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(Encyclopedia)Agis āˈjĭs [key], name of four Spartan kings. Agis I, fl. late 10th cent. b.c., was the traditional founder of the Agiad dynasty, one of the two ruling dynasties of Sparta, which had a dual kingshi...zaibatsu
(Encyclopedia)zaibatsu zīˈbätso͞o [key] [Jap.,=money clique], the great family-controlled banking and industrial combines of modern Japan. The leading zaibatsu (called keiretsu after World War II) are Mitsui, M...Scanderbeg
(Encyclopedia)Scanderbeg or Skanderbeg both: skănˈdərbĕg [key], c.1404–1468, Albanian national hero. His original name was George Castriota or Kastriotes, but the Ottomans called him Iskender Bey, and this wa...Ivan Asen
(Encyclopedia)Ivan Asen: see Ivan II, czar of Bulgaria. ...Eustace IV
(Encyclopedia)Eustace IV, count of Boulogne: see under Eustace II. ...Louis the Stammerer
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Stammerer: see Louis II, French king. ...Kunigunde, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Kunigunde, Saint: see Henry II, Holy Roman emperor. ...Philip Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Philip Augustus: see Philip II, king of France. ...William Rufus
(Encyclopedia)William Rufus: see William II, king of England. ...Robert Curthose
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