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-"The Song of the Mountain Jews" [57] Mountain Jews have a military tradition and have been historically viewed as fierce warriors. Some historians suggest that the group traces its beginnings to Persian-Jewish soldiers who were stationed in the Caucasus by the Sasanian kings in the fifth or sixth century to protect the area from the onslaughts ...
But Beit Sahour didn't break. We didn't pay our taxes." [20] Nasser abu Ayta, a video rental store owner, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times during the strike as complaining that Israeli forces "come in as if they own us." [14] Beit Sahour Mayor Hanna Al-Atrash claimed that the strike was "a success for us and a failure for the army." [32]
Beit Horon (Hebrew: בית חורון) is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Bordering Route 443 between Modi'in and Jerusalem , the biblical pass of Beit Horon (Joshua 10:10), after which it is named, [ 2 ] it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council .
Zhao Jiong (20 November 939 – 8 May 997), known as Zhao Guangyi from 960 to 977 and Zhao Kuangyi before 960, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizong of Song, was the second emperor of the Song dynasty of China. He reigned from 976 to his death in 997.
Beit Ha'Am (Hebrew: בית העם, literally, "People's House" [1]) was a public cultural program operating in various cities in Israel; it was underway in Jerusalem by 1904. [2] It provided public lectures, cultural evenings, a reading library, and a venue in which people could meet and discuss the issues of the day. [ 2 ]
Even though the upland Tai had stronger ethnic and cultural ties to Laos, Sip Song Chau Tai was incorporated into the French protectorate of Tonkin—and therefore French Indochina—after 1888. This was arranged by the French explorer and colonial representative Auguste Pavie who signed a treaty with Đèo Văn Trị , the White Tai lord of ...
The game ends when all the pieces are captured. If both Mandarin pieces are captured, the remaining citizen pieces belong to the player controlling the side that these pieces are on. There is a Vietnamese saying to express this situation: "hết quan, tàn dân, thu quân, bán ruộng" (literally: "Mandarin is gone, citizen dismisses, take back the army, selling the rice field") or "hết ...
Emperor Taizu of Song (21 March 927 [2] – 14 November 976), [3] personal name Zhao Kuangyin, courtesy name Yuanlang, was the founding emperor of the Song dynasty of ...