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7. King Herod the Great (Israel)

Born: 74/73 BCE, Edom
Died: 4 BC, Jericho
Parents: Cypros, Antipater the Idumaean
Wives: Doris, Mariamne I, Mariamne II, Malthace, Cleopatra of Jerusalem
Children: Herod Antipas, Herod Archelaus, Philip the Tetrarch, Antipater II, Herod II, Aristobulus IV, Salome, Alexander, son of Herod, Salampsio, Phasael, Olympias, Herod, Cypros, Roxanne
Occupation: King of Judea
Religion: Second Temple Judaism
Reign: 37–4 BCE

6. Vlad III the Impaler (Wallachia)

Other names: Vlad III Dracula, (Vlad) Drăculea, (Vlad) Dracula
Romanian name: Vlad Țepeș
Born: November or December 1431, Segesvár, Kingdom of Hungary
Died: December 1476 or January 1477, exact date unknown (aged 44-45), Wallachia (exact location unknown)
Parents: Vlad II Dracul, Cneajna of Moldavia (presumed)
Wives: Transylvanian noblewoman Ilona Szilágyi
Reign: 1448, 1456–1462, 1476
House: House of Drăculești (branch of the House of Basarab)

5. Kim Jong-il (North Korea)

Born: Yuri Irsenovich Kim
Born: 16 February 1941, Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Died: December 17, 2011, Pyongyang, North Korea
Spouse (s): Kim Young-sook (1974–2011)
Children: Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-nam, Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-chul, Kim Sul-song
Occupation: Politician
Political party: Wo, Russia
Died: December 17, 2011, Pyongyang, North Korea
Spouse (s): Kim Young-sook (1974–2011)
Children: Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-nam, Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-chul, Kim Sul-song
Occupation: Politician
Political party: Workers' Party of Korea

4. Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh)

Born: September 28, 1947 (age 67)
Parents: Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Spouse: M. A. Wazed Miah (m. 1967–2009)
Children: Sajeeb Wazed, Saima Wazed Hossain Putul
Siblings: Sheikh Kamal
Education: University of Dhaka, Eden Mohila College, Boston University
Occupation: Politician
Political party: Bangladesh Awami League

3. Mao Zedong (China)

Born: December 26, 1893, Shaoshan, China
Died: September 9, 1976, Beijing, China
Nationality: People's Republic of China
Spouse (s): Luo Yixiu (1907–1910), Yang Kaihui (1920–1930), He Zizhen (1930–1937), Jiang Qing (1939–1976)
Children: 10
Occupation: Revolutionary, statesman
Political party: Communist Party of China

2. Joseph Stalin (USSR)

Patronym: Vissarionovich
Family name: Jugashvili
Born: Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jugashvili
Born: 18 December 1878, Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: 5 March 1953 (aged 74), Kuntsevo Dacha, Kuntsevo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality: Georgian
Parents: Besarion Jughashvili, Ketevan Geladze
Spouse (s): Ekaterina Svanidze (1906–1907), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1919–1932)
Children: Yakov Dzhugashvili, Vasily Dzhugashvili, Svetlana Alliluyeva
Occupation: Politician
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Battles/wars: World War I, Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War, World War II

1 Adolf Hitler (Germany)

Born: 20 April 1889 (Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary)
Died: 30 April 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality: Austrian citizen until 7 April 1925, Citizen of Brunswick after 25 February 1932, Citizen of Germany after 1934
Parents: Alois Hitler (father), Klara Pölzl (mother)
Spouse: Eva Braun
Occupation: Politician
Political party: National Socialist German Workers' Party (1921–45)
Battles/wars: World War I (as soldier), World War II

"Every time a dictator dies, or an atrocity is perpetrated, or details of the torture endured by those who lived through one regime or another escapes to the outside world, invariably the cry goes up that this must never be allowed to happen again. The unsavory fact is, however, that it does happen again, over and over, from one continent to another."

-Shelley Klein, author of The Most Evil Dictators in History

All human beings are equal before God; the Almighty. He is our Sustainer. The Creator of the worlds. However, God in His infinite wisdom has created man and placed some above others. It is a providential design to achieve universal order, harmony and peace. He has placed the kings over their subjects to ensure coordination. I love history, and I loathe history being distorted. I am neither an ethnic chauvinist nor jingoist. But I have special affinity for history. It is worrisome when people concoct genres of myth in the face of impeccable facts. I wish to delve a bit into in the history of Obaship in Yorubaland ,with a special focus on His Imperial Majesty, The Alaafin of Oyo and His Royal Highness, The Ooni of Ile-Ife.

History has been so kind and friendly to the Alaafin that he does not need to get into any battle for supremacy with any Oba, either in Yorubaland or anywhere in the universe. No other Oba had combined humility with royalty to meet the demands of modernity like the incumbent Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Kabiyesi Iku Baba Yeye,Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III .

According to impregnable sources of Yoruba history, Oduduwa is the ancestor of the Yorubas. Oduduwa gave birth to a son, Okanbi. Okanbi gave birth to seven male children (Oranmiyan, Olowu, Alaketu, Onisabe, Orangun, Olupopo, Oba Benin). Nowhere in history is Ooni mentioned as one of the Yoruba Royal Families. The Ooni is no blood relation of the seven sons of Okanbi. Historically, Ooni has no traditional or political authority in the Yoruba hierarchy. Riches and political fame of the Ooni from 1954_when Ooni Adesoji Aderemi was made the Governor of Western Region by the Awolowo Administration cannot undo the pristine history or invalidate the truth about the Yoruba race.

History has acquainted us with copious facts that Ooni is known to have been appointed by the Alaafin as the custodian and keeper of the rituals and oratory of the gods in Ile-Ife. The stool of Ooni was never known to be big on hereditary kingship. Oonis have been the descendants of Adimu the Olorisa, instead of being the direct descendants of Oduduwa. The Alaafins of Oyo have been the paramount kings and rulers of the Yorubas. Alaafin, in recognition of his leadership,had intervened in numerous boundary disputes involving the territories of the Ooni and Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland

Some years back, when Oba of Benin visited Ile-Ife, the comments made by Ooni Sijuade (I am happy to welcome back my son and brother to the land of our ancestor, Oduduwa) was quickly refuted by the Oba , through his response:"who is the son of who?"

Moreover, The British as it was in their tradition recognized lineage as meaning supremacy and legitimacy, preferring to sign the Treaty of Cessation with the Alaafin as the Head of the Yoruba Nation.

Also, on August 8th,1960, when Sir Adesoji Aderemi held sway as the Ooni of Ife, Alaafin Bello Gbadegesin Ladigbolu II was appointed the Chairman of the Council of Obas for two years, Oba Adesoji never batted an eyelid. In 1962, when Ooni had ceased to be Governor, he reverted to his traditional stool and was attending the meetings of Obas which had The Alaafin as the Chairman. When the first term of Alaafin Gbadegesin expired, he was reappointed for another two-year term. The Alaafin was reappointed for the third time in 1965 until the military struck.

In 1966, Lt Colonel Adeyinka Adebayo made the Ooni Chairman and the Alaafin his Deputy. Only the Alaafin,among other Obas, protested the awkward appointment and sought redress, as Alaafin does not play a second fiddle to any Oba in Yorubaland. In 1976, the military government had to reinstate the Alaafin as the Chairman of the Council.

It is also a distortion to address the Ooni as "His Imperial Majesty". This is another gaffe! Only the Alaafin is addressed as His/Your Imperial Majesty. You cannot assume the title when you have no empire you rule over. Alaafin ruled over a vast empire (From Ilorin to Dahomey and to some parts of Ghana; Ashanti) while Ooni did not have that royal privilege.The Ooni is better addressed as His/Your Royal Highness. This is history,my people!

The preeminence and supremacy of the Alaafin is obvious from the above assertions and as deeply espoused in many Yoruba books of history. We should not distort the history by pitching the Alaafin against the Ooni. Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi made an unequivocal statement on his coronation day that he was not into any supremacy contest with the Alaafin. Therefore, Alaafin remains the undisputed leader of all Yoruba monarch.

© Adejare Ibrahim

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The Mona Lisa ( La Gioconda or La
Joconde ) is a half-length portrait of a woman
by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which
has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most
visited, the most written about, the most sung
about, the most parodied work of art in the
world."
The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa
Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del
Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar
panel , and is believed to have been painted
between 1503 and 1506, although Leonardo may
have continued working on it as late as 1517. It
was acquired by King Francis I of France and
is now the property of the French Republic , on
permanent display at The Louvre museum in
Paris since 1797.
The ambiguity of the subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms and the
atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that
have contributed to the continuing fascination and
study of the work
Title and subject
Main article: Lisa del Giocondo
The title of the painting that is known in English
as Mona Lisa stems from a description by
Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari , who
wrote " Leonardo undertook to paint, for
Francesco del Giocondo, the portrait of
Mona Lisa, his wife ."
Mona in Italian
is a polite form of address originating as ma
donna —similar to Ma’am , Madam , or my
lady in English. This became madonna, and
its contraction mona . The title of the painting,
though traditionally spelled "Mona" (as used by
Vasari), is also commonly spelled in modern
Italian as Monna Lisa , but this is rare in
English.
Vasari's account of the Mona Lisa comes from
his biography of Leonardo published in 1550, 31
years after the artist's death, and which has long
been the best known source of information on the
provenance of the work and identity of the sitter.
Leonardo's assistant Salaì , at his death in 1525,
owned a portrait which in his personal papers
was named la Gioconda , a painting bequeathed
to him by Leonardo. That Leonardo painted such
a work, and its date, were confirmed in 2005
when a scholar at Heidelberg University
discovered a margin note in a volume written by
Roman philosopher Cicero printed in 1477. The
margin note had been written by Leonardo's
contemporary Agostino Vespucci , and likened
Leonardo to renowned Greek painter Apelles,
who is mentioned in the text. The note states
that Leonardo was at that time working on a
painting of Lisa del Giocondo, and is dated
October 1503.
A margin note by Agostino Vespucci
( visible at right) discovered in a book at
Heidelberg University , dating to 1503, states
that Leonardo was working on a portrait of
Lisa del Giocondo.
The sitter, Lisa del Giocondo, was a
member of the Gherardini family of Florence
and Tuscany , and the wife of wealthy
Florentine silk merchant Francesco del
Giocondo. The painting is thought to have
been commissioned for their new home, and to
celebrate the birth of their second son, Andrea.
The Italian name for the painting, La
Gioconda, means "jocund" ("happy" or "jovial",
or literally "the jocund one", a pun on the
feminine form of the sitter's married name
Giocondo . In French, the title La
Joconde has the same meaning.
Over the years there have been several
alternative views among scholars as to the subject
of the painting. Some have argued that Lisa del
Giocondo was the subject of a different portrait,
identifying at least four other paintings as the
Mona Lisa referred to by Vasari.
Several other individuals have been proposed as
the subject of the painting. Isabella of
Aragon , Cecilia Gallerani, Costanza
d'Avalos, Duchess of Francavilla, Isabella
d'Este , Pacifica Brandano or Brandino,
Isabela Gualanda, Caterina Sforza , —even
Salaì and Leonardo himself— are all among the
list of posited models portrayed in the painting.
Currently, the consensus of art historians
is that the painting depicts Lisa del Giocondo,
which has always been the traditional view.

from Wikimedia.

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Hello gurus in the house, pls am new to strong srt4669xii decoder and I only av 16 channels on,
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Anysite that can help or any info to xfada2@gmail.com
Thanks in advance.