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A-mdo
A-mdo, one of three historical regions of Central Asia (the other two being Dbus-Gtsang and Khams) into which Tibet......
Aapravasi Ghat
What is Aapravasi Ghat? Aapravasi Ghat was an immigration depot in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius. It......
Abae
Abae, ancient town in the northeast corner of Phocis, Greece. The town was famous for its oracle of Apollo, which......
Abdera
Abdera, in ancient Greece, town on the coast of Thrace near the mouth of the Néstos River. The people of Teos,......
Abomey
Abomey, town, southern Benin. It is located about 60 miles (100 km) north of Cotonou. Probably founded in the early......
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel, site of two temples built by the Egyptian king Ramses II (reigned 1279–13 bce), now located in Aswān......
Abydos
Abydos, prominent sacred city and one of the most important archaeological sites of ancient Egypt. The site, located......
Abydos
Abydos, ancient Anatolian town located just northeast of the modern Turkish town of Çanakkale on the east side......
Abū Jirāb
Abū Jirāb, ancient Egyptian site, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Abū Ṣīr, between Ṣaqqārah and Al-Jīzah; it is......
Abū Ruwaysh
Abū Ruwaysh, ancient Egyptian site of a 4th-dynasty (c. 2575–c. 2465 bce) pyramid built by Redjedef, usually considered......
Abū Ṣīr
Abū Ṣīr, ancient site between Al-Jīzah (Giza) and Ṣaqqārah, northern Egypt, where three 5th-dynasty (c. 2465–c.......
Acadia
Acadia, North American Atlantic seaboard possessions of France in the 17th and 18th centuries. Centred in what......
Acre
Acre, city, northwestern Israel. It lies along the Mediterranean Sea, at the north end of the Bay of Haifa (formerly......
acropolis of Athens
acropolis of Athens, ancient citadel dedicated to the city’s patron goddess, Athena. Its existing buildings were......
Adab
Adab, ancient Sumerian city located south of Nippur (modern Niffer or Nuffar), Iraq. Excavations (1903–04) carried......
Adal
Adal, historic Islāmic state of eastern Africa, in the Danakil-Somali region southwest of the Gulf of Aden, with......
Adiabene
Adiabene, petty kingdom that was a vassal state of the Parthian empire (247 bc–ad 224) in northern Mesopotamia......
Aelia Capitolina
Aelia Capitolina, city founded in 135 ce by the Romans on the ruins of Jerusalem, which their forces, under Titus,......
Aeolis
Aeolis, group of ancient cities on the west coast of Anatolia, which were founded at the end of the 2nd millennium......
Africa
Africa, in ancient Roman history, the first North African territory of Rome, at times roughly corresponding to......
Agenais
Agenais, former province of France, of which Agen was the centre and to which the modern département of Lot-et-Garonne......
Aggtelek Caves
Aggtelek Caves, limestone cave system on the Hungarian-Slovakian border, about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Miskolc,......
Agri Decumates
Agri Decumates, in antiquity, the Black Forest and adjoining areas of what is now southwestern Germany between......
Ahhiyawā
Ahhiyawā, ancient kingdom lying to the west of the Hittite empire. The exact location of Ahhiyawā is not definitely......
Ai
Ai, ancient Canaanite town destroyed by the Israelites under their leader Joshua (Joshua 7–8). Biblical references......
Aichbühl
Aichbühl, site of a Middle Neolithic settlement (end of the 3rd millennium bce) on the shores of Lake Feder (Federsee)......
Ajanta Caves
Ajanta Caves, Buddhist rock-cut cave temples and monasteries, located near Ajanta village, north-central Maharashtra......
Akan states
Akan states, historical complex of gold-producing forest states in western Africa lying between the Comoé and Volta......
Akkad
Akkad, ancient region in what is now central Iraq. Akkad was the northern (or northwestern) division of ancient......
Akshak
Akshak, ancient city of Mesopotamia on the northern boundary of Akkad, identified by some authorities with the......
Aksum
Aksum, powerful kingdom in northern Ethiopia during the early Christian era. Despite common belief to the contrary,......
Aksum
Aksum, ancient town in northern Ethiopia. It lies at an elevation of about 7,000 feet (2,100 metres), just west......
Akwamu
Akwamu, Akan state (c. 1600–1730) of the Gold and Slave coasts of western Africa. At its apogee in the early 18th......
Alaca Hüyük
Alaca Hüyük, ancient Anatolian site northeast of the old Hittite capital of Hattusa at Boğazköy, north-central......
Alalakh
Alalakh, ancient Syrian city in the Orontes (Asi) valley, southern Turkey. Excavations (1936–49) by Sir Leonard......
Alamo
Alamo, 18th-century Franciscan mission in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., that was the site of a historic resistance......
Alba
Alba, the kingdom formed by the union of the Picts and Scots under Kenneth I MacAlpin in 843. Their territory,......
Alba Fucens
Alba Fucens, ancient fortified hilltop town of the Aequi in central Italy. It was settled by Rome as a Latin colony......
Alba Longa
Alba Longa, ancient city of Latium, Italy, in the Alban Hills about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Rome, near present......
Albion
Albion, the earliest-known name for the island of Britain. It was used by ancient Greek geographers from the 4th......
Aldabra Islands
Aldabra Islands, atoll, one of the world’s largest, in the Indian Ocean about 600 miles (1,000 km) southwest of......
Aleppo
Aleppo, principal city of northern Syria. It is situated in the northwestern part of the country, about 30 miles......
Alesia
Alesia, ancient town situated on Mont Auxois, above the present-day village of Alise-Sainte-Reine in the département......
Algarve
Algarve, historical province of southern Portugal, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean (south and west) and the lower......
Alişar Hüyük
Alişar Hüyük, site of an ancient Anatolian town southeast of Boğazköy in central Turkey. Thorough and extensive......
Alnwick
Alnwick, town, unitary authority and historic county of Northumberland, northeastern England. It lies on the south......
Alpes
Alpes, several small provinces set up by the Romans in the western Alps. Some time after the conquest of the Ligurian......
Altamira
Altamira, cave in northern Spain famous for its magnificent prehistoric paintings and engravings. It is situated......
Althiburos
Althiburos, ancient city of Numidia in North Africa, on the road constructed by the Roman emperor Hadrian in 123......
Altis
Altis, in Greek religion, the sacred grove of Zeus, or the sacred precinct in Olympia, Greece. It was an irregular......
Amarna, Tell el-
Tell el-Amarna, site of the ruins and tombs of the city of Akhetaton (“Horizon of the Aton”) in Upper Egypt, 44......
Amathus
Amathus, ancient city located near Limassol, Cyprus, among sandy hills and sand dunes, which may explain its name......
Amboise
Amboise, town, Indre-et-Loire département, Centre-Val-de-Loire région, central France, on both banks of the Loire......
Amiternum
Amiternum, in ancient Italy, a Sabine town 5 miles (8 km) north of present L’Aquila in the Aterno (ancient Aternus)......
Amphipolis
Amphipolis, ancient Greek city on the Strymon (Strimón) River about three miles from the Aegean Sea, in Macedonia.......
Amud
Amud, paleoanthropological site in Israel known for its human remains, which provide important evidence of the......
Anazarbus
Anazarbus, former city of the ancient province of Cilicia in Anatolia that was important in the Roman and Byzantine......
Anbar
Anbar, ancient Mesopotamian town located on the left bank of the Euphrates River, just north of the modern city......
Andalus, Al-
Al-Andalus, Muslim kingdom that occupied much of the Iberian Peninsula from 711 ce until the collapse of the Spanish......
Andersonville
Andersonville, village in Sumter county, southwest-central Georgia, U.S., that was the site of a Confederate military......
Andersonville National Historic Site
Andersonville National Historic Site, Confederate military prison for captured Union soldiers during the American......
Angers
Angers, city, capital of Maine-et-Loire département, Pays de la Loire région, western France. Angers is the former......
Angevin empire
Angevin empire, the territories, extending in the latter part of the 12th century from Scotland to the Pyrenees,......
Angkor
Angkor, archaeological site in what is now northwestern Cambodia, lying 4 miles (6 km) north of the modern town......
Anglo-Egyptian Condominium
Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, the joint British and Egyptian government that ruled the eastern Sudan from 1899 to......
Angoulême
Angoulême, city, capital of Charente département, Nouvelle-Aquitaine région, former capital of Angoumois, southwestern......
Angoumois
Angoumois, former province of France, nearly corresponding to the modern département of Charente, that represented......
Angra do Heroísmo
Angra do Heroísmo, city and concelho (municipality) on the south coast of Terceira, an island of the Azores archipelago......
Anhalt
Anhalt, former German state, which was a duchy from 1863 to 1918 and a Land (state) until 1945, when it was merged......
Ani
Ani, ancient city site in extreme eastern Turkey. Ani lies east of Kars and along the Arpaçay (Akhuryan) River,......
Annam
Annam, French-governed Vietnam or, more strictly, its central region, known in precolonial times as Trung Ky (Central......
Anshan
Anshan, city and territory of ancient Elam, north of modern Shīrāz, southwestern Iran. The city’s ruins, covering......
Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala, city, southwestern Guatemala, at an elevation of 5,029 feet (1,533 metres). Capital of the former......
Antinoöpolis
Antinoöpolis, Roman city in ancient Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile, 24 miles (38 km) south of modern al-Minyā......
Antioch
Antioch, ancient city in Phrygia, near the Pisidian border, close to modern Yalvaç, in west-central Turkey. Founded......
Antioch
Antioch, populous city of ancient Syria and now a major town of south-central Turkey. It lies near the mouth of......
Antioch
Antioch, a principality centred on the city of Antioch, founded by European Christians in territory taken from......
Anurādhapura
Anurādhapura, Sinhalese kingdom centred at Anurādhapura in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) from about the 3rd century bc to......
Anziku, Kingdom of
Kingdom of Anziku, historic African state on and north of the Congo River in the vicinity of Malebo Pool. The Teke......
Anáhuac
Anáhuac, historical and cultural region of Mexico. The heartland of Aztec Mexico, Anáhuac (Nahuatl: “Land on the......
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, park, west-central South Island, New Zealand. Established in 1953, it has an area......
Apamea Cibotus
Apamea Cibotus, city in Hellenistic Phrygia, partly covered by the modern town of Dinar, Tur. Founded by Antiochus......
Aphek
Aphek, Canaanite royal city near the present-day Israeli city of Petaḥ Tiqwa. Situated near the headwaters of the......
Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias, ancient city of the Caria region of southwestern Asia Minor (Anatolia, or modern Turkey), situated......
Appomattox Court House
Appomattox Court House, in the American Civil War, site in Virginia of the surrender of the Confederate forces......
Aquincum
Aquincum, important town in the Roman province of Pannonia; its ruins have been excavated in northern Budapest,......
Arabia
Arabia, Roman province created out of the former kingdom of the Nabataeans and the adjacent Syrian cities of Gerasa......
Arabia Felix
Arabia Felix, in ancient geography, the comparatively fertile region in southwestern and southern Arabia (in present-day......
Arachosia
Arachosia, Ancient province, eastern Persian empire. The province encompassed much of what is now southern Afghanistan......
Arago
Arago, site of paleoanthropological excavation near the town of Tautavel in the French Pyrenees where more than......
Aram
Aram, ancient country of the Middle East, southwestern Asia. It extended eastward from the Anti-Lebanon Mountains......
Aramis
Aramis, site of paleoanthropological excavations in the Awash River valley in the Afar region of Ethiopia, best......
Aranjuez
Aranjuez, town, Madrid provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), central Spain, on the......
Arequipa
Arequipa, city, southern Peru, in the Chili River valley of the Andes Mountains. Arequipa lies at more than 7,550......
Argyllshire
Argyllshire, historic county in western Scotland. Argyllshire lies mainly within the Argyll and Bute council area,......
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. national burial ground in Arlington county, Virginia, on the Potomac River directly......
Armageddon
Armageddon, (probably Hebrew: “Hill of Megiddo”), in the New Testament, place where the kings of the earth under......

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