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The Irish left their mark on the region in a number of ways: in still heavily Irish neighborhoods such as Charlestown and South Boston; in the name of the local basketball team, the Boston Celtics; in the dominant Irish-American political family, the Kennedys; in a large number of prominent local politicians, such as James Michael Curley; in ...
The Song dynasty (/ s ʊ ŋ /) was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
The Song continued to rule southern China until 1279, when the Yuan dynasty led by Kublai Khan, the Khagan of the Mongols, [8] invaded and conquered Song. The last ruler was Zhao Bing ( r. 1278–1279 ), who was killed on 19 March 1279 [ 9 ] during the naval Battle of Yamen in what is now modern Yamen Town in Xinhui District , Jiangmen City ...
Category:Song dynasty 960–1279 Succeeded by: Category:Yuan dynasty 1271–1368 Subcategories. ... Song dynasty people (22 C, 17 P) S. Song dynasty in fiction (13 C ...
Its existence was first documented in 971 in the Song dynasty documents known as the History of Song, [1] [2] and it was also mentioned in the 10th-century records of the Bruneian Empire. [6] Based on these and other mentions until the early 14th century, contemporary scholars believe Ma-i was located either in Bay, Laguna , [ 1 ] or on the ...
Chen Rong (simplified Chinese: 陈容; traditional Chinese: 陳容; pinyin: Chén Róng; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Jung; c. 1200 –1266) [1] was a Chinese painter and politician of the Southern Song dynasty celebrated for his depictions of dragons.
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Song Ci (1186–1249) was a Chinese physician and judge during the Southern Song dynasty. His famous work Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified was a basis for early forensic science in China. Song's predecessor Shen Kuo offered critical analysis of human anatomy, dispelling the old Chinese belief that the human throat had three valves instead ...