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... dynasties , some of them being of alien impo- sition , the king - god myth and the doctrine of continuity were , until 1912 , reverently preserved . The Chou dynasty , which lasted for nine centuries , from 1122 BC to 249 BC , did not ...
... dynasties , some of them being of alien impo- sition , the king - god myth and the doctrine of continuity were , until 1912 , reverently preserved . The Chou dynasty , which lasted for nine centuries , from 1122 BC to 249 BC , did not ...
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... dynasty and on the death of the legitimate monarch , Sigebert , proclaimed his own son as King of the Franks . Yet such was the prestige of the legitimate dynasty that the lords and bishops denounced this usurpation and Grimoald was put ...
... dynasty and on the death of the legitimate monarch , Sigebert , proclaimed his own son as King of the Franks . Yet such was the prestige of the legitimate dynasty that the lords and bishops denounced this usurpation and Grimoald was put ...
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... dynasty of the Umayyed Caliphs who extended the Islamic Empire from Cordova in the west to Kashgar in the east . In 750 the Umayyed dynasty petered out and was succeeded by the Abbasid dynasty , claiming descent from Abbas , uncle of ...
... dynasty of the Umayyed Caliphs who extended the Islamic Empire from Cordova in the west to Kashgar in the east . In 750 the Umayyed dynasty petered out and was succeeded by the Abbasid dynasty , claiming descent from Abbas , uncle of ...
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The King as Magician II | 11 |
The King as God | 27 |
The King as Warrior | 47 |
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