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Pembroke (/ ˈ p ɛ m b r ʊ k / PEM-bruuk; Welsh: Penfro [3]) is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 7,552.The names of both the town and the county (of which the county town is Haverfordwest) have a common origin; both are derived from the Cantref of Penfro: Pen, 'head' or 'end', and bro, 'region', 'country', 'land', which has been interpreted to mean either ...
Map of ancient Asia shows location of the Âu Việt state of Nam Cương and other Viet’s kingdoms. According to folklore, prior to Chinese domination of northern and north-central Vietnam, the region was ruled by a series of kingdoms called Văn Lang with a hierarchical government, headed by Lạc Kings ( Hùng Kings ), who were served by ...
Ông Trời is referred to by many names depending on the religious circumstances. In South Vietnam, he is often called Ông Thiên (翁天). In Đạo Mẫu, he is called the Vua Cha Ngọc Hoàng (𢂜吒玉皇, Monarchical Father Ngọc Hoàng), as he is the father of Liễu Hạnh.
Earl of Pembroke; Fort Pembroke, a polygonal fort in Malta; HMS Pembroke, the name of eight ships of the Royal Navy; Pembroke, an 1894 novel by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; Pembroke Battery, a former battery in Malta; Pembroke Castle, Wales; Pembroke cattle; Pembroke Players, a student drama society at the Cambridge University; Pembroke Power ...
Triệu Việt Vương (Chữ Hán 趙越王, 524–571), born Triệu Quang Phục (趙光復), was a king of the Vietnamese Early Lý dynasty in the 6th century. He was co-ruler alongside Lý Thiên Bảo from 548 until Lý Thiên Bảo's death in 555, upon which Triệu Việt Vương became sole king until his death in 571.
In Việt Điện U Linh Tập, Thánh Gióng is known as Sóc Thiên Vương (chữ Hán: 朔天王). This version does not specify when the story was set nor who was the enemy. It says in the old days, there was an enemy in the country, the king ordered his emissaries to find someone who can defeat the enemy.
The Hồng Bàng period (Vietnamese: thời kỳ Hồng Bàng Vietnamese pronunciation: [tʰəːi˨˩ ki˨˩ hoŋm˨˩ baŋ˨˩]), [4] also called the Hồng Bàng dynasty, [5] was a legendary ancient period in Vietnamese historiography, spanning from the beginning of the rule of Kinh Dương Vương over the kingdom of Văn Lang (initially called Xích Quỷ) in 2879 BC until the conquest of ...
Statue of An Dương Vương in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. An Dương Vương (Vietnamese: [ʔaːn zɨəŋ vɨəŋ]), personal name Thục Phán, was the founding king and the only ruler of the kingdom of Âu Lạc, an ancient state centered in the Red River Delta.