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Edo period
History; World history

Period of Japanese history (1603-1868), in which the Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo (Tokyo). This period of stability, prosperity and isolationism was ended by the Meiji ...

Edom
History; World history

Region of Palestine between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, occupied by the Edomites from the 14th to the 6th centuries BC. Although well placed to exploit the Red Sea trade ...

Edward I
History; World history

Plantagenet king of England (r.1272-1307). His active role as a prince taught him valuable political and military skills. He fought in Wales (which he conquered), in the baronial ...

Edward III
History; World history

King of England (r.1327-77), son of Edward II. He was skillful in politics and war, winning victories against Scotland at Halidon Hill (1333) and Neville's Cross (1346). His claim ...

Edward IV
History; World history

(1442-83) King of England (r.1461-70 and 1471-83). Edward became Yorkist king against the background of the Wars of the Roses. His energy and ability outmatched the feeble Henry ...

Edward the Confessor
History; World history

Last Anglo-Saxon king of England (r.1042-66) and saint. His reign saw political tensions arising between Edward's pro-Norman faction and the party of Earl Godwin, but was ...

Edward VII
History; World history

(1841-1910) King of Britain (r.1901-10), eldest son of Victoria and Albert. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark, with whom he cut a leading figure in London society during ...

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