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Peterborough, Soke of
Soke of Peterborough, historic region surrounding the town of Peterborough, now part of the city and unitary authority......
Petra
Petra, ancient city, center of an Arab kingdom in Hellenistic and Roman times, the ruins of which are in southwest......
Petworth
Petworth, town (parish), Chichester district, administrative county of West Sussex, historic county of Sussex,......
Phaestus
Phaestus, ancient city on the western end of the southern plain of Crete, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the sea.......
Philae
Philae, island in the Nile River between the old Aswan Dam and the Aswan High Dam, in Aswān muḥāfaẓah (governorate),......
Phocis
Phocis, district of ancient central Greece, extending northward from the Gulf of Corinth (Modern Greek: Korinthiakós)......
Phoenicia
Phoenicia, ancient region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean that corresponds to modern Lebanon, with......
Phrygia
Phrygia, ancient district in west-central Anatolia, named after a people whom the Greeks called Phryges and who......
Pipe Spring National Monument
Pipe Spring National Monument, historic site on the Kaibab Paiute Indian reservation, northern Arizona, U.S. It......
Pisidia
Pisidia, ancient region of southern Asia Minor, located north of Pamphylia and west of Isauria and Cilicia. Most......
Pithom
Pithom, ancient Egyptian city located near Ismailia in Al-Ismāʿīliyyah muḥāfaẓah (governorate) and mentioned in......
Plataea
Plataea, ancient city of Boeotia, Greece. It was situated on a triangular ledge 1,000 feet (300 metres) above sea......
Podolia
Podolia, region, western Ukraine, south of Volhynia and extending between the rivers Dniester and Southern Buh.......
Police Zone
Police Zone, southern two-thirds of South West Africa (now Namibia) in which the German and later South African......
Polish Corridor
Polish Corridor, strip of land, 20 to 70 miles (32 to 112 km) wide, that gave the newly reconstituted state of......
Pollentia
Pollentia, ancient town in the territory of the Statielli in Liguria, northern Italy, located 10 miles north of......
Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa, town, north-central Sri Lanka (Ceylon), near the Mahaweli River. It is an ancient capital that was......
Pomerania
Pomerania, historic region of northeastern Europe lying along the Baltic coastal plain between the Oder and the......
Pompeii
Pompeii, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Naples, at the southeastern......
Pontus
Pontus, ancient district in northeastern Anatolia adjoining the Black Sea. In the 1st century bc it briefly contested......
Portuguese India
Portuguese India, name once used for those parts of India which were under Portuguese rule from 1505 to December......
Portus
Portus, harbour town of imperial Rome. The artificial harbour at Portus, constructed by the emperor Claudius I......
Potosí
Potosí, city, southern Bolivia, 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Sucre. One of the world’s highest cities (elevation......
Potsdam
Potsdam, city, capital of Brandenburg Land (state), eastern Germany. Lying on the southwest border of Berlin, it......
Poverty Point National Monument
Poverty Point National Monument, site of a prehistoric Native American city, located in northeastern Louisiana,......
Prague
Prague, city, capital of the Czech Republic. Lying at the heart of Europe, it is one of the continent’s finest......
Prague Castle
Prague Castle, collective name for an aggregation of palaces, churches, offices, fortifications, courtyards, and......
Prambanan
Prambanan, village in the daerah istimewa (special district) of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, known for a large, nearby......
Priene
Priene, ancient city of Ionia about 6 miles (10 km) north of the Menderes (Maeander) River and 10 miles (16 km)......
Provins
Provins, town, Seine-et-Marne département, Île-de-France région, north-central France. It lies in an agricultural......
Prussia
Prussia, in European history, any of certain areas of eastern and central Europe, respectively (1) the land of......
Pteria
Pteria, ancient capital of the “White Syrians” of northern Cappadocia in eastern Anatolia, which, according to......
Ptolemais
Ptolemais, coastal city of ancient Cyrenaica (now part of Libya). The site was easily defensible and provided the......
Pucará
Pucará, pre-Columbian site and culture in the southern highlands of present-day Peru in the northern basin of Lake......
Puebla
Puebla, city, capital of Puebla estado (state), central Mexico. Founded as Puebla de los Angeles in 1532, the city......
Punt
Punt, in ancient Egyptian and Greek geography, the southern coast of the Red Sea and adjacent coasts of the Gulf......
Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Père-Lachaise Cemetery, cemetery and park located on the northeast side of Paris, France. Situated on some 110......
Qafzeh
Qafzeh, paleoanthropological site south of Nazareth, Israel, where some of the oldest remains of modern humans......
Qi
Qi, one of the largest and most powerful of the many small states into which China was divided between about 771......
Qin tomb
Qin tomb, major Chinese archaeological site near the ancient capital city of Chang’an, Shaanxi sheng (province),......
Quebec
Quebec, city, port, and capital of Quebec province, Canada. One of the oldest cities in Canada—having celebrated......
Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany. It lies on the Bode River, in the northern foothills......
Queens, Valley of the
Valley of the Queens, gorge in the hills along the western bank of the Nile River in Upper Egypt. It was part of......
Querétaro
Querétaro, city, capital of Querétaro estado (state), central Mexico. Situated on the Mexican Plateau at an elevation......
Qufu
Qufu, city, Shandong sheng (province), eastern China. It lies 70 miles (110 km) south of Jinan. In ancient times......
Quʿaiti sultanate
Quʿaiti sultanate, former semi-independent state in the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen. It was......
Raetia
Raetia, ancient Roman province comprising Vorarlberg and Tirol states in present-day Austria, the eastern cantons......
Rajputana
Rajputana, former group of princely states chiefly constituting what is now Rajasthan state, northwestern India.......
Rambouillet
Rambouillet, town, Yvelines département, Île-de-France région, north-central France. It lies just southwest of......
Rayy
Rayy, formerly one of the great cities of Iran. The remains of the ancient city lie on the eastern outskirts of......
Redwood National Park
Redwood National Park, national park in the northwestern corner of California, U.S. It was established in 1968,......
Regensburg
Regensburg, city, Bavaria Land (state), southeastern Germany. It lies on the right bank of the Danube River along......
Reichenau
Reichenau, island in the Untersee, the western arm of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg Land (state),......
Rennell Island
Rennell Island, southernmost of the Solomon Islands, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, 130 miles (209 km) south......
Reuss
Reuss, two former German principalities, merged into Thuringia in 1920. In their final years they comprised two......
Rhodes
Rhodes, major city of the island of Rhodes (Modern Greek: Ródos), South Aegean (Nótio Aigaío) periféreia (region),......
Rhodesia
Rhodesia, region, south-central Africa, now divided into Zimbabwe in the south and Zambia in the north. Named after......
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, political unit created in 1953 and ended on Dec. 31, 1963, that embraced......
Richborough
Richborough, site of a Roman port (Rutupiae) in Dover district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England,......
Riga
Riga, city and capital of Latvia. It occupies both banks of the Daugava (Western Dvina) River, 9 miles (15 km)......
Rivoli
Rivoli, town, Piemonte (Piedmont) regione, northwestern Italy, just west of Turin (Torino). Once the favourite......
Robben Island
Robben Island, island in Table Bay, Western Cape province, South Africa. It is 5 miles (8 km) west of the mainland......
Roman Baths
Roman Baths, well-preserved public bathing facility built about 70 CE on the site of geothermal springs in Roman......
Roman Britain
Roman Britain, area of the island of Great Britain that was under Roman rule from the conquest of Claudius in 43......
Roman Empire
Roman Empire, the ancient empire, centerd on the city of Rome, that was established in 27 bce following the demise......
Roman Republic
Roman Republic, republic established in February 1798 by French troops occupying Rome and its environs. The pope......
Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty, historic region, northern Scotland, spanning the width of the country from the North Sea on......
Rouergue
Rouergue, ancient province of south central France, corresponding to much of the modern départements of Aveyron......
Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire, historic county, southeastern Scotland, along the English border. It covers an area stretching from......
Royal Pavilion
Royal Pavilion, former royal seaside retreat in Brighton, Sussex, England, built in three stages between 1787 and......
Rozwi
Rozwi, former Karanga empire in southern Africa. The empire was probably established by Changamire Dombo I (1684–95),......
Ruanda-Urundi
Ruanda-Urundi, twin territory in central East Africa that was administered by Belgium from 1922 to 1962 and which......
Rumelia
Rumelia, the former Ottoman possessions in the Balkans. The name means “land of the Romans”—i.e., Byzantines. The......
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, stadium in P’yŏngyang, North Korea, that was completed in 1989. Rungrado 1st of May......
Rupert’s Land
Rupert’s Land, historical region in northern and western Canada. The name was applied to the territory comprising......
Russell Cave National Monument
Russell Cave National Monument, portion of a limestone cavern in northeastern Alabama, U.S., 6 miles (10 km) northwest......
Rustamid kingdom
Rustamid kingdom, Islamic state (761–909 ce) on the high plateau of northern Algeria, founded by followers of the......
Rwanda, Kingdom of
Kingdom of Rwanda, traditional East African state, now the Republic of Rwanda. The area is believed to have been......
Río de la Plata, Viceroyalty of the
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, the final of the four viceroyalties that Spain created during its colonization......
Sabaʾ
Sabaʾ, kingdom in pre-Islamic southwestern Arabia, frequently mentioned in the Bible (notably in the story of King......
Sabratha
Sabratha, western-most of the three cities of ancient Tripolis, located near the modern town of Ṣabrātah, west......
Sacsayhuamán
Sacsayhuamán, large Inca fortress overlooking Cuzco, Peru, from a hilltop 755 feet (230 m) above the city. It was......
Saint David, Fort
Fort Saint David, British stronghold near the city of Cuddalore, about 100 miles (160 km) south of Chennai (formerly......
Saint George
Saint George, town, capital of St. George’s parish, on the southern coast of St. George’s Island, northern Bermuda.......
Saint George, Fort
Fort Saint George, citadel built by the British East India Company in Madras (now Chennai), India, later becoming......
Saint-Acheul
Saint-Acheul, locality near Amiens in the Somme River valley, Somme département, Picardy région, northern France.......
Saint-Césaire
Saint-Césaire, paleoanthropological site in southwestern France where in 1979 the remains of a young adult male......
Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis, island city and seaport near the mouth of the Sénégal River, and rail terminus north-northeast of......
Saintonge
Saintonge, former province of western France, covering most of the present département of Charente-Maritime. Its......
Sais
Sais, ancient Egyptian city (Sai) in the Nile River delta on the Canopic (Rosetta) Branch of the Nile River, in......
Sakcagöz
Sakcagöz, village in the Southeastern Taurus Mountains some 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Gaziantep, south-central......
Salamis
Salamis, principal city of ancient Cyprus, located on the east coast of the island, north of modern Famagusta.......
Salonga National Park
Salonga National Park, largest reserve in Congo (Kinshasa), Africa, covering more than 14,000 square miles (36,000......
Saltaire
Saltaire, early planned industrial settlement near Bradford in Airedale, in what is now Bradford metropolitan borough,......
Salvador
Salvador, city, major port, and capital (since 1889) of Bahia estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is the country’s......
Salzburg
Salzburg, city, capital of Salzburg Bundesland (federal state), north-central Austria. It is situated in a level......
Salé
Salé, site of paleoanthropological excavation near Rabat, Morocco, known for the 1971 discovery of a cranium belonging......
Samaria
Samaria, ancient town in central Palestine. It is located on a hill northwest of Nāblus in the West Bank territory......
Samaria
Samaria, the central region of ancient Palestine. Samaria extends for about 40 miles (65 km) from north to south......

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