It was built by the Yongle emperor, the third Ming ruler (r. 1403-1424). He declared himself emperor and consolidated his power in Beijing, moving the capital some 620 miles from Nanjing in 1403.

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When I work with clients and students who are new to hypnotherapy, they often arrive with fixed ideas about what hypnosis is. Sometimes these ideas are shaped by seeing hypnotic stage shows ...

Emperor Naruhito, right, shakes hands with Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 19, 2025. (Pool photo) Emperor Naruhito, right, stands alongside Bulgarian ...

BJ wore cut with the strawberry Starbursts Russia was always sucking on. The Emperor of Gladness is a truly great novel about work — still an under-acknowledged topic in American fiction.

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Lounging in a golden robe and crown, the Roman emperor Elagabalis looks on as his guests are showered with rose petals in Lawrence Alma-Tadema romantic painting. The man who became infamous as ...

Ocean Vuong’s new novel, “The Emperor of Gladness” (Penguin Press) is moving on a number of levels. It has characters you think about when you’re away from them. The writing is exemplary. New England ...

Hill, currently Chancellor of Durham University, a member of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, and an adviser to the U.K. Ministry of Defense’s strategic ...

Jackson. But a new update Friday takes the cake: Emperor Palpatine has finally entered his disco era. The update added four so-called “Super Styles” to the skins in this season’s Battle Pass ...