Dahomey (3020 bytes)
1: ...an kingdom situated in what is now [[Benin]]. The kingdom was founded in the seventeenth century and sur...
3: ...f the monarch. All land was owned directly by the king, who collected taxes from all crops that were pro...
5: ...y of [[Oyo]], though he still managed to maintain Dahomey's independence.
7: ...tructure of the kingdom, the land belonged to the king, who had a virtual monopoly on all trade.
9: ... it has been surmised that their hostility to the kingdom, particularly among the [[Yoruba]], led to its...

Dahomey Amazons (3411 bytes)
1: ...their similarity to the semi-mythical [[Amazons]] of [[Ancient Greece]].
5: ...at place and period was conducted for the purpose of obtaining slaves from other tribes in order to se...
7: ... 4000 and 6000 women, about a third of the entire Dahomey army.
9: ...wrote about the "incredible courage and audacity" of the Amazons.
14: ...to have children or be part of married life. Many of the Amazons were virgins. The regiment had a semi...

Dahomey mythology (2251 bytes)
1: ...[Sogbo]], which is also used to describe devotees of the thunder gods.
3: ...lly, on the fourth day, mankind received the gift of technology.
5: ...ake motif; this is thought to represent the power of "God" (Mawu-Lisa or some other) being transferred...
11: [[Sakpata]] -- god of [[smallpox]]
15: ...ful twin magicians (not sure of gender, or status of divinity or mortality)

The annual customs of Dahomey (1996 bytes)
1: ...event taking which took place in The Kingdom of [[Dahomey]]
3: Every year a huge festival in honor of the ancestors was organized, the '''annual "custo...
5: ...nd review the last year's policies and plan those of the following year.
7: ... of any nature against anyone in the kingdom, the king included, with the promise that he or she would n...
9: ...engers' would be sent to the 'council of the dead kings,' and other ancestors to determine whether these...

Colonial Heads of Benin (Dahomey) (11548 bytes)
1: === List of Colonial Heads of [[Dahomey]] and [[Porto-Novo]] ([[Benin]]) ===
3: ... in italics indicate ''de facto ''continuation of office)
13: ...ectorate placed over the Porto-Novo ([[Hogbonu]]) Kingdom''
17: |colspan="3"|'''Porto-Novo Kingdom'''
21: |colspan="3"|'''French Protectorate of Porto-Novo'''  ''Restored''

Peter King, 1st Baron King (2767 bytes)
1: ...69]] - [[22 July]] [[1734]]), [[lord chancellor]] of [[England]], was born at [[Exeter]] in 1669.
3: ...]. He died at [[Ockham]], [[Surrey]], on the 22nd of July 1734.
5: ...urts. Lord King published in [[1702]] a ''History of the Apostles' Creed'' (Leipzig, 1706; Basel, 1750...
11: ...albot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol|The Lord Talbot of Hensol]]'''
14: ... Creation | Next=[[John King, 2nd Baron King|John King]]}}

Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater (1872 bytes)
1: ...He is now a [[life peer]] and sits in the [[House of Lords]].
3: He was later the chair of the [[Intelligence and Security Select Committee]...
7: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Secretary of State for the Environment]]'''<br>1983
11: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Secretary of State for Transport]]'''<br>1983
15: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Secretary of State for Employment]]'''<br>1983&ndash;1985

Ed King (475 bytes)
1: ...teve Gaines]] (who died in the '77 plane-crash). King returned to Skynyrd in '87 for the Tribute Tour b...

King Hu (4414 bytes)
1: ...58;&#26855;, 1967) which inaugurated a generation of ''wuxia'' films in the late [[1960s]].
3: ...f ''wuxia'' swordplay films and his perpetual use of a female heroine as the central protagonist.
5: ...nspiration behind it; [[Zhang Yimou]]'s ''[[House of Flying Daggers]]'' was also said to be dedicated ...
7: ...ion choreography in both these films was the work of [[Sammo Hung]].
9: ...l ''wuxia'' films. King Hu spent the last decade of his life in [[Los Angeles]], but he died in [[Tai...

KING (3276 bytes)
3: !align="center" bgcolor="#66FFCC" colspan="3"|'''KING''' ''([[National Broadcasting Corporation|NBC]])'...
5: ...style="padding:10px;"|[[Image:KING_logo.png|200px|KING-TV/DT logo]]
26: ...n="2" valign="top"|''[[King County, Washington|'''King''' County]]''
41: ...ces and broadcasting center are located just east of [[Seattle Center]].
43: ...the [[Mississippi River]]. In the late [[1990s]], KING added under its broadcasting umbrella two new loc...

King (1445 bytes)
1: * For the [[head of state]], see [[Monarch]].
2: ... kings of Germanic countries, see also [[Germanic king]].
3: * See also [[high king]], [[King of Kings]]
4: * See also [[king (chess)]], [[king (playing card)]].
5: * For the television station, see [[KING]].

B. B. King (4925 bytes)
1: ...[blues]] [[guitarist]] and [[songwriter]]. One of King's trademarks is naming his guitars "Lucille", a t...
3: ...two men were fighting over a woman named Lucille. King named that first guitar Lucille, as well as every...
5: ...harlie Christian]] and [[Django Reinhardt]]. Soon King was cultivating his own musical skills singing [[...
7: ...e finely tuned his guitar technique with the help of his cousin, country blues guitarist [[Bukka White...
9: ...which was extremely rare at the time. On the air, King started out using the name '''The [[Pepticon]] Bo...

J.W. King (633 bytes)
3: ...ular and best-liked stars of gay male films, died of AIDS complications in Hollywood on December 5, 19...
7: ... and , with his lover (John Murphy, who also died of AIDS in November, 1986), lived in the Hollywood H...

If I Were King (256 bytes)
1: '''If I Were King''' is a [[1938]] film with [[Basil Rathbone]].
4: *{{imdb title | id=0030265 | title=If I Were King}}

King Wu (186 bytes)
1: ...g Wu''' was a posthumous title often given to the king who won martial glory.
3: *[[King Wu of Zhou]]
4: *[[King Wu of Qin]]
5: *[[King Wu of Bohai]]

The King (165 bytes)
1: The title of "The King" is one held by several individuals.

The King and I (3676 bytes)
1: ...ame governess to the children of King [[Mongkut]] of [[Thailand|Siam]] in the early [[1860s]].
3: ...short-lived TV sitcom in [[1972]], ''Anna and the King''.
5: A [[television series]], ''Anna and the King'', was created in [[1972 in television|1972]], gi...
7: ...ased a non-musical remake, named ''[[Anna and the King]]''. This version starred [[Jodie Foster]] and [...
9: Also in 1999, an animated version of ''The King and I'' was released by [[Warner Bros.]]; it was ...

King Ghidorah (3801 bytes)
1: [[Image:King_Ghidorah.jpg|right|thumb|King Ghidorah]]
2: ...irth of Mothra III]]'' , ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'', and ...
4: ...in 1964's ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'', King Ghidorah was a golden, dragon-like creature with ...
6: ...nt actor inside an elaborate costume, with a team of puppeteers to control the beast's many appendages...
8: ...yside before being repelled by the monstrous team of Godzilla, [[Mothra]], and [[Rodan]].

King in the mountain (2513 bytes)
1: ...''', is a repeated motif that appears in a number of [[folktale]]s.
3: ... that the hero has grown a long beard, indicative of the long time he has slept beneath the mountain.
5: ... Their conversation typically involves the hero asking, "Do the [[eagle]]s (or [[raven]]s) still circle ...
11: ...at presages his rising will be the [[extinction]] of the [[bird]]s that trigger his awakening.
13: ...ncept of [[conservation]]. A number of [[monarch|king]]s, rulers, and [[fictional character]]s have bec...

King Records (2038 bytes)
1: '''King Records''' is the name of at least two different [[record label]]s.
3: ==King Records, Japan ==
4: [[Image:KingRecordJapan.jpg|right|frame|Japanese King Record]]
5: ...], [[Miko Nakayama]] and [[Yuki Uchida]]. Now one of Japan's leading record companies, it is headquart...
8: [http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/ King Records Japan homepage]

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