National Geographic Kids - USA (2022-06 & 2022-07)

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Royalty in ancient China wore burial suits made of jade.

They believed the mineral preserved their bodies.

Taking the throne in 1952,

the United Kingdom’s

Queen Elizabeth II

is the world’s

longest reigning female monarch.

In 1922, an

Indian prince

held a royal

wedding

for his dog and

a golden

retriever.

During the

Middle^

Ages, royal

castles

used hay

as toilet

paper.

The current

sultan of

Brunei rides

in a golden

chariot for

some events.^

Royals in

ancient Africa

often wore

jewelry made

of lapus

lazuli, a

blue stone.

The Imperial

Palace in Tokyo,^

Japan, is home to

20 percent of the

city’s trees.

In 1867, Tsar Alexander II of Russia sold the Alaskan territory

to the United States for

$7.2 million.

The African country of Sudan has

more pyramids than

Egypt.

India’s Jal Mahal palace

appears to float in the middle

of a lake—most stories are

underwater when the lake is full.

Attila,

the king of

5th-century

invaders from

Central Asia

known as

Huns, called

himself^

flagellum^

dei, or^

“the curse^

of God.”

Ancient

Egyptian

rulers

sometimes

wore^ skirts^

decorated with

bull tails.

A barrier of

prickly plants

protected the

Royal Palaces

of Abomey,

built in the

17th century

in West Africa.

SULTAN

On the way to her

own beheading,

French queen Marie

Antoinette

apologized to her

executioner for step-

ping on his foot.

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