Rulers, emperors and monarchs held political sovereignty, whatever their religious significance beyond it: the Roman emperors under whom Christianity moved from persecuted sect to state church, the pharaohs and Mesopotamian kings of the ancient Near East, and the queens, khagans and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers. A figure belongs here for holding the throne, distinct from the religious founders and reformers whose primary claim is to a movement rather than a crown.
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This source names Africa directly: "khagans and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
This source names Americas directly: "and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
This source names Asia directly: "founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
This source names Mesopotamians directly: "Rulers, emperors and monarchs held political sovereignty, whatever their religious significance beyond it: the Roman emperors under whom Christianity moved from persecuted sect to state church, the..."
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