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  2. Legacy of Napoleon - Wikipedia

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    Legacy and evaluation Harsh criticism The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya, attacks Napoleon by showing Spanish resisters being executed by his brutal soldiers.. In the political realm, historians debate whether Napoleon was "an enlightened despot who laid the foundations of modern Europe" or "a megalomaniac who wrought greater misery than any man before the coming of Hitler".

  3. Hammurabi - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Hammurabi was written in the daily language of Babylon, Akkadian. Hammurabi (c.1810–1750 BC), the sixth king of the First Babylonian Empire, initiated language reforms to make Akkadian the pre-eminent lingua franca of antiquity; inscriptions have been found on stone, silver and clay artefacts.

  4. Leopold II of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second but eldest-surviving son of King Leopold I and ...

  5. One man is preserving the legacy of the code talkers ... - AOL

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    Kenji Kawano has been photographing the Navajo code talkers, America's secret weapon during WWII, for 50 years. It all started in 1975 with a chance encounter that would take over his life.

  6. Code Noir - Wikipedia

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    The Code noir ( French pronunciation: [kɔd nwaʁ], Black code) was a decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire and served as the code for slavery conduct in the French colonies up until 1789 the year marking the beginning of the French Revolution.

  7. Code of Ur-Nammu - Wikipedia

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    c. 2100 BC–2050 BC. Location. Istanbul Archaeology Museums (Ni.3191) (originally Nippur, Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq )) Author (s) Ur-Nammu. Purpose. Legal code. The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BCE.

  8. Charles II of England - Wikipedia

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    Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) [c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.

  9. The Lion King (1994 soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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    Professional ratings. The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King. It contains songs from the film written by Elton John and Tim Rice, and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. Elton John has a dual role of performer for several tracks.

  10. Charles Edwin King - Wikipedia

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    Charles King was shot through the torso and fell into the arms of H.H. Bowles of the 6th Maine Infantry. He was carried off the battlefield to a nearby field hospital, where nothing could be done for his fatal wound. King died in the field hospital three days later, September 20, 1862, at the age of 13 years, 5 months, and 17 days. Legacy

  11. Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits - Wikipedia

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    Single player. Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits, Soaring Hawk and Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits, Sprinting Wolf are role-playing video games based on the Shaman King manga and anime series. The games were released for the Game Boy Advance by Konami on February 8, 2005.