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Hiroshima
Hiroshima, city, capital of Hiroshimaken (prefecture), southwestern Honshu, Japan. It lies at the head of Hiroshima......
Hisarlık
Hisarlık, archaeological mound lying on the Küçük Menderes River near the mouth of the Dardanelles in Turkey. Long......
Hispania
Hispania, in Roman times, region comprising the Iberian Peninsula, now occupied by Portugal and Spain. The origins......
Hofburg
Hofburg, vast complex of buildings in the center of Vienna, Austria, that was the former imperial palace and winter......
Holkham Hall
Holkham Hall, country house located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England, that was built by Thomas Coke, 1st......
Holland
Holland, historical region of the Netherlands, divided since 1840 into the provinces of Noord-Holland (North Holland)......
Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire, the varying complex of lands in western and central Europe ruled by the Holy Roman emperor,......
Huaca Prieta
Huaca Prieta, pre-Columbian site of the Late Preceramic Period (c. 3500–1800 bc) in northern Peru, located at the......
Huari
Huari, archaeological site located in the central highland region of present-day Peru that gives its name to an......
Huascarán, Mount
Mount Huascarán, mountain peak of the Andes of west-central Peru. The snowcapped peak rises to 22,205 feet (6,768......
Hyderabad
Hyderabad, former princely state of south-central India that was centered on the city of Hyderabad. It was founded......
Hyrcania
Hyrcania, (“Wolf’s Land”), ancient region located southeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital was Zadracarta (Astrabad,......
Ibiza
Ibiza, island, Balearic Islands provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain. Ibiza......
Idalium
Idalium, ancient city in southern Cyprus, near modern Dali. Of pre-Greek origin, Idalium was one of 10 Cypriot......
Ifat
Ifat, Muslim state that flourished in central Ethiopia from 1285 to 1415 in the fertile uplands of eastern Shewa.......
Igbo Landing
In 1803, having just overpowered their captors on a small slave vessel off the coast of a small island in Georgia,......
Iguaçu Falls
Iguaçu Falls, series of cataracts on the Iguaçu River, 14 miles (23 km) above its confluence with the Alto (Upper)......
Illyria
Illyria, northwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula, inhabited from about the 10th century bce onward by the Illyrians,......
Illyrian Provinces
Illyrian Provinces, stretch of territory along the Dalmatian coast that constituted a part of Napoleon’s French......
Indian Territory
Indian Territory, originally “all of that part of the United States west of the Mississippi, and not within the......
Indochina
Indochina, the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its......
Inverness-shire
Inverness-shire, historic county of northern Scotland. It is Scotland’s largest historic county and includes a......
Iol
Iol, ancient seaport of Mauretania, located west of what is now Algiers in Algeria. Iol was originally founded......
Ionia
Ionia, ancient region comprising the central sector of the western coast of Anatolia (now in Turkey). It was bounded......
Isauria
Isauria, ancient inland district of south-central Anatolia. Its inhabitants, a mountain people described by Greco-Roman......
Ise
Ise, city, eastern Mie ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It is situated on the Shima Peninsula on the southern......
Isin
Isin, ancient Mesopotamian city, probably the origin of a large mound near Ad-Dīwānīyah, in southern Iraq. An independent......
Istanbul
Istanbul, largest city and principal seaport of Turkey. It was the capital of both the Byzantine Empire and the......
Italian East Africa
Italian East Africa, group of Italian possessions in eastern Africa in the period 1936–41. It comprised Ethiopia......
Italy
Italy, in Roman antiquity, the Italian Peninsula from the Apennines in the north to the “boot” in the south. In......
Jabneh
Jabneh, ancient city of Palestine (now Israel) lying about 15 miles (24 km) south of Tel Aviv–Yafo and 4 miles......
Jaffna
Jaffna, historical monarchy in northern Sri Lanka (Ceylon), populated largely by Tamil-speaking people of South......
Jaintia
Jaintia, in Indian history, a state in Assam, northeastern India, stretching from what is now the northern frontier......
Jarmo
Jarmo, prehistoric archaeological site located east of Kirkūk, in northeastern Iraq. The site is important for......
Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park, national park in western Alberta, Canada, located on the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains,......
Jazīrah, Al-
Al-Jazīrah, (Arabic: “Island”), the northern reaches of Mesopotamia, now making up part of northern Iraq and extending......
Jericho
Jericho, town located in the West Bank. Jericho is one of the earliest continuous settlements in the world, dating......
Jerusalem, kingdom of
kingdom of Jerusalem, a state formed in 1099 from territory in Palestine wrested from Muslims by European Christians......
Jezreel
Jezreel, (May God Give Seed), ancient city of Palestine, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel under King Ahab,......
Jinji
Jinji, site of an almost inaccessible fortress constructed by the Hindu rulers of the Vijayanagar empire (c. 1347–1642).......
Joyeuse
Joyeuse, French peerage-duchy of the 16th century. Its seat was at Joyeuse in the Vivarais region of Languedoc......
Judaea
Judaea, the southernmost of the three traditional divisions of ancient Palestine; the other two were Galilee in......
Kadesh
Kadesh, ancient city on the Orontes (Al-ʿĀṣī) River in western Syria. The site is located about 15 miles (24 km)......
Kadesh-barnea
Kadesh-barnea, city of ancient Palestine. Its precise location is unknown, but it was situated in the country of......
Kaesŏng
Kaesŏng, city, southwestern North Korea. It lies just south of latitude 38° N (the 38th parallel), approximately......
Kahun
Kahun, ancient Egyptian town, its site lying in modern Al-Fayyūm muḥāfaẓah (governorate). It was erected for the......
Kairouan
Kairouan, town located in north-central Tunisia. The town, one of the holy cities of Islam, lies on the Basse Steppe......
Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park, extensive natural and cultural region in the Northern Territory, Australia. The park, which......
Kakongo
Kakongo, former African kingdom that was located on the Atlantic coast, north of the mouth of the Congo River (present-day......
Kalibangan
Kalibangan, ancient site of the Indus valley civilization, in northern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The......
Kalinga
Kalinga, ancient territorial subdivision of east-central India. It corresponds to present-day northern Telangana,......
Kalmar Union
Kalmar Union, Scandinavian union formed at Kalmar, Sweden, in June 1397 that brought the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden,......
Kamarupa
Kamarupa, ancient Indian state corresponding roughly to what is now the state of Assam, in northeastern India.......
Kaminaljuyú
Kaminaljuyú, historical centre of the highland Maya, located near modern Guatemala City, Guatemala. The site was......
Kanapoi
Kanapoi, site of paleoanthropological excavations in northern Kenya southwest of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf), best......
Kandy
Kandy, important independent monarchy in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at the end of the 15th century and the last Sinhalese......
Kandy
Kandy, city in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, at an elevation of 1,640 feet (500 metres). It lies on the Mahaweli......
Kanem-Bornu
Kanem-Bornu, African trading empire ruled by the Sef (Sayf) dynasty that controlled the area around Lake Chad from......
Kano
Kano, historic kingdom and traditional emirate in northern Nigeria. According to the Kano Chronicle (1890s), the......
Karakorum
Karakorum, ancient capital of the Mongol empire, whose ruins lie on the upper Orhon River in north-central Mongolia.......
Karatepe
Karatepe, site of a Late Hittite fortress city, located in the piedmont country of the Taurus Mountains in south-central......
Karkar
Karkar, ancient fortress on the Orontes River, northwest of Ḥamāh, in western Syria. It was the site of two ancient......
Karnak
Karnak, village located in Al-Uqṣur muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper Egypt, which has given its name to the northern......
Karīm Shahīr
Karīm Shahīr, ancient mound located near the archaeological site of Jarmo in the hills of northeastern Iraq. Karīm......
Kasanje
Kasanje, historical kingdom founded by the Imbangala about 1630 along the upper Cuango River (in present-day Angola).......
Katanga
Katanga, historical region in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering Lake Tanganyika to the east,......
Kathiri sultanate
Kathiri sultanate, former semi-independent state in the southern Arabian Peninsula, in the inland Hadhramaut region......
Katna
Katna, ancient Syrian city, Syria. It prospered especially during the 2nd millennium bc and was frequently named......
Katsina
Katsina, historic kingdom and emirate in northern Nigeria. According to tradition, the kingdom, one of the Hausa......
Kawa
Kawa, ancient Egyptian colony in Cush (Kush; modern Sudan) on the east bank of the Nile River, 4 to 5 miles (6......
Kazembe
Kazembe, the largest and most highly organized of the Lunda kingdoms (see Luba-Lunda states) in central Africa,......
Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park, scenic natural area in north-central Assam state, northeastern India. It is situated on......
Kaḍiri
Kaḍiri, Hinduized kingdom in eastern Java, established about the 11th century. Little is known of the kingdom.......
Kebara
Kebara, paleoanthropological site on Mount Carmel in northern Israel that has yielded a trove of Neanderthal bones......
Kelso
Kelso, small burgh (town) and agricultural market centre, Scottish Borders council area, historic county of Roxburghshire,......
Kent
Kent, one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, probably geographically coterminous with the modern county, famous......
Kent’s Cavern
Kent’s Cavern, large limestone cave near Torquay, Devonshire, England, that yielded some of the earliest evidence......
Kenya, Mount
Mount Kenya, volcano, central Kenya, lying immediately south of the Equator. It is the second highest mountain......
Keoladeo Ghana National Park
Keoladeo Ghana National Park, wildlife sanctuary in eastern Rajasthan state, northwestern India, just south of......
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens, botanical garden located at Kew, site of a former royal estate in the London borough of Richmond upon......
Khams
Khams, one of three historical regions of Central Asia (the other two being A-mdo and Dbus-Gtsang) into which Tibet......
Khorāsān
Khorāsān, historical region and realm comprising a vast territory now lying in northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan,......
Khwārezm
Khwārezm, historic region along the Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River) of Turkistan, in the territories of present-day......
Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro, volcanic massif in northeastern Tanzania, near the Kenya border. Its central cone, Kibo, rises to......
Kilwa
Kilwa, former Islamic city-state on an island off the coast of what is now southern Tanzania. Founded in the late......
Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire, historic county in northeastern Scotland, along the North Sea coast south of Aberdeen. It is part......
Kings, Valley of the
Valley of the Kings, long narrow defile just west of the Nile River in Upper Egypt. It was part of the ancient......
Kinkaku-ji
Kinkaku-ji, Zen Buddhist temple in Kyōto, Japan, that is officially named Rokuon-ji but is popularly known as Kinkaku-ji......
Kinross-shire
Kinross-shire, historic county in central Scotland, which lies entirely within Perth and Kinross council area.......
Kiriath-sepher
Kiriath-sepher, ancient town of Palestine, located near Hebron in the West Bank. According to the Bible, the town......
Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbrightshire, historic county, southwestern Scotland. It lies entirely within Dumfries and Galloway council......
Kish
Kish, ancient Mesopotamian city-state located east of Babylon in what is now south-central Iraq. According to ancient......
Kizzuwadna
Kizzuwadna, Hurrian kingdom of southeastern Anatolia near the Gulf of Iskenderun in present-day Turkey. Kizzuwadna......
Klasies
Klasies, site of paleoanthropological excavations carried out since the late 1960s within a complex of South African......
Kluane National Park and Reserve
Kluane National Park and Reserve, vast mountain wilderness with extensive ice fields in southwestern Yukon, northwestern......
Knossos
Knossos, city in ancient Crete, capital of the legendary king Minos, and the principal centre of the Minoan, the......
Komoé National Park
Komoé National Park, national park, northeastern Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Originally founded in 1953 as the......
Konark
Konark, historic town, east-central Odisha state, eastern India, on the Bay of Bengal coast. It is famous for its......
Kongo
Kongo, former kingdom in west-central Africa, located south of the Congo River (present-day Angola and Democratic......

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