During his reign, Abraha repaired the Marib Dam in 543, and received embassies from Persia and Byzantium, including a request to free some bishops who had been imprisoned at Nisbis ( according to John of Epheseus's Life of Simeon ).

The First Bulgarian Empire's greatest territorial extent during the reign of Tsar Simeon

Simeon hoped to take Constantinople and become emperor of both Bulgarians and Greeks, and fought a series of wars with the Byzantines through his long reign ( 893-927 ).

After the reign of Solomon, the Kingdom of Israel was divided in two, the house of Joseph in the north made up of ten tribes ( Gad, Zebulun, Ashur, Issachar, Simeon, Naphtali, Joseph ( Ephraim and Manasseh ), Dan, Reuben, Levi ) and the Kingdom of Judah in the south made up of two tribes ( Judah and Benjamin ) ().

During his short reign, Alexander found himself attacked by the forces of Al-Muqtadir of the Abbasid Caliphate in the East, and provoked a war with Simeon I of Bulgaria by refusing to send the traditional tribute on his accession.

By that time, the Bulgarian Empire, which had once threatened the existence of Byzantium under the reign of Simeon, had lost much of its power.

Halfway through his reign, Simeon assumed the title of Emperor ( Tsar ), having prior to that been styled Prince ( Knyaz ).

Map of Bulgaria's greatest territorial extent during the reign of Simeon I

It was in the Preslav Literary School and Ohrid Literary School, founded under Boris, that the main literary work in Bulgaria was concentrated during the reign of Simeon.

The frequent visits to the palace of the chief of the Pharisaic party, Simeon ben Shetach, who was said to be the queen's brother must have occurred in the early years of Alexander's reign, before Alexander had openly broken with the Pharisees.

The First Bulgarian Empire's greatest territorial extent during the reign of Simeon I of Bulgaria | Tsar Simeon I

His most significant literary work was Учително евангелие ( The Didactic Gospel ), usually dated to the first years of the reign of Bulgarian tsar Simeon I, 893 – 894.

Having accomplished this, Simeon recalled from Alexandria, Egypt the Pharisees who had been compelled to seek refuge there during the reign of Alexander Jannæus, among these fugitives being Joshua ben Perachya, the former Nasi.

* Golden Age of Bulgaria, the reign of Emperor Simeon I the Great, late 9th-early 10th centuries.

This reign is one which faces opposition from several prophets of Yahweh throughout as well as various consequences because of his marriage to Jezebel, because of his worship of Baal, disobedience to prophetic warnings and words, and also because of the murder of Naboth.

Aeneas had a year-long affair with the Carthaginian queen Dido ( also known as Elissa ), who proposed that the Trojans settle in her land and that she and Aeneas reign jointly over their peoples.

He also faced revolts at the start of his reign, but quickly crushed them.

He also was the one bishop that published ecclesiastical legislation during Edward the Confessor's reign, attempting to discipline and reform the clergy.

He also secured the alliance of Henry, Count of Monte Sant ' Angelo, who controlled the Gargano Peninsula and dated his charters by Alexios ' reign.

Apart from all of his external enemies, a host of rebels also sought to overthrow Alexios from the imperial throne, thereby posing another major threat to his reign.

The shires of Wessex went back at least to the reign of King Ine, who probably also imposed a hidage assessment upon each for food rents and other services owed the Crown.

Andronikos II was also plagued by economic difficulties and during his reign the value of the Byzantine hyperpyron depreciated precipitously while the state treasury accumulated less than one seventh the revenue ( in nominal coins ) that it had done previously.

She also used the priory during her short reign, particularly in 1547, where she felt safe from the English Army.

Under the reign of Darius, Zechariah also emerged, centering around the rebuilding of the temple.

During his reign, Saladin also constructed the Cairo Citadel, which served as the seat of the Egyptian government until the mid-19th century.

The sources also are inconsistent on the length of Ceawlin's reign.

Charles's reign was also characterised by religious conflicts.

Christadelphians believe that the Kingdom will be centred upon Israel, but Jesus Christ will also reign over all the other nations on the earth.

Diocletian's reforms also increased the number of financial officials in the provinces: more rationales and magistri privatae are attested under Diocletian's reign than before.

The theory came to the fore in England under the reign of James I of England ( 1603 – 1625, also known as James VI of Scotland 1567 – 1625 ).

* Czech, mainly during the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV but also during other periods of Bohemian control over the HRE.

The extreme length of Æthelberht ’ s reign also has been regarded with skepticism by historians ; it has been suggested that he died in the fifty-sixth year of his life, rather than the fifty-sixth year of his reign.

During his reign, he also set about creating the Second Mexican Empire ( headed by his choice of Maximilian I of Mexico, a member of the House of Habsburg ), to regain France's hold in the Americas and to achieve greatness for the ' Latin ' race.

The influential courtiers from Emperor Bidatsu's reign, Mononobe no Moriya, also known as Mononobe Yuge no Moriya no Muraji or as Ō-muraji Yuge no Moriya, and Soga no Umako no Sukune, both remained in their positions during the reign of Emperor Yōmei.

Jien also explains that during the reign of Emperor Suinin, the first High Priestess ( Saiō, also known as saigū ) was appointed for Ise Shrine in what would become known as Ise province.

Nihonshoki explains that this move occurred in the 51st year of Keiko's reign, but shrine tradition also dates this event in the 1st year of Emperor Chūai's reign.

During his reign, Spain lost its last colonies in the Americas ( Cuba and Puerto Rico ) and the Philippines ; fought and, after several setbacks, won a war in Morocco ; witnessed the start of the Spanish Generation of 1927, and endured the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

It is likely that Causantín's ( Constantine I ) reign witnessed increased activity by Vikings, based in Ireland, in Northumbria and in northern Britain.

İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında ( Istanbul Under My Wings, 1996 ) is a film about the lives of Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi, his brother Lagari Hasan Çelebi, and the Ottoman society in the early 17th century, during the reign of Murad IV, as witnessed and narrated by Evliya Çelebi.

During the subsequent Swedish reign over Finland particularly the coastal areas witnessed waves of settlement from Sweden.

Robert Bruce's reign also witnessed some diplomatic achievements.

Charles John's reign witnessed the completion of the southern Göta Canal, begun 22 years earlier, to link Lake Vänern to the sea at Söderköping 180 miles to the east.

The reign of Oleg of Novgorod in the early tenth century witnessed the return of the Varangians to Novgorod and relocation of their capital to Kiev on the Dnieper.

Because the French Revolution and Napoleon's reign witnessed the first application of the lessons of the 18th century's wars on trade and dynastic disputes, commentators often falsely assume that such ideas arose from the revolution rather than found their implementation in it.

Little is known of his reign and only one charter survives, witnessed by king Æthelbald, king Æthelbert and Judith, suggesting that he was on good terms with his brother.

The dates of Æðelberht's reign are unknown beyond the fact that he was a contemporary of Sigeferth, Bishop of Selsey from 733, as Sigeferth witnessed an undated charter of Æðelberht in which Æðelberht is styled Ethelbertus rex Sussaxonum.

Charters dating from Coenwulf's reign have survived ; these were documents which granted land to followers or to churchmen and were witnessed by the kings who had the authority to grant the land.

Coenwulf's father's name was Cuthberht, who may have been the same person as an ealdorman of that name who witnessed charters during the reign of Offa.

In 817 Wulfred witnessed two charters in which Coenwulf granted land to Deneberht, bishop of Worcester, but there is no further record of Wulfred acting as archbishop for the rest of Coenwulf's reign.

During his reign, science witnessed a golden age due to the work of the astronomer Ole Rømer in spite of the king ’ s personal lack of scientific knowledge and interest.

But the fact that he was elected king in a small anti-Habsburg popular revolution, that he kept the barons in check, persistent rumours about him sounding public opinion by mingling among commoners incognito, and harsh period known witnessed by Hungary later ensured that Matthias ' reign is considered one of the most glorious chapters of Hungarian history.

While Petar's reign witnessed the spread of the Bogomil heresy, its origins were more demographic ( perhaps inspired by Paulicians settled earlier by Byzantine emperors in Thrace ) than social, and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church canonized the monarch as a saint.

Jaisalmer has witnessed two occurrences of Jauhar, one in the year 1294 AD during the reign of Alauddin Khilji and second in the year 14 AD during the reign of Ferozshah Tuglaq.

King Khalid's reign witnessed many important international events, including the Iranian revolution, the assassination of Anwar Sadat and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, all of which were influential for Saudi Arabia.

Although King Narai's reign witnessed the greatest extent of foreign influence at the Siamese court, his diplomatic achievements were to be reversed by his successor.

Throughout his reign as boss of the Chicago mob, Torrio had witnessed the massive increase in violence within organized crime.

Abdullah is considered one of the greatest of the Tahirid rulers for the dynasty witnessed in his reign flourishing agriculture in his native land of Khorasan, popularity among the populations of the eastern lands of the Abbasid caliphate and extending influence due to his experience with the western parts of caliphate .< ref > Hammuda, Abdul Hamid, H. < u > The History of Independent Islamic States: Tarikh Adduwal Al-Islamiyyah Al-Mustaqillah </ u >, al-Dar al-Thaqafiyyah lil-Nashr, Cairo, 2010, p. 30-40 </ ref >

Æthelhere's short reign, during which Brigilsus remained bishop of the see of Dommoc, witnessed the construction of Botolph's monastery at Iken.

All the evidence suggests that Asoka was a stern monarch although his reign witnessed only a single campaign.