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The reign of Ivan IV the Terrible included unprecedented territorial acquisitions, the construction of cities, and major reforms. But also brutal executions, devastation of...
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Thutmose III Menkheperra (or Minkheperra) - the sixth pharaoh of the XVIII dynasty of ancient Egyptian pharaohs (1490, actually 1468-1436 BC; according to other...
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Boudicca (Boudica, Celtic Boudica, inaccurate Roman rendering Boadicea, Latin Boadicea) was the queen of the Celtic Iceni people, who lived in the territory of...
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Attila (Latin Attila, Greek Ἀττήλας, Middle German Etzel, Turkic Atil). Died in 453 in Pannonia. The ruler of the Huns in 434-453, who united...
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Suleiman I, the tenth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, endowed his state with unprecedented power. The great conqueror also became famous as a wise...