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91Franco-Prussian War — The underlying causes for this war (1870 71), lost by France to the German states under the leadership of Prussia, was the determination of the Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck to unify Germany under Prussian control (and also to eliminate …
92Károlyi, Mihály Count — (1875–1955) Hungarian liberal statesman and landed aristocrat, Count Károlyi was best known for presiding over aspects of the liquidation of the Austro Hungarian Empire with the end of World War I. Descending from a noble family and owning… …
93ANTIOCHUS° — ANTIOCHUS°, name of 13 Seleucid monarchs who ruled Syria for the greater part of two and a half centuries. They include: (1) ANTIOCHUS I SOTER (b. 324 B.C.E.), son of Seleucus I Nicator, ruled from 281 to 261. Although unsuccessful in his attempt …
94JEHOIADA — (Heb. יְהוֹיָדָע; YHWH has known, YHWH has directed ), chief priest in the Temple in Jerusalem during the reigns of athaliah and joash of judah . According to II Chron. 22:11, Jehoiada was married to Jehosheba (called Jehoshabath in Chronicles),… …
95Koreans in Japan — Terms for Koreans in Japan Holding Japanese nationality Hangul 한국계 일본인 조선계 일본인 Hanja 韓國系日本人 朝鮮系日本人 Revised Romanization Hangukgye Ilbonin Joseongye Ilbonin McCune Reischauer Hangukkye Ilbonin Chosŏngye Ilbonin …
96literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
97ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
98Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
99ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
100Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
