King was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, in 1750, the son of the Reverend James King, who was at that time curate of St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe. According to the parish registers young James King was ...
Captain John Gore (died 10 August 1790) was a British American sailor who circumnavigated the globe four times with the Royal Navy in the 18th century and accompanied Captain James Cook in his discove ...
Burial-at-sea services are available at many different locations and with many different customs, either by ship or by aircraft. Usually, either the captain (or commanding officer) of the ship or airc ...
During the 11th century, developments in philosophy and theology led to increased intellectual activity. There was debate between the realists and the nominalists over the concept of "universals". Phi ...
Main articles: Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty, Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty, First Bulgarian Empire, Christianisation of Bulgaria, Kingdom of Germany, Christianisation of ...
In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of ...
Of the icon painting tradition that developed in Byzantium, with Constantinople as the chief city, we have only a few icons from the 11th century and none preceding them, in part because of the Iconoc ...
Emergence of the Icon Ceramic icons are rare. Saint Arethas, Byzantine, 10th century.Image of the Saviour Not Made by Hand: a traditional Orthodox iconography in the interpretation of Simon Ushakov (1 ...
If a living creature is disemboweled, it is invariably fatal without major medical intervention. Historically, disembowelment has been used as a severe form of capital punishment. If the intestinal tr ...
Kalaimanokaho?owaha (also known as Kana?ina) was an ali?i chief of the island of Hawai'i who lived during the period of Captain James Cook's visit and western naming of the Sandwich Islands. He was ...
Kalani?ōpu?u-a-Kaiamamao (c. 1729 – April 1782) was a Hawaiian monarch, the 6th Ali?i (chief) of Kohala, 4th Ali?i of the Kona district and 2nd Ali?i of the Ka?ū district on the island of Haw ...
Ali?i nui of the Big Island KapawaPilika?aeia, 1125-1155Kukohou, 1155-1185Kaniuhu, 1185-1215Kanipahu, 1215-1245Kama?iole, usurper of Kanipahu, deposed by Kalapana, 1245-1255Kalapana, 1255-1285Kaha ...
Further information: imperial cult and divine kingPrior to the Hellenistic period, imperial cults were known in Ancient Egypt (pharaohs) and Mesopotamia (since Naram-Sin). From the New Kingdom, all de ...
He received both a Bachelors and Masters degree at the University of Michigan where he studied with Leslie White, and earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1954 where his main intellectual influe ...
Some Hawaiians have believed that Captain James Cook was Lono returned and indeed this fact may have ultimately contributed to Cook's death (see James Cook - Third voyage (1776-1779)). It is uncertain ...
