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1000 BF (Before Founding): Prehistory: Era of the Black Gryphon. Mage Wars (Skandranon) The Black Gryphon; The White Gryphon; The Silver Gryphon; 0: Founding of Valdemar. Founding (Baron Valdemar) Beyond; Into the West; 750 AF (After Founding): Reign of Elspeth the Peacemaker. The Last Herald Mage (Vanyel) Magic's Pawn; Magic's Promise; Magic's ...
The story of the Baron Kordas Valdemar fleeing with his people the oppressive Eastern Empire and founding the kingdom of Valdemar in the western wilds. The trilogy takes place c. 1000 years after The Mage Wars and some 1400 years before the original Arrows trilogy.
World government is the concept of a single political authority with jurisdiction over all of Earth and humanity. It is conceived in a variety of forms, from tyrannical to democratic, which reflects its wide array of proponents and detractors.
John Locke's portrait by Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London. John Locke (/ l ɒ k /; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704 ()) [13] was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".
"History is past politics and politics present history" was the motto of the first generation of American political scientists, 1882–1900. The motto had been coined by the Oxford professor Edward Augustus Freeman , and was enshrined on the wall of the seminar room at Johns Hopkins University where the first large-scale training of America and ...
The following is a list of national founders of sovereign states who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance, (i.e., political system form of government, and constitution), of the country.
The theory views the world system as a social system with a cultural framework called world polity, which encompasses and influences the actors under it. [2] According to the theory, world polity provides a set of cultural norms and directions that actors of the world society follow in dealing with problems and general procedures. [3]
John Jay, who had been secretary for foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation from 1784 through their expiration in 1789, became the first Chief Justice of the United States in 1789, stepping down in 1795 to accept election as governor of New York, a post he held for two terms, retiring in 1801.