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Rise and fall of Zhongshan
The rise and fall of Zhongshan (中山国兴亡) covers the history of Zhongshan, a Warring States state founded by the White Di and destroyed by Zhao in 296 BC.
Rise of Aksum
The rise of Aksum was the emergence, around the 1st century AD, of the kingdom of Aksum in the northern Ethiopian highlands and central Eritrea.
Rise of al-Kanemi in Bornu
The rise of al-Kanemi in Bornu was the process by which scholar Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi (1775–1837) recaptured Bornu from Fulani invaders in 1809 and became its real ruler from Kukawa.
Rise of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi and conquest of Sanaa
The rise of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi (قيام علي بن محمد الصليحي وفتح صنعاء) was his 1047 Fatimid-loyal campaign from Yemen's Haraz mountains that conquered Sanaa and founded the Sulayhid dynasty.
Rise of Augustus
Rise of Augustus: how Octavian, Caesar's adopted heir, went from blocked inheritance in 44 BCE through the Second Triumvirate, Philippi, Naulochus, and Actium to sole rule and the title Augustus in 27 BCE.
Rise of Central China Plan
The Rise of Central China Plan (中部崛起) is a Chinese regional development policy, proposed in 2004 and formalized in 2006, promoting six central provinces including Shanxi and Hunan.
Rise of Hyder Ali in Mysore
The Rise of Hyder Ali in Mysore (हैदर अली की सत्ता पर आरोहण) was Hyder Ali's seizure of power in the kingdom of Mysore by 1761.
Rise of Ibadan as a military state
The rise of Ibadan (Ìbàdàn) as a military state began around 1829, when a war camp of Oyo, Ife, and Ijebu warriors became Yorubaland's dominant power.
Rise of Ilorin and fall of Afonja
The rise of Ilorin and fall of Afonja describes how Ilorin grew from an Oyo frontier town into an emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate by the mid-1820s.
Rise of Isin
The rise of Isin was the breakaway of Ishbi-Erra, a former official of Ibbi-Sin of Ur, from the Ur III empire around 2017 BC, founding the First Dynasty of Isin.
Rise of Karim Khan Zand and the regency for Ismail III
The rise of Karim Khan Zand and the regency for Ismail III (دوره نایبالسلطنتی کریمخان زند) was the post-1747 struggle for western and central Iran after Nader Shah's assassination.
Rise of Kibi no Makibi and Genbō
The rise of Kibi no Makibi (吉備真備) and Genbō was the ascent of two Tang-returned scholars at Emperor Shōmu's court after 735, provoking Hirotsugu's 740 rebellion.
Rise of Mitanni
The rise of Mitanni, also called the formation of the Mitanni kingdom, made a Hurrian kingdom on the upper Khabur River a great Near Eastern power.
Rise of nationalism in Europe
Rise of nationalism in Europe: growth of national self-determination across the long 19th century, from the French Revolution and Congress of Vienna through 1848, Italian and German unification, and Balkan nationalism toward World War I.
Rise of Shamshi-Adad I's kingdom
The rise of Shamshi-Adad I's kingdom, about 1808 to 1776 BC, saw the Amorite ruler Shamshi-Adad I build the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia from Ekallatum to all Upper Mesopotamia.
Rise of the Alaouite dynasty
The rise of the Alaouite dynasty (قيام العلويين) was the 17th-century process by which the Filali sharifs of Tafilalt took over Morocco, beginning at Sijilmasa in 1631.
Rise of the Koch kingdom under Naranarayan
The rise of the Koch kingdom under Naranarayan (নৰনাৰায়ণৰ ৰাজ্য বিস্তাৰ) was the conquests by which Naranarayan and his brother Chilarai reduced the Ahom, Kachari, and other states to tribute.
Rise of the Kushans under Kujula Kadphises
The rise of the Kushans under Kujula Kadphises was the unification of the five Yuezhi principalities by their chief Kujula Kadphises, who conquered Kabul, Gandhara, and the Indus region.
Rise of the Ottoman Empire
Rise of the Ottoman Empire: how the beylik founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia around 1300, crossing into Europe in 1354 and taking Edirne, Constantinople, expanded into a Balkan-anchored empire.
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is a Washington, DC-based seed venture fund at Steve Case's Revolution, investing in startups outside Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston.
Rise of the Rozvi under Changamire
The rise of the Rozvi under Changamire was the late-1600s ascent of Changamire Dombo, who defeated the Torwa and Mutapa states and expelled the Portuguese.
Rise of the Sealand dynasty
The rise of the Sealand dynasty (Sealand I) was the emergence of an independent southern Mesopotamian kingdom through rebellion against Babylon in the 18th century BCE.
Rise of the sixteen Mahajanapadas
The rise of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (षोडश महाजनपद) was the emergence, by the sixth century BCE, of sixteen large states across northern India, listed in the Buddhist Anguttara Nikaya.
Rise of the Toltecs at Tula
The rise of the Toltecs at Tula was the emergence of Tula, in Hidalgo, Mexico, as the Toltec capital and dominant center of central Mexico, flourishing from about 900 to 1150.
Rise Up Australia Party
Rise Up Australia Party (RUAP), also called RUA, was an Australian far-right Christian party led by pastor Daniel Nalliah, registered 2012 and deregistered 2019, known for its anti-Islam, anti-multiculturalism slogan "Keep Australia Australian".
Rishabhanatha (ऋषभनाथ)
Rishabhanatha, also called Adinatha or Rishabhdev, is the first of the 24 Tirthankaras of Jainism, revered as its first king and the teacher of agriculture, crafts, and civilized life, with the bull as his symbol.
Rishi
A rishi (Sanskrit ऋषि, ṛṣi) is, in Vedic and Hindu tradition, an inspired seer who perceives rather than composes the eternal mantras of the sacred hymns.
Rishi order
The Rishi order (ریشی سلسلہ) was an indigenous order of Muslim mystics in Kashmir, founded by Sheikh Nur-ud-Din (Nund Rishi) in the fifteenth century and known for vegetarianism and celibacy.
Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak, UK Prime Minister 2022-2024 and Chancellor 2020-2022, first British Asian and Hindu PM; led COVID furlough, Windsor Framework, Rwanda scheme, and record 2024 Conservative defeat.
Rishonim (ראשונים)
The Rishonim (ראשונים, "the first ones") are the rabbinic authorities on Jewish law and Talmud from the mid-11th to mid-15th centuries, between the Geonim and Acharonim.