On April 21, 1526, a Central Asian prince named Babur defeated the Delhi sultanate ruler Ibrahim Lodi in India and laid the foundations of what would become one of the most important empires of early modern history—the Mughal Empire (1526–1857).
Abu Dhabi is the biggest by landmass of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the second most populous after Dubai, while its main city is both the capital of the emirate and the wider UAE.
The original Aegon was the first to unite the kingdoms of Westeros under one ruler.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
As in many kingdoms, behind every Mughal emperor, there sat a line of ambitious sons, extraordinary mothers, rival siblings, and occasionally some very inconvenient relatives.
Gerontocracy has always thrived in undemocratic places—Communist people’s republics, Gulf monarchies—where only death could pry power from the ruling elders.
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Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
The primary strategic target of the declaration was the Bourbon monarchies of France and Spain, Britain’s chief rivals.
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Christopher Magra,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
And they are captivated by a vision of an imperial federation, with a parliament in London, where Britain would be an important partner, but just one, and where Canada and the other dominions would have representation.
The science looks so similar across different domains, in terms of how much genetics matters, but our response to the science in the culture can swing really wildly from one direction to the other.
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Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
The group then used its control of routers to change DNS lookups for select websites, including, Microsoft said, domains for the company’s 365 service.
His route to Sparta would have taken him through Corinth, Nemea, and Arcadia and avoided kingdoms or city-states not allied with Athens.
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Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
Those myths were conveyed through performance, sung in the great halls of the elite, recited at festivals all across the ancient world, staged at the theatre to large audiences, and displayed on wall paintings, mosaics, vases, and sculptures that adorned both sacred sanctuaries and city-states.
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