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Akbar ascended the Mughal throne at age 14 in 1556 following his father Humayun's death. Though young, he was guided by his regent Bairam Khan until he came of age.

Gautam Buddha's mother was Mahamaya (Mayadevi) who died seven days after his birth. His father was Shuddhodana, ruler of Kapilvastu. He was raised by his maternal aunt Prajapati Gomati (also called Mahaprajapati Gautami).

Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition that successfully circumnavigated the globe (1519-1522), though Magellan himself was killed in the Philippines in 1521. The voyage was completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Francis Drake later circumnavigated (1577-1580).

Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco in what is now Mexico City. The Inca capital was Cusco, Maya civilization had city-states like Tikal and Copán, and Babylon was in Mesopotamia.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society in 1905 to promote education and social reform. Tilak founded the Home Rule League, Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission, and Dayanand Saraswati started Arya Samaj.

Akbar's tomb is located at Sikandara near Agra. Humayun's tomb is in Delhi, Aurangzeb is buried in Khuldabad, and Maharana Pratap's memorial is in Rajasthan. Akbar commissioned his own tomb during his lifetime.

Alexander the Great died at age 32 (approximately 33 years old) in 323 BCE in Babylon. Julius Caesar was assassinated at age 56, Augustus died at 75, and Pericles lived to about 65.

The European Parliament is primarily located in Brussels, Belgium, though it also holds sessions in Strasbourg, France. Berlin is Germany's capital, Geneva hosts many UN organizations, and London left the EU with Brexit.

China shares borders with 14 countries, tying with Russia for the most international borders. India shares borders with 8 countries (7 counting Pakistan's divided Kashmir), Brazil with 10, and Sudan (before South Sudan's independence) shared borders with 9 countries.

Byzantium was renamed Constantinople in 330 CE when it became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. After the Ottoman conquest in 1453, the city's name was changed to Istanbul, which remains its modern name. The city straddles both Europe and Asia across the Bosporus Strait.