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Dynasties of the world : a chronological and genealogical handbook / John E. Morby.

CS27 .M67 2002

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Morby, John E.
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Kings and rulers--Genealogy.; Kings and rulers.
Genre:: Family histories.
Physical Description:: xvi, 254 pages ; 20 cm
Other Title:: Oxford dynasties of the world
Place of Publication:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Summary:: This new reference is a comprehensive guide to the major monarchies of the world from ancient Egypt to the present day. The main text consists of clearly designed chronological tables, in broad geographical groupings, setting out monarchs' names and years of rule, other titles, lineages, and authentic sobriquets; the book also includes information on abdications, depositions, interregna, regencies, and co-regencies. Supporting notes discuss chronological problems and sources, calendars and dating systems, margins of error, sources and further reading. The result of copious research in many languages and contributions from numerous scholars, this book is the most accurate, reliable, and up-to-date work of its kind available, invaluable for scholars, students, librarians, and interested general readers.
Contents:: I The Ancient Near East 1; Ancient Egypt 3; Early Mesopotamia 11; Assyria 14; Babylonia 17; The Hittite Kingdom 21; The Hebrew Kingdoms 22; The Kingdom of Lydia 24; The Persian Empire 25; II The Hellenistic World 27; The Kingdom of Macedonia 29; The Kingdom of Syracuse 31; The Ptolemaic Dynasty 32; The Seleucid Dynasty 33; Bithynia and Pontus 35; Pergamum: the Attalids 36; The Parthian Empire 37; The Hasmonaean Kingdom 39; III The Roman and Byzantine Worlds 41; The Roman Empire 43; The Kingdom of Numidia 47; The Herodian Kingdoms 48; Persia: the Sasanids 49; The Eastern Roman Empire 51; The Kingdom of Armenia 54; The Empire of Thessalonica 55; The Empire of Trebizond 56; IV The Barbarian West 57; The Visigothic Kingdom 59; The Vandal Kingdom 60; The Frankish Kingdom 61; The Ostrogothic Kingdom 62; The Lombard Kingdom 63; The Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms 64; V Europe 67; 1 The British Isles 69; The Kingdom of England 69; The Kingdom of Scotland 72; The Principality of Wales 74; The High Kingship of Ireland 75; 2 France 77; The Kingdom of France 77; The County and Duchy of Anjou 80; The Duchy of Aquitaine 81; The Duchy of Bourbonnais 82; The Duchy of Brittany 83; The County of Champagne (Troyes) 85; The Duchy of Normandy 86; The County of Provence 87; The County of Toulouse 88; The Principality of Monaco 89; 3 The Low Countries 90; The County of Flanders 90; The County of Holland 91; The County and Duchy of Luxemburg 92; The Duchy of Lower Lorraine 93; The County of Hainault 93; The Duchy of Brabant 94; The County of Artois 94; Burgundy and the Low Countries 95; The Modern Netherlands 96; The Kingdom of the Belgians 97; The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg 97; 4 Italy 98; The Medieval Kingdom of Italy 98; Venice: the Doges 99; The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily 102; The Este in Ferrara and Modena 104; The Montefeltro and Della Rovere in Urbino 105; The Visconti and Sforza in Milan 106; The Gonzaga in Mantua 107; The Medici and their Successors in Florence 108; The Farnese and Bourbons in Parma 109; The House of Savoy 110; 5 The Iberian Peninsula 112; The Kingdoms of Leon and Castile 112; The Kingdom of Navarre (Pamplona) 114; The County of Barcelona 115; The County of Castile 115; The Kingdom of Sobrarbe 116; The Kingdom of Aragon 116; The Kingdom of Galicia 117; The Kingdom of Majorca 117; The Kingdom of Spain 118; The Kingdom of Portugal 120; 6 The German-Speaking States 122; The Holy Roman Empire 122; The Austrian Empire 125; The Kingdom of Jurane Burgundy 125; The Duchy of Bavaria 126; The Duchy of Lorraine 128; The Mark and Duchy of Austria 130; The House of Brunswick-Luneburg 132; The House of Hesse 135; The House of Hohenzollern 137; The House of Wettin 138; The Wittelsbachs of Bavaria 139; The Wittelsbachs of the Palatinate 141; The House of Wurttemberg 142; The House of Zahringen 143; The House of Liechtenstein 145; The Kingdom of Westphalia 145; The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 146; 7 Scandinavia 147; The Kingdom of Norway 147; The Kingdom of Denmark 149; The Kingdom of Sweden 151; 8 Eastern Europe 153; Medieval Buglaria 153; The Kingdom of Bohemia 155; The Kingdom of Poland 157; The Kingdom of Hungary 159; Medieval Serbia 161; The Grand Duchy of Lithuania 162; The Kingdom of Montenegro 163; Modern Serbia and Yugoslavia 164; Modern Greece 165; The Kingdom of Romania 165; Modern Bulgaria 166; The Kingdom of Albania 166; 9 Russia 167; The Princedom of Kiev 167; The Grand Princedom of Vladimir 168; The Tsardom of Russia 169; 10 Crusader States 171; The County of Edessa 171; The Principality of Antioch 171; The Kingdom of Jerusalem 172; The County of Tripoli 173; The Kingdom of Cyprus 173; The Empire of Constantinople 174; VI Islamic Dynasties (Except India) 175; The Caliphate 177; The Caliphate of Cordoba 179; The Kingdom of Granada 180; The Aghlabid Kingdom 181; The Almoravid Empire 181; The Almohad Empire 182; The Marinid Kingdom 183; The 'Alawi Dynasty 184; The Hafsid Kingdom 185; The Beylik of Tunisia 186; The Kingdom of Libya 187; Islamic Egypt 188; The Ottoman Empire 191; The Hashimid Dynasty 192; The Sa'udi Dynasty 193; The Kingdom of Yemen 194; The Samanid Kingdom 195; The Ghaznavid Empire 196; The Seljuqid Dynasty 197; The Ghurid Empire 198; The Khwarazmian Empire 199; Il-Khans of Persia 200; The Timurid Empire 201; Modern Persia (Iran) 202; The Kingdom of Afghanistan 204; VII India 205; The Maurya Empire 207; The Gupta Empire 208; The Delhi Sultanate 209; The Bahmani Kingdom of the Deccan 210; The Mogul Empire 211; VIII The Far East 213; China 215; Japan 223; The Kingdom of Korea 228; The Kingdom of Burma 229; The Kingdom of Thailand 229; The Kingdom of Laos 230; Modern Cambodia 231; Modern Vietnam 232; IX Africa 233; The Ethiopian Empire 235; The Kingdom of Madagascar 237; The Zulu Kingdom 237; The Kingdom of Swaziland 238; The Kingdom of Lesotho 238; X The New World 239; The Inca Empire 241; The Aztec Empire 242; Mexico and Brazil 243; The Kingdom of Hawaii 243; The Kingdom of Tonga 244.
Notes:: First published: 1989. First issued (with corrections) as an Oxford University Press paperback 2002.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:: 0198604734
OCLC:: 49299014

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