Myanmar sovereignty for more than 60 years . ( Some ...
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... dynasty of Ur , under which Babylon had been a provin- cial centre , it became the nucleus of a small kingdom established in 1894 BC by the Am- orite king Sumuabum , whose successors con- solidated its status . The sixth and best known ...
... dynasty of Ur , under which Babylon had been a provin- cial centre , it became the nucleus of a small kingdom established in 1894 BC by the Am- orite king Sumuabum , whose successors con- solidated its status . The sixth and best known ...
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