Ptolemaic authority over Cyrene was forcefully reasserted. In early 1833, the British reasserted their sovereignty over the Falkland islands. A fierce conservative disciplinarian, he successfully reasserted the central authority and the empire's military impetus. However, the Chinese had reasserted their dominance by the 1740s. Britain's dominance at sea was reasserted. The massive streak of Puritanism in America has reasserted itself, especially amongst liberals. The king reasserted his desires for dominion over Italy and to claim the imperial title. When Henry's sanity returned, the court party reasserted its authority. To the south, Nubian independence and strength was being reasserted. The Mongol Ilkhan Abaqa, meanwhile reasserted his authority in Rum. The court, thus, temporarily reasserted its authority in northern Japan. The Ottoman Empire reasserted itself into Eastern Arabia in 1871. Britain reasserted its rule in 1833, but Argentina maintains its claim to the islands. In the 12th century, the Byzantine Empire reasserted control in Western and Northern Anatolia. He also reasserted Assyria's mastery of Corduene in Asia Minor.