Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Kingdom of Georgia brought about the Georgian Golden Age, which describes a historical period in the High Middle Ages, spanning from roughly the late 11th to 13th centuries, when the kingdom reached the zenith of its power and development. The period saw the flourishing of medieval Georgian architecture, painting and poetry, which was ...
The Kingdom of Benin, [2] also known as Great Benin or Benin Kingdom is a kingdom within what is now considered southern Nigeria. [3] It has no historical relation to the modern republic of Benin, [4] which was known as Dahomey from the 17th century until 1975. The Kingdom of Benin's capital was Edo, now known as Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria.
The nation of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო sakartvelo) was first unified as a kingdom under the Bagrationi dynasty by the King Bagrat III of Georgia in the early 11th century, arising from several successor states of the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia.
Oriagba (a.k.a. Oriagba Negho, 'Oriagba the Adorable' and Oriagba N'ovbi Obo, 'Oriagba the son of a doctor', c. 1050 – c. 1070 AD) was the twenty-third ruler of the Ogiso dynasty in the ancient Kingdom of Igodomigodo, later known as the Kingdom of Benin.
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
Igodomigodo is the original name of the Benin Kingdom used by its own inhabitants (nowadays known as the Edo people of Nigeria).. According to Edo oral history, Igodomigodo [1] was the name given to the kingdom by Igodo, the first ogiso (King), who founded the first dynasty of what would later be known as the Benin Empire (which existed from around 1180 until 1897 in the area of the present ...
Kingdom of Georgia: Unknown Before 1130 at least one child Previous opponent against his father. Forced him to abdicate, but died a few months later. George III (გიორგი III) Before 1130s Second son of Demetrius I: 1155–1184 27 March 1184 aged at least 53/54: Kingdom of Georgia: Burdukhan of Alania c.1155 two children
In order to protect the power of the central government over the provinces of the kingdom, King Alexander I designated in 1433 his three sons, Demetrius, Vakhtang and George, as co-kings, drawing inspiration from the ancient Byzantine tradition of naming the heirs to the imperial throne as co-emperors. Together, these co-kings would share the ...