Word: emperor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Emperor Franz Joseph annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearly started the War prematurely, But Wilhelm scowled down Russia and the peace was kept...
...Turkey, the "Young Turks" revolted, with Europe's approval. In China, the Dowager Empress died, closely preceded by Emperor Kwang-su, and China passed to two-year-old Pu-yi. It was evening for the dynasts...
This tale Doctor Garabedian tells. Six years ago he came to Abyssinia to practice the quieter forms of medicine. He became a favorite of Ras Taffari. But Ras Taffari wanted to become Emperor. Two persons were in his way. One was the Empress, Zauditu, daughter of the late Emperor Menelik II. The other was his mother-in-law, sister of the deposed (1916) Emperor Yasu...
Thereafter Prince and Princess stepped from the holy quiet of the Kashikodo-koro, (where only the ancestors, the Emperor, and a few of the Imperial House may enter) into the sudden blazing sunshine of the city, Tokyo. A joyous roar of Banzai greeted them, for 60,000 persons had stood impatient in the heat, waiting to cheer...
...fashioned way to the home of the bridegroom's parents. Further the Princess is not of imperial blood which formerly would have made her unfit for the Prince's hand. For these reasons and because they had married for love, like the reigning Emperor Hirohito (TIME, Feb. 4, 1924), the new Imperial couple symbolize the twilight end of ancient Japanese marriage customs, and point to the rising sun of modernity in Japan...