Dynasties of the World: A Chronological and Genealogical Handbook (Oxford Paperback Reference)

This new reference is a comprehensive guide to the major monarchies of the world from ancient Egypt to the present day. The main text consists of clearly designed chronological tables, in broad geographical groupings, setting out monarchs' names and years of rule, other titles, lineages, and authentic sobriquets; the book also includes information on abdications, depositions, interregna, regencies, and co-regencies. Supporting notes discuss chronological problems and sources, calendars and dating systems, margins of error, sources and further reading. The result of copious research in many languages and contributions from numerous scholars, this book is the most accurate, reliable, and up-to-date work of its kind available, invaluable for scholars, students, librarians, and interested general readers. Prefatory Note......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 9 CONTENTS......Page 10 I - The Ancient Near East......Page 16 OLD KINGDOM......Page 17 MIDDLE KINGDOM......Page 18 SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD......Page 19 NEW KINGDOM......Page 20 THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD......Page 21 SAlTE PERIOD......Page 22 LATER DYNASTIC PERIOD......Page 23 EARLY MESOPOTAMIA......Page 25 ASSYRIA......Page 28 BABYLONIA......Page 31 THE HITTITE KINGDOM......Page 35 THE HEBREW KINGDOMS......Page 36 THE KINGDOM OF LYDIA......Page 38 THE PERSIAN EMPIRE......Page 39 II - The Hellenistic WorId......Page 40 THE KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA......Page 41 THE KINGDOM OF SYRACUSE......Page 43 THE PTOLEMAIC DYNASTY......Page 44 THE SELEUCID DYNASTY......Page 45 BITHYNIA AND PONTUS......Page 47 PERGAMUM: THE ATTALIDS......Page 48 THE PARTHIAN EMPIRE......Page 49 THE HASMONAEAN KINGDOM......Page 51 III - The Roman and Byzantine Worlds......Page 52 THE ROMAN EMPIRE......Page 53 THE KINGDOM OF NUMIDIA......Page 57 THE HERODIAN KINGDOMS......Page 58 PERSIA: THE SASANIDS......Page 59 THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE......Page 61 THE KINGDOM OF ARMENIA......Page 64 THE EMPIRE OF THESSALONICA......Page 65 THE EMPIRE OF TREBIZOND......Page 66 IV - The Barbarian West......Page 67 THE VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM......Page 68 THE VANDAL KINGDOM......Page 69 THE FRANKISH KINGDOM......Page 70 THE OSTROGOTHIC KINGDOM......Page 71 THE LOMBARD KINGDOM......Page 72 THE ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOMS......Page 73 V - Europe......Page 76 THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND......Page 77 THE KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND......Page 80 THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES......Page 82 THE HIGH KINGSHIP OF IRELAND......Page 83 THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE......Page 85 THE COUNTY AND DUCHY OF ANJOU......Page 88 THE DUCHY OF BOURBONNAIS......Page 90 THE DUCHY OF BRITTANY......Page 91 THE COUNTY OF CHAMPAGNE (TROYES)......Page 93 THE DUCHY OF NORMANDY......Page 94 THE COUNTY OF PROVENCE......Page 95 THE COUNTY OF TOULOUSE......Page 96 THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO......Page 97 THE COUNTY OF FLANDERS......Page 98 THE COUNTY OF HOLLAND......Page 99 THE COUNTY AND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG......Page 100 THE DUCHY OF LOWER LORRAINE......Page 101 THE DUCHY OF BRABANT......Page 102 BURGUNDY AND THE LOW COUNTRIES......Page 103 THE MODERN NETHERLANDS......Page 104 THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG......Page 105 THE MEDIEVAL KINGDOM OF ITALY......Page 106 VENICE: THE DOGES......Page 107 THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES AND SICILY......Page 110 THE ESTE IN FERRARA AND MODENA......Page 112 THE MONTEFELTRO AND DELLA ROVERE IN URBINO......Page 113 THE VISCONTI AND SFORZA IN MILAN......Page 114 THE GONZAGA IN MANTUA......Page 115 THE MEDICI AND THEIR SUCCESSORS IN FLORENCE......Page 116 THE FARNESE AND BOURBONS IN PARMA......Page 117 THE HOUSE OF SAVOY......Page 118 THE KINGDOMS OF LEON AND CASTILE......Page 120 THE KINGDOM OF NAVARRE (PAMPLONA)......Page 122 THE COUNTY OF BARCELONA......Page 123 THE KINGDOM OF ARAGON......Page 124 THE KINGDOM OF MAJORCA......Page 125 THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN......Page 126 THE KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL......Page 128 THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE......Page 130 THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE......Page 133 THE DUCHY OF BAVARIA......Page 134 THE DUCHY OF LORRAINE......Page 136 THE MARK AND DUCHY OF AUSTRIA......Page 138 THE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG......Page 140 THE HOUSE OF HESSE......Page 143 THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN......Page 145 THE HOUSE OF WETTIN......Page 146 THE WITTELSBACHS OF BA VARIA......Page 147 THE WITTELSBACHS OF THE PALATINATE......Page 149 THE HOUSE OF WDRTTEMBERG......Page 150 THE HOUSE OF ZAHRINGEN......Page 151 THE HOUSE OF LIECHTENSTEIN......Page 153 THE GRAND DUCHY OF FRANKFURT......Page 154 THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY......Page 155 THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK......Page 157 THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN......Page 159 MEDIEVAL BULGARIA......Page 161 THE KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA......Page 163 THE KINGDOM OF POLAND......Page 165 THE KINGDOM OF HUNGARY......Page 167 MEDIEVAL SERBIA......Page 169 THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA......Page 170 THE KINGDOM OF MONTENEGRO......Page 171 MODERN SERBIA AND YUGOSLAVIA......Page 172 MODERN GREECE......Page 173 THE PRINCEDOM OF KIEV......Page 175 THE GRAND PRINCEDOM OF VLADIMIR......Page 176 THE TSARDOM OF RUSSIA......Page 177 THE COUNTY OF EDESSA......Page 179 THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM......Page 180 THE KINGDOM OF CYPRUS......Page 181 THE EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINOPLE......Page 182 VI - Islamic Dynasties ( except India)......Page 183 THE CALIPHATE......Page 184 THE CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA......Page 186 THE KINGDOM OF GRANADA......Page 187 THE AGHLABID KINGDOM......Page 188 THE ALMOHAD EMPIRE......Page 189 THE MARINID KINGDOM......Page 190 THE 'ALAWI DYNASTY......Page 191 THE HAFSID KINGDOM......Page 192 THE BEYLIK OF TUNISIA......Page 193 THE KINGDOM OF LIBYA......Page 194 ISLAMIC EGYPT......Page 195 THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE......Page 198 THE HASHIMID DYNASTY......Page 199 THE SA`UDI DYNASTY......Page 200 THE KINGDOM OF YEMEN......Page 201 THE SAMANID KINGDOM......Page 202 THE GHAZNAVID EMPIRE......Page 203 THE SELJUQID DYNASTY......Page 204 THE GHURID EMPIRE......Page 205 THE KHWARAZMIAN EMPIRE......Page 206 IL-KHANS OF PERSIA......Page 207 THE TIMURID EMPIRE......Page 208 MODERN PERSIA (IRAN)......Page 209 THE KINGDOM OF AFGHANISTAN......Page 211 VII - India......Page 212 THE MAURY A EMPIRE......Page 213 THE GUPTA EMPIRE......Page 214 THE DELHI SULTANATE......Page 215 THE BAHMANI KINGDOM OFTHE DECCAN......Page 216 THE MOGUL EMPIRE......Page 217 VIII - The Far East......Page 218 CHINA......Page 219 JAPAN......Page 227 THE KINGDOM OF KOREA......Page 232 THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND......Page 233 THE KINGDOM OF LAOS......Page 234 MODERN CAMBODIA......Page 235 MODERN VIETNAM......Page 236 IX - Africa......Page 237 THE ETHIOPIAN EMPIRE......Page 238 THE ZULU KINGDOM......Page 240 THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO......Page 241 X - The New World......Page 242 THE INCA EMPIRE......Page 243 THE AZTEC EMPIRE......Page 244 THE KINGDOM OF HAWAll......Page 245 THE KINGDOM OF TONGA......Page 246 INDEX......Page 247 Annotation This handy little reference book, first published in hardback in 1989, has now been updated and is available for the first time as part of the Oxford Paperback Reference series. With guidance from a small number of expert scholars from a variety of academic fields (such as Egyptologists and scholars in Islamic history) John E. Morby has created this compact and useful reference book ideal for anyone needing highly accurate but accessible data on monarchs, reigning princes, and ruling families. Motivated by the lack of any book of this type on the market John E. Morby here has combined his interest in the subject with his own extensive research. Ranging from Horus Aha, the first ruler of the first dynasty of Ancient Egypt, to Muhammad VII, King of Morocco since 1999, the text is composedof clearly designed chronological tables which show not only the various kings, queens, emperors, and empresses who have ruled the countries of the world but also the regencies, joint reigns, abdications and depositions, interregna and foreign rule, mandates, protectorates and dynastic unions. Lineages follow each ruler's name and are given in the male line (unless otherwise indicated) thus setting each reign in the historical context of that particular dynasty. The book charts the progress of rulers and ruling families through revolution and conquest, from autonomy to independence, andfrom independence back to autonomy. The tables are supplemented with notes providing further information on such issues as the problems of chronology and dating, non-western calendrical systems and early calendrical systems, and the meanings of certain monarchical titles throughout the world and throughout history. There are alsobibliographies at the end of each table to provide the reader with a guide to the principal sources used and point the way to possible further research. Examples of some of the rulers and dynasties included:The Ancient Near East: Ancient Egypt (Horus Aha to Senedjemibre Nectanebo II), Assyria (Sulili to Ashur-uballit II), The Kingdom of Lydia (Gyges to Croesus)The Hellenistic World: The Kingdom of Macedonia (Perdiccas I to Perseus), Bithynia and Pontus (Zipoites to Pharnaces II), The Parthian Empire (Arsaces I to Artabanus IV)The Roman and Byzantine Worlds: The Roman Empire (Augustus to Romulus Augustus), The Herodian Kingdoms (Herod the Great to Agrippa II), The Kingdom of Armenia (Ashot I the Great to Gurgen II), The Empire of Trebizond (Alexius I to David)The Barbarian West: The Visigothic Kingdom (Alaric I to Agila II), The Ostrogothic Kingdom (Theoderic the Great to Teias)The British Isles: The Kingdom of England (Egbert to Elizabeth II), The Principality of Wales (Merfyn the Freckled to David III)France: The Duchy of Brittany (Alan I Wrybeard to Anne), The Principality of Monaco (Lambert Grimaldi to Rainier III)The Low Countries: The County of Holland (Dirk I to Jacqueline), The County of Brabant (Godfrey I the Bearded to Philip of St Pol), The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg (Adolf to John)Italy: The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily (Robert Guiscard to Francis II), The Este in Ferrara and Modena (Azzo I to Francis V), The House of Savoy (Humbert I Whitehands to Humbert II)The Iberian Peninsula: The Kingdom of Aragon (Ramiro I to Ferdinand II the Catholic), The Kingdom of Portugal (Henry to Manuel II)The German-speaking States: The Holy Roman Empire (Charles I the Great to Francis II), The House of Hesse (Henry I the Child to Ernest Louis)Scandinavia: The Kingdom of Norway (Harald I Fairhair to Olav V)Eastern Europe: The Kingdom of Bohemia (Borivoj I to Ferdinand I), Medieval Serbia (Stephen Nemanja to Stephen Tomasevic)Russia: The Princedom of Kiev (Oleg to Gleb)Crusader States: The Kingdom of Jerusalem (Godfrey of Bouillon to Henry II), The Empire of Constantinople (Baldwin I to Baldwin II)Islamic Dynasties (except India): The Caliphate of Cordoba ('Abd al-Rahman I to Hisham III, al-Mu'tadd), The Kingdom of Granada (Muhammad I to Muhammad XII), The Seljuqid Dynasty (Toghril Beg to Toghril III)India: The Maurya Empire (Chandragupta Maurya to Brihadratha), The Delhi Sultanate (Aybak to Ibrahim II), The Mogul Empire (Babur to Bahadur Shah II)The Far East: China (Shih Huang Ti to Hsuan T'ung), Japan (Jimmu to Akihito), The Kingdom of Laos (Kingkitsarat to Savangvatthana)Africa: The Ethiopian Empire (Yekuno 'Amlak to Asfa Wossen), The Kingdom of Madagascar (Andriantsimitoviaminandriana to Ranavalona III)The New World: The Inca Empire (Manco Capac to Tupac Amaru), The Aztec Empire (Acamapichtli to Cuauhtemoc), The Kingdom of Hawaii (Kamehameha I to Liliuokalani) "Who was the first Roman emperor? What country had Andriantsimitoviaminandriana as its king? Who succeeded Harald Bluetooth? From Horus Aha, first king of Egypt, to Abd Allah II, present king of Jordan, this compact and useful reference book charts five millennia of kings, queens, emperors, empresses, regencies, joint reigns, abdications, depositions, interregna, foreign rule, mandates, protectorates, and dynastic unions. First published in hardback in 1989 and subsequently translated into Hungarian, German, Japanese, and Polish, the text has now been updated in its English version to take into account changes over the last thirteen years." "Chronological tables show the names and dates of rulers and their family relationships. Supplementary notes deal with chronological problems, calendars and dating systems, margins of error for uncertain dates, and names and titles. Additional material includes bibliographies listing the most important sources and a comprehensive index. Broad coverage, scholarly approach, and clear presentation make this work ideal for professionals and amateurs alike."--Jacket