Qin dynasty

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the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall

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Maybe Sansa wanted to do Brienne a solid and give her a promotion by letting her head up the Kingsguard for the six kingdoms rather than the Queensguard for just one kingdom.
Biologists now classify life into around six kingdoms, and in healthy ecosystems all six are represented.
If yours is a family of megalomaniacs then this one is a winner, although there are no battles for the bloodthirsty Each player starts with six kingdoms but players must use deception and rolls of the dice to steal away other people's kings, queens and kingdoms.
In today's taxonomy, life is defined as self-replicating with DNA and is binned into three domains and six kingdoms. Viruses are non-life.
In the afternoon, we rattled up Snaefell Mountain on the electric train (single pounds 3.60, return pounds 6) completed in 1895, where, on a clear day, they say you can see six kingdoms - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Manx tell you that on a clear day you can see six kingdoms: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Man, and--if you are free of hate--the Kingdom of Heaven itself.
At the conclusion of the series, Bran Stark was elected to be the the new King of the Six Kingdoms after the North declared itself independent and Sansa Stark was crowned as Queen in the North.
Jon Snow (Kit Harington) was sent to the Night's Watch but really was free to go live with the Wildlings and Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) was crowned king of the six kingdoms (excluding Winterfell).
It's a well-known local saying that, on a clear day, six kingdoms can be seen from the top - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales...
As Case noted, attempted reconciliation of five Kingdoms (Bacteria, Protoctists, Animals, Plants, Fungi) with three Domains (Bacteria, Archaea, Eucarya) resulted in a "compromise" of six kingdoms (Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia)--an outcome that does not fully represent the intent of either the five-kingdom or three-domain system.
In the afternoon, we rattled up Snaefell Mountain on the electric train (single pounds 5.40, return EUR9\) completed in 1895, where, on a clear day, they say you can see six kingdoms - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Kingdom of Heaven.
As of 2006, Massachusetts students are required to "use cellular evidence (e.g., cell structure, cell number, cell reproduction) and modes of nutrition to describe the six kingdoms (Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia)."
The climax of the show was dramatic enough with Bran Stark (played by Isaac Hempstead Wright) being crowned the king of the six kingdoms (excluding Winterfell).
After a number of twists, Wright's character was crowned as the king of the six kingdoms (excluding Winterfell) and dubbed Bran the Broken.