Examples of Rurik Dynasty in the following topics:
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- Rurik was a Varangian chieftain who established the first ruling dynasty in Russian history called the Rurik Dynasty in 862 near Novgorod.
- This dynasty went on to to establish Kievan Rus'.
- He built the Holmgard
settlement near Novgorod in the 860s and founded the first
significant dynasty in Russian history called the Rurik Dynasty.
- The founding of Holmgard signaled a new era in Russian history and
the three brothers became the famous founders of the first Rus'
ruling dynasty.
- Over the next 100 years local
tribes consolidated and unified under the Rurik Dynasty, although
local fractures and cultural differences continued to play a
significant role in the attempt to maintain order under Varangian rule.
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- It began with the death of the childless
last Russian Tsar of the Rurik Dynasty, Feodor Ivanovich, in 1598 and
continued until the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613.
- He was the last member of the Rurikid Dynasty to rule in Moscow between 1606 and 1610.
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- Before he gained the
throne in 980, he had been the Prince of Novgorod while his father,
Sviatoslav of the Rurik Dynasty, ruled over Kiev.
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- Catherine, though not descended from any previous Russian emperor of the Romanov Dynasty (she descended from the Rurik Dynasty, which preceded the Romanovs), succeeded her husband as empress regnant.
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- The Shang Dynasty (also
called the Yin Dynasty) succeeded the Xia Dynasty and was followed by the Zhou
Dynasty.
- Jie, the last king of the Xia Dynasty, the first Chinese dynasty, was overthrown c. 1760 BCE by Cheng Tang.
- While scholars still debate whether the Xia Dynasty actually existed, almost no one doubts that the Shang Dynasty existed.
- The Shang Dynasty is therefore generally considered China's first historical dynasty.
- The Shang Dynasty is the oldest
Chinese dynasty supported by archaeological finds.
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- The Second Intermediate Period (c. 1650 - 1550 BCE) spanned the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Dynasties and was a period in which decentralized rule split Egypt between the Theban-based Seventeenth Dynasty in Upper Egypt and the Sixteenth Dynasty under the Hyksos in the north.
- They would also conquer the Sixteenth Dynasty in Thebes and a local dynasty in Abydos (see below).
- This dynasty ruled the Theban region in Upper Egypt for 70 years, while the armies of the Fifteenth Dynasty advanced against southern enemies and encroached on Sixteenth territory.
- The Abydos Dynasty was a short-lived local dynasty that ruled over part of Upper Egypt and was contemporaneous with the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Dynasties, c. 1650-1600 BCE.
- Thebes was the capital of many of the Sixteenth Dynasty pharaohs.
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- The Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), though short-lived, is known for its military strength and its unification of China.
- The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting only 15 years from 221 to 206 BCE.
- Despite its military strength, however, the Dynasty did not last long.
- Picture of Qin Dynasty Arcuballista Bolts shown with Regular Handheld Crossbow Bolts, 5th- 3rd century B.C.
- Describe the establishment of the first imperial dynasty of China, and the architecture, literature, weaponry and sculpture it produced.
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- After the final ruler became corrupt, he was overthrown by Cheng Tang, who founded the Shang Dynasty.
- According to this history, the last of the great Five Emperors, Emperor Shun, left his throne to Yu the Great, who founded China's first dynasty, the Xia Dynasty.
- This led to his overthrow in c. 1760 BCE by Cheng Tang, who founded a new dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, in the Huang River Valley.
- Many argue that the Zhou Dynasty, which ruled China much later, invented the idea of the Xia Dynasty to support their claim that China could only and had always been ruled by one ruler.
- This hanging scroll shows Yu the Great, as imagined by Song Dynasty painter Ma Lin.