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World Monarchies and Dynasties
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Description: Throughout history, royal dynasties have dominated countries and empires around the world. Kings, queens, emperors, chiefs, pharaohs, czars -- whatever title they ruled by, monarchs have shaped institutions, rituals, and cultures in every time period and every corner of the globe. The concept of monarchy originated in prehistoric times and evolved over centuries right up to the present. Efforts to overthrow monarchies or evade their rule -- such as the American, French, Chinese, and Russian revolutions -- are considered turning points in world history. Even today, many countries retain their monarchies, although in vastly reduced form with little political power. One cannot understand human history and government without understanding monarchs and monarchies.
This fully-illustrated encyclopedia provides the first complete survey of all the major rulers and ruling families of the world, past and present. No other reference work approaches the topic with the same sense of magnitude or connection to historical context.
Arranged in A-Z format for ease of access, World
--includes information on major monarchs and dynasties from ancient time to the present, including overviews of reigns and successions, geneological charts, and dynastic timelines;
--addresses concepts, problems, and theories of monarchy, providing background and information for further research;
--highlights important places, structures, symbols, events, and legends related to particular monarchs and dynasties;
--includes a master bibliography and multiple indexes.
Selected Contents:
Introduction
Chronology of Dynasties and Kingdoms
Abbas I, the Great; Abbasid Dynasty; Abd al-Hamid II; Abdal-Rahman; Abdication, royal; Abu Bakr; Accession and crowning of kings; Achaemenid Dynasty; Acheh Kingdom; Afonso I; Afonso I, Nzinga Mbemba; African Kingdoms; Ahab; Ahmadnagar Kingdom; Ahmose I; Akan Kingdoms; Akbar, the Great; Akhenaten; Akkad, Kingdom of; Aksum Kingdom; Alaric I; Alaunpaya Dynasty; Albert I; Alexander I; Alexander I, Tsar; Alexander II; Alexander III, the Great; Alexandra; Alfonso V, the Magnanimous; Alfonso X, the Wise; Alfred the Great; Almohad Dynasty; Almoravid Dynasty; Ambassadors; American Kingdoms, Central and North; Amhara Kingdom; Andhra Kingdoms; Angevin Dynasties; Angkor Kingdom; Anglo-Saxon Rulers; Anjou Kingdom; Ankole Kingdom; Anne;
Antiochus III, the Great; Aquitaine Duchy; Arabia, Kingdoms of; Arachosia Kingdom; Aragon, house of; Aragon, Kingdom of; Aramean Kingdoms; Arenas, royal; Arles Kingdom; Armenian Kingdoms; Arpad Dynasty; Art of Kings; Artaxerxes I; Artaxerxes II; Artaxerxes III; Arthur, King; Asante Kingdom; Ashikaga Shogunate; Ashurbanipal II; Asian Dynasties, Central; Asoka; Assyrian Empire; Asturias Kingdom; Atahuallpa; Athaliah; Athens, Kingdom of; Attila; Augustus; Aurangzeb; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Avanti Kingdom; Aviz Dynasty; Awan Dynasty; Aymara Kingdoms; Ayutthaya Kingdom; Ayyubid Dynasty; Azande Kingdom; Aztec Empire
Babenberg Dynasty; Babur; Bagirmi Kingdom; Bahmani Dynasty; Baldwin I; Bambara Kingdom; Bamileke Kingdom; Bangkok Kingdom; Banu Khurusan; Bargash ibn Sa'id el-Busaidi; Baroda Kingdom; Basil I ; Basil II; Basque Kingdom; Baths, royal; Batu Khan; Baudouin; Behavior, Conventions of royal; Belgian Kingdom; Bemba Kingdom; Benin Kingdom; Berar Kingdom; Betsimisaraka Kingdom; Beyezid II; Bharatpur Kingdom; Bhutan Kingdom; Biblical Kings; Bidar Kingdom; Blois-Champagne County; Blood, royal; Bodies politic and natural; Bonapartist Empire; Boru, Brian; Boudicca (Boadicea); Bourbon Dynasty; Braganca Dynasty; Brahmarsi-Desa Kingdom; Brazil, Portuguese Monarchy of; Bretagne Duchy; Brooke, Sir James (Rajah); Buddhism and kingship; Bulgarian Monarchy; Bundi Kingdom; Bureaucracy, royal; Burgundy Kingdom;
Burmese Kingdoms; Buyid (Buway hid) Dynasty; Byzantine Empire
Caesars; Caligula; Caliphates; Calukya Dynasty; Cambodian Kingdoms; Cambyses II; Capet, Hugh; Capetian Dynasty; Carolingian Dynasty; Carthage, Kingdom of; Casimir III ; Casimir IV; Caste systems; Castile, Kingdom of; Catalonia, County of; Catherine II, the Great; Cera (Chera) Dynasty; Cetshwayo; Chakri Dynasty; Champa Kingdom; Champassak Kingdom; Chandella Dynasty; Chandragupta Maurya; Chao Dynasties; Charlemagne; Charles I; Charles II; Charles III; Charles IV; Charles V; Charles VI; Charles VII; Chauhan Dynasty; Chavin Empire; Chenla Empire; Chiangmai; Chimu Empire; Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty; Ch'ing (Qing) Dynasty; Choson Kingdom; Chou (Zhou) Dynasty; Christianity and kingship; Christina; Chulalongkorn; Cixi, Empress; Class systems and royalty; Claudius; Cleopatra VII; Clovis I;
Cnut I, the Great; Coinage, royal; Cola Kingdom; Colonialism and kingship; Commerce and kingship; Comnenian Dynasty; Competition, fraternal; Concubines, royal; Connaught Kingdom; Conquest and kingships; Conrad II; Conrad III; Consorts, royal; Constantine I, the Great; Cooks, royal; Cordoba, Caliphate of; Councils and counselors, royal; Courts and court officials, royal; Croatian Kingdom; Croesus; Crusader Kingdoms; Curses, royal; Cyaxares; Cyrus the Great
Dacia Kingdom; Dagomba Kingdom; Danish Kingdom; Darius I, the Great; Darius II; Darius III; David; David I; David II; Deaccession; Deheubarth Kingdom; Delhi Kingdom; Descent, royal; Dessalines, Jean Jacques; Dethronement; Dewas Kingdom; Dingiswayo; Diocletian; Diplomacy, royal; Disease and royalty; Divination and diviners, royal; Divine right; Divinity of kings*; Djoser; Dmitri, Grand Prince; Dual monarchies; Dyfed Kingdom; Dynasty
Earth and sky, separation of; East Asian Dynasties; Education of kings; Edward I; Edward II; Edward III; Edward the Confessor; Edward VI; Egyptian Dynasties, Ancient (18th to 26th); Egyptian Dynasties, Ancient (before 18th dynasty); Egyptian Dynasties, Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman; Egyptian Kingdom, Modern; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Election, royal; Elizabeth I; Elizabeth II; Emissary letters; Emperors and empresses; Empire ; English Monarchies; Enthronement, rites of; Esarhaddon; Etiquette, royal; Etruscan Kingdoms; Eunuchs, royal; European Kingships; Executions, royal
Faisal I; Fan Shih-man; Farouk; Fatimid Dynasty; Ferdinand I ; Ferdinand II; Ferdinand II and Isabella I; Feudalism and Kingship; Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms; Flanders, County of; Folkung Dynasty; Fon Kingdom; Francis I; Franconian Dynasty; Frankish Kingdom; Franz-Josef; Frederick I, Barbarossa; Frederick II; Frederick II, the Great; Frederick William, the Great Elector; French Monarchies; Fuad; Fujiwara Dynasty; Funan Kingdom; Funerals and mortuary rituals; Fur Kingdom
Gahadavalas Dynasty; Galawdewos; Ganda Kingdom; Gaozong (Kao Tsung); Gauda Kingdom; Gender and kingship; Genealogy, royal; Genghis Khan; George I; George II; George III; George Tupou I; Ghana Kingdom, Ancient; Ghaznavid Dynasty; Ghur Dynasty; Glywysing Kingdom; Golconda Kingdom; Golden Horde Khanate; Gtaland Monarchy; Granada, Kingdom of; Greek Kingdoms, Ancient; Greek Monarchy; Grimaldi Dynasty; Grooms of the stool; Guang Wudi; Gudea; Gujarat Kingdom; Gupta Empire; Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty; Gustavus I (Vasa); Gustavus II (Adolphus); Gwalior Kingdom; Gwent Kingdom; Gwynedd Kingdom
Haakon VI; Habsburg Dynasty; Hadramawt Kingdoms; Hadrian; Hafsid Dynasty; Haihaya Dynasty; Haile Selassie I; Hammurabi; Han Dynasty; Hanover, house of; Harald III Hardraade; Harems; Harold II Godwinson; Harun-al-Rashid; Hashemite Dynasty; Hasmonean Kingdom; Hassan II; Hatshepsut (queen); Hawaiian Kingdoms; Healing powers of kings; Heavens and kingship; Hebrew kings; Heian Japan; Heian Period; Hellenistic Dynasties; Henry II; Henry IV (England); Henry IV (France); Henry IV (HRE); Henry VIII; Herod; Hinduism and kingship; Hirohito; Hittite Empire; Hohenstaufen Dynasty; Hohenzollern Dynasty; Holy Roman Empire; Homosexuality and Kingship; Hong Bang Dynasty; Hongwu; Hsia Dynasty; Hsuan Tsung (Xuansong); Huang Ti (Huangdi) (Yellow Emperor); Huari (Wari) Empire; Huascar; Huayna Capac; Hun Empire;
Hunting and kingship; Hussein I; Hyderabad Kingdom; Hyksos Dynasty
Iberian Kingdoms; Ibn Saud; Iconography; Ikhshidid Dynasty; Il-Khan Dynasty; Illyria Kingdom; Imperial rule; Inca Empire; Incest, royal; Indian Kingdoms; Indo-Greek Kingdoms; Inheritance, Royal; Irene; Irish Kings; Islam and kingship; Israel, Kingdoms of; Itsekeri Kingdom; Iturbide, Augustin de; Ivan III, the Great; Ivan IV, the Terrible
Jagiello Dynasty; Jahan, Shah; Jahangir; James I of Aragon; James I of England (James VI of Scotland); James II; James II of Aragon; Janggala Kingdom; Jaunpur Kingdom; Javan Kingdoms; Jimmu; Joao (John) VI; Joao I, the Great; Joao VI (John VI); Jodhpur Kingdom; John I; John III (John Sobieski); Joseph II; Juan Carlos; Judah, Kingdom of; Judiasm and Kingship; Julian the Apostate; Juliana; Julio-Claudians; Julius Caesar; Justinian I; Jutland Kingdom
Kabarega; Kafa Kingdom; Kalacuri Dynasties; Kalinga Kingdom; Kalmar Union; Kamakura Shogunate; Kamehameha I, the Great; Kandy Kingdom; Kanembu-Kanuri Kingdom; Kanemi, Muhammad Al-Amin Al; Kang Xi; Kanva Dynasty; Kashmir Kingdom ; Kassites; Kathiawar Kingdom; Kenneth I (Kenneth MacAlpin); Kent, Kingdom of; Kertanagara Empire; Khalji Dynasty; Khama III; Khattushili I; Khazar Kingdom; Khmer Empire; Khufu; Khwarazm-Shah Dynasty; Kiev, Princedom of; Kingdoms and empires; Kingly body; Kings and Queens; Koguryo Kingdom; Kondavidu Kingdom; Kongo Kingdom; Koryo Kingdom; Kosala Kingdom; Kota Kingdom; Kuang Hsu (Guang Xu); Kuba Kingdom; Kublai Khan; Kumaon Kingdom; Kusana Dynasty; Kush, Kingdom of
Labor, forms of; Lakhmid Dynasty; Lancaster, House of; Land-holding patterns; Le Dynasty; Legitimacy; Leinster Kingdom; Leon, Kingdom of; Leopold I; Leopold II; Liang Dynasties; Liang Wu Di; Liao Dynasty; Liliuokalani; Literature and kingship; Lithuania, Grand Duchy of; Liu Bang (Gaodi); Llywelyn ap Gruffyd; Lobengula; Lodi Kingdom; Lombard Dynasty; Lombard Kingdom ; Lords of the Isles; Lorraine Dynasty; Lothair I; Louis I, the Great; Louis I, the Pious; Louis IV, the Bavarian; Louis IX (St. Louis); Louis VII; Louis XI; Louis XIV; Louis XV; Louis XVI; Louis-Philippe; Lovedu Kingdom; Lozi or Rotse Kingdom; Luang Prabang Kingdom; Luba Kingdom; Lunda Kingdoms; Lusignan Dynasty; Luxembourg Dynasty; Lydia, Kingdom of
Macedonian Empire; Macedonian Kingdom; Madagascar Kingdoms; Magadha Kingdom; Mahmud of Ghazni; Ma'in Kingdom; Majapahit Empire; Mali Kingdom, ancient; Malwa Kingdom; Mamluk Dynasties ; Mamprusi Kingdom; Mamun, al-; Mangbetu Kingdom; Manipur Kingdom; Mansa Musa; Mansur, Ahmad al-; Maori Kingdoms; Maratha Confederacy; Marcus Aurelius; Margaret of Denmark; Maria Theresa; Marie Antoinette; Marquesas Kingdom; Marriage of kings; Martel, Charles; Mary I, Tudor; Mary, Queen of Scotts (sample); Mataram Empire; Maurya Empire; Maximilian; Maximilian I; Maya Empire; Mbundu Kingdoms; Meath Kingdom; Medes Kingdom; Medici family; Mehmet II, the Conqueror; Meiji Monarchy; Menander; Menelik II; Menes; Mercia, Kingdom of; Merina Kingdom; Merovingian Dynasty; Merovingian-Frankish Kingdom; Mexican Monarchy; Midas;
Middle Eastern Dynasties; Milan Duchy; Military Roles, royal; Minamoto Rulers; Minangkabau Kingdom; Ming Dynasty; Minoan Kingdoms; Mississippian Culture; Mitanni Kingdom; Mixtec Empire; Moche Kingdom; Moctezuma II; Mon Kingdom; Monarchs, ages of; Monarchy; Monarchy formation, myths of; Mongkut (Rama IV); Mongol Empire; Monivong, King; Monopolies, Royal; Montenegro Kingdom; Morea, Principate of the; Moshoeshoe I; Mossi Kingdoms; Mughal Empire; Muhammad Ahmad; Muhammad Ali; Muhammad V; Muhammad XI; Mu'izzi (Slave) Dynasty; Munster, Kingdom of; Music and song; Mutesa I; Mycenaean Monarchies; Mysore Kingdom; Myth and Folklore; Mzilikazi
Nabopolassar; Nadir Shah; Nam Viet Kingdom; Nanchao Kingdom; Naples, Kingdom of; Napoleon I (Buonaparte); Napoleon III; Nara Kingdom; Narai; Naram-sin; Nasrid Dynasty; National identity; Nationalism; Naval roles; Navarre Kingdom ; Nazca Kingdom; Ndebele Kingdom; Nebuchadrezzar II; Nefertiti; Nero; Netherlands Kingdom; Nevsky, Alexander; Ngonde Kingdom; Nguyen (Hue) Dynasty; Nguyen Anh; Nicholas I; Nicholas II; Norman Kingdoms; Norodom Sihanouk; Northumbria, Kingdom of; Norwegian Monarchy; Nubian Kingdoms; Nupe Kingdom; Nyoro Kingdom
Oaths and oath-taking; Oda Nobunaga; Olaf II (Saint Olaf); Oldenburg Dynasty; Olmec Kingdom; Orange-Nassau, House of; Osei Tutu; Osman I; Ostrogoth Kingdoms; Otto I, the Great; Ottoman Empire; Ottonian Dynasty; Oudh (Avadh) Kingdom
Pacal; Pachacuti; Paekche Kingdom; Pagan Kingdom; Pahlavi Dynasty; Pala Dynasty; Palaces; Palaeologan Dynasty; Palestine, Kingdoms of; Pandya Dynasty; Panjalu Kingdom; Papal States; Paramara Dynasty; Parks, royal; Parthian Kingdom; Patent letters, royal; Pedro I; Pedro II; Pegu Kingdoms; Pepin Dynasty; Pepin the Short (Pepin III); Perak Kingdom; Pergamum Kingdom; Persian Empire; Peter I, the Great; Philip II; Philip II of Macedon; Philip II, Augustus; Philip IV, the Fair; Phoenician Empire; Phrygia Kingdom; Piast Dynasty; Picts, Kingdom of the; Piedmont Kingdom; Plantagenet, House of; Polygamy, royal; Pomare IV (queen); Postcolonial states; Power, forms of royal; Powys Kingdom; Premysl Dynasty; Priests, royal ; Primogeniture; Prophets, royal; Ptolemaic Dynasty; Ptolemy I; Pu Yi;
Punjab Princely States; Pyu Kingdom
Qajar Dynasty; Qianlong; Queens and Queen Mothers
Radama I; Radama II; Rajasthan Kingdom; Rama Kamheng; Ramses II, the Great; Ranavalona I, Mada; Rastrakuta Dynasty; Realms, types of; Rebellion, rites of royal; Reccared I; Regalia and insignia, royal; Regencies; Regicide (and death of kings); Reigns, length of; Religious duties and power; Richard I, Lionheart; Richard II; Richard III; Rights to animals; Rights, civil; Rights, land; Ritual, royal; Riurikid Dynasty; Robert I (Robert the Bruce); Roderic; Roman Empire; Romanian Monarchy; Romanov Dynasty; Romanov, Michael; Royal families; Royal Imposters; Royal line; Royal Pretenders; Rudolf I; Rurik; Rus Kingdoms; Russian Dynasties
Sabaean Kingdom; Sacral birth and death; Sacred kingships; Sacred texts; Safavid Dynasty; Saffarid Dynasty; Sa'id ibn, Sultan; Sailendra Dynasty; Sakalava Kingdom; Saladin; Salian Dynasty; Samanid Dynasty; Samoan Kingdoms; Samsu-iluna; Samudera-Pasai; Sancho III, the Great; Sanusi Dynasty; Sargon II; Sargon of Akkad; Sasanid Dynasty; Satavahana Dynasty; Savoy Dynasty; Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Dynasty; Saxon Dynasty; Saxon Kingdoms; Scottish Kingdoms; Scythian Empire; Seclusion of monarch; Second Empire; Seleucid Dynasty; Selim I, the Grim; Selim III, the Great; Seljuk Dynasty; Sennacherib; Serbian Kingdom; Servants and aides, royal; Seti I; Shahs; Shaka Zulu; Shalmaneser III; Shalmaneser V; Shamshi-Adad I; Shan Kingdoms; Shang (Yin) Dynasty; Sheba, Queen of; Shih Huang Ti (Shiuangdi); Shilluk Kingdom;
Shogunate; Shoguns; Shulgi; Shuppiluliuma I; Siam, Kingdoms of; Siblings, royal; Sicily, Kingdom of; Sigismund; Sikkim Kingdom; Silla Kingdom; Sister, royal; Slavery, royal; Sobhuza I; Sobhuza II; Sokoto Caliphate; Solomon; Songhai Kingdom; Soninke Kingdom; Sotho (Suto) Kingdom; Soulouque, Faustin Elie; South American Monarchies; South Asian Kingdoms; South Sea Island Kingdoms; Southeast Asian Kingdoms; Spanish Monarchies; Sparta, Kingdom of; Srivijaya-Palembang Empire; Stanislas I; Stanislas II; Stephen; Stephen I (Saint Stephen); Stewart Dynasty; Strathclyde Kingdom; Stuart, House of; Subjects, Royal; Succession, royal; Sui Dynasty; Sukhothai Kingdom; Suleyman I, the Magnificent; Sultanates; Sundjata Keita; Sung (Song) Dynasty; Sunga Dynasty; Sunni Ali; Susenyos; Sussex, Kingdom of; Swahili Kingdoms; Swazi Kingdoms; Swedish Monarchy;
Syrian Kingdoms
Tahitian Kingdoms; T'ai Tsu (Taizu); T'ai Tsung (Taizong); Taifa Rulers; Tamerlane (Timur Leng); T'ang Dynasty; T'ang Hsuan Tsung (Xuanzong); Tarquin Dynasty; Tarquin the Proud; Taufa'ahau Tupou IV; Taxation; Tewodros II; Theater, royal; Thebes Kingdom; Theoderic, the Great; Theodora; Theodosius I, the Great; Thessalonika Kingdom; Thibaw; Thrace Kingdom; Three Kingdoms; Thutmose III; Tiberius; Tibetan Kingdom; Tiglath-pileser III; Tikar Kingdom; Tio Kingdom; Titus; Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) Kingdom; Tokugawa Ieyasu; Tokugawa Shogunate; Toltec Empire; Tomara Dynasty; Tombs, royal; Tonga Kingdom; Tonking Kingdom; Toro Kingdom; Toungoo Dynasty; Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Trajan; Tran Dynasty ; Trastamara, House of; Treason, royal; Tribute; Trinh Dynasty; Trojan Kingdom; Tsars and tsarinas;
Tshekedi, Khama; Tudor, House of; Tughluq Dynasty; Tulunid Dynasty; Tupac Yupanqui; Turkic Empire; Tutankhamen; Tutsi Kingdom; Tyranny, royal
Udaipur Kingdom; Uighur Empire; Ulster Kingdom; Umayyad Dynasty; United Arab Emirates; Urartu Kingdom; Ur-Nammu; Uthman dan Fodio; Utkala (Orissa) Kingdom; Uzbek Kingdom
Vakataka Dynasty; Valois Dynasty; Vandal Kingdom; Varangian Kingdoms; Vasa Dynasty; Venetian doges; Victor Emmanuel II; Victoria; Vietnamese Kingdoms; Vijayanagar Empire; Viking Empire; Virachocha; Visigoth Kingdom; Vlach Kingdom; Vladimir Dynasty
Waldemar I, the Great; Wang Kon; Wanli; Warfare; Weddings, Royal; Wei Dynasties; Welsh Kingdoms; Wen Ti (Wendi); Wenceslas; Wessex, Kingdom of; Wilderness, royal links to; Wilhelm II; Wilhelmina; William and Mary; William I; William I, the Conqueror; William II (William Rufus); Windsor, House of; Witchcraft and sorcery; Wu Tse-T'ien (Wu Zetian) (Wu Zhao)
Xerxes; Xia Dynasty
Yadava Dynasty; Yamato Dynasty; Yaroslav I the Wise; Ya'rubi Dynasty; Yemen rulers; Yi Dynasty; Yi Songgye; Yoritomo; York, House of; Yoruba Kingdoms; Yuan Dynasty; Yung Lo (Yongle)
Zand Dynasty; Zanzibar Sultanate; Zapotec Empire; Zara Ya'iqob; Zimbabwe Kingdoms, Great; Zulu Kingdom
Bibliography
Index
Review(s): ...this is an impressively comprehensive reference, with concise, accessible text presenting information on rulers from ancient times to the present. ... The set is suitable for high school and beginning undergraduate students and the general reader. Reference & Research Book News
This is a unique and noteworthy contribution--there is nothing else like it. It is thorough and comprehensive, and covers individual monarchs from all continents and historical periods; royal dynasties (families); kingdoms and nations; and topics such as oaths, polygamy, taxation, myth and folklore, cooks, and etiquette. ...this set will be useful for schools with strong history departments and will provide many hours of fascinating reading for those intrigued by both its general and specific topics. School Library Journal
...this is an excellent resource for quick references on both famous and obscure rulers, kingdoms, and monarchial concepts. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Booklist
...suitable for high school, public and college libraries. Gale Reference Reviews
    
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