Historical Places, DOD-GAL
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Dodona, ancient sanctuary of the chief Greek god, Zeus, in Epirus, Greece; the ceremonies held there had many remarkable......
Dolomites, mountain group lying in the eastern section of the northern Italian Alps, bounded by the valleys of......
Dombes, historic region of east-southeastern France, once a sovereign municipality and now included in the département......
Doris, the alleged mother country of the Dorian conquerors of the Peloponnese. It was a small district in central......
Dos Pilas, ancient capital of the Petexbatún kingdom of the Maya, situated near the Salinas River in what is now......
Dover, town (parish) and seaport on the Strait of Dover, Dover district, administrative and historic county of......
Down, former (until 1973) county, eastern Northern Ireland. It was bounded by Belfast Lough (inlet of the sea;......
Dubrovnik, port of Dalmatia, southeastern Croatia. Situated on the southern Adriatic Sea coast, it is usually regarded......
Dumfriesshire, historic county, southwestern Scotland. Along the Solway Firth in the south, Dumfriesshire incorporates......
Dunbartonshire, historic county of west-central Scotland, northwest and northeast of Glasgow. It comprises two......
Dur Sharrukin, ancient Assyrian city located northeast of Nineveh, in Iraq. Built between 717 and 707 bce by the......
Dur-Kurigalzu, fortified city and royal residence of the later Kassite kings, located near Babylon in southern......
Dura-Europus, ruined Syrian city, located in the Syrian Desert near Dayr al-Zawr. Excavations were carried out......
DuSable Museum, colloquial name for the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago, an affiliate......
Dust Bowl, name for both the drought period in the Great Plains that lasted from 1930 to 1936 and the section of......
Dutch East Indies, one of the overseas territories of the Netherlands until December 1949, now Indonesia. This......
Dutch Republic, (1588–1795), state whose area comprised approximately that of the present Kingdom of the Netherlands......
Dvaravati, ancient kingdom of Southeast Asia that flourished from the 6th to the late 11th century. It was the......
East Berlin, eastern part of the city of Berlin that served as the capital of the German Democratic Republic (East......
East Germany, former country (1949–90) that constitutes the northeastern section of present-day...
East Prussia, former German province bounded, between World Wars I and II, north by the Baltic Sea, east by Lithuania,......
Easter Island, Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian......
Ebla, ancient city 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Aleppo in northwestern Syria. During the height of its power (c.......
Ecbatana, ancient city on the site of which stands the modern city of Hamadān, Iran. Ecbatana was the capital of......
Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, located in southeastern Scotland with its centre near the southern shore of......
Edinburgh Castle, stronghold that was once the residence of Scottish monarchs and now serves mostly as a museum.......
Edom, ancient land bordering ancient Israel, in what is now southwestern Jordan, between the Dead Sea and the Gulf......
Effigy Mounds National Monument, area of 4 square miles (10 square km) containing numerous ancient Native American......
ancient Egypt, civilization in northeastern Africa that dates from the 4th millennium bce. Its many achievements,......
- Introduction
- The king and ideology: administration, art, and writing
- Predynastic, Early Dynastic, Nile Valley
- Early Dynastic, Nile Valley, Pharaohs
- The Old Kingdom (c. 2543–c. 2120 bce) and the First Intermediate period (c. 2118–c. 1980 bce)
- Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period
- Pharaohs, Pyramids, Temples
- Thutmose IV, Pharaohs, Pyramids
- Aftermath, Amarna, Reunification
- Ramses II, Pyramids, Pharaohs
- Pharaohs, Pyramids, Nile
- Achaemenid, Pharaohs, Nile
- Macedonian, Ptolemaic, 332-30 BCE
- Ptolemies, Dynasties, Pharaohs
- Roman, Byzantine, 30 BCE-642 CE
- Byzantine Empire, Trade, Religion
Ekron, ancient Canaanite and Philistine city, one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis, and currently......
El Escorial, village, western Madrid provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), central......
El Morro National Monument, rock formation and archaeological site in west-central New Mexico, U.S., 12 miles (19......
El Paraíso, Late Preceramic site in the present-day Chillón Valley on the central Peruvian coast, generally believed......
Elam, ancient country in southwestern Iran approximately equivalent to the modern region of Khūzestān. Four prominent......
Elea, ancient city in Lucania, Italy, about 25 miles southeast of Paestum; home of the Eleatic school of philosophers,......
Elephanta Island, island located in Mumbai (Bombay) Harbour of the Arabian Sea, about 6 miles (10 km) east of Mumbai......
Eleusis, ancient Greek city famous as the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Situated in the fertile plain of Thria......
Elis, ancient Greek region and city-state in the northwestern corner of the Peloponnese, well known for its horse......
Ellora Caves, a series of 34 magnificent rock-cut temples in northwest-central Maharashtra state, western India.......
Elmina Castle, fortified castle in Elmina, Ghana, that is thought to be the oldest surviving European building......
Elymais, ancient Parthian vassal state located east of the lower Tigris River and usually considered part of the......
Ephesus, the most important Greek city in Ionian Asia Minor, the ruins of which lie near the modern village of......
Epidaurus, in ancient Greece, important commercial centre on the eastern coast of the Argolid in the northeastern......
Epipolae, ancient fortified plateau west of Syracuse, Sicily, which was enclosed with walls some 12 miles (19 km)......
despotate of Epirus, (1204–1337), Byzantine principality in the Balkans that was a centre of resistance for Byzantine......
Erech, ancient Mesopotamian city located northwest of Ur (Tall Al-Muqayyar) in southeastern Iraq. The site has......
Eretria, ancient Greek coastal town of the island of Euboea. Jointly with its neighbour Chalcis, it founded Cumae......
Eridu, ancient Sumerian city south of Tall al-Muqayyar (ancient Ur), Iraq. Eridu was revered as the oldest city......
Erythrae, ancient Ionic city on the Mimas (now Kara Burun) peninsula in western Turkey. The original site of traditionally......
Eshnunna, ancient city in the Diyālā River valley lying about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Baghdad in east-central......
Essaouira, Atlantic port city, western Morocco, midway between Safi and Agadir. The site was occupied by Phoenicians......
Essex, one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England; i.e., that of the East Saxons. An area of early settlement,......
Etruria, Ancient country, central Italy. It covered the region that now comprises Tuscany and part of Umbria. Etruria......
Mount Everest, mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia that lies on the border between Nepal......
Everglades National Park, large natural area encompassing the southwestern portion of the more extensive Everglades......
Eyzies-de-Tayac caves, series of prehistoric rock dwellings located downstream from Lascaux Grotto and near the......
Ezion-geber, seaport of Solomon and the later kings of Judah, located at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba......
Far Eastern Republic, nominally independent state formed by Soviet Russia in eastern Siberia in 1920 and absorbed......
Tall al-Farʿah, ancient site in southwestern Palestine, located on the Wadi Ghazzah near Tall al-ʿAjjul, in modern......
Fatehpur Sikri, town, western Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies just east of the Rajasthan state border,......
Felsina, city founded by Etruscans about 510 bce on the site of modern Bologna, Italy, an area rich in Villanovan......
Fenway Park, baseball park in Boston that is home to the Red Sox, the city’s American League (AL) team. Opened......
Fernando de Noronha Island, island, South Atlantic Ocean, 225 miles (360 km) northeast of Cape São Roque; with......
Ferrara, city, northeastern Emilia-Romagna regione (region), northern Italy, situated on the Po di Volano, a branch......
Fertile Crescent, the region where the first settled agricultural communities of the Middle East and Mediterranean......
Fiordland National Park, scenic natural area in the southernmost part of South Island, New Zealand. Established......
First French Empire, historical empire established on May 18, 1804, with the creation of Napoleon I as “emperor......
Flanders, medieval principality in the southwest of the Low Countries, now included in the French département of......
Flanders, region that constitutes the northern half of Belgium. Along with the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital......
Florence, city, capital of Firenze provincia (province) and Toscana (Tuscany) regione (region), central Italy.......
Foix, feudal county of southwestern France, corresponding approximately to the modern département of Ariège, in......
Fontainebleau, town, Seine-et-Marne département, Île-de-France région, northern France, 40 miles (65 km) south-southeast......
Fontéchevade, a cave site in southwestern France known for the 1947 discovery of ancient human remains and tools......
Ford’s Theatre, theater, museum, and learning center in Washington, D.C., that is the site of and dedicated to......
Forest Lawn Memorial Parks, place of burial established in southern California, U.S., in the early 20th century......
Forez, former region of France lying on the eastern side of the Massif Central and included within the modern département......
Fort Frederica National Monument, historic site on St. Simons Island (one of the Sea Islands), southeastern Georgia,......
Fort Matanzas National Monument, site of a Spanish fort, on the northeastern coast of Florida, U.S., 14 miles (23......
Fort Ross, Russian settlement established on the northern California coast by the Russian-American Company in 1812.......
Franconia, one of the five great stem, or Stamm (tribal), duchies—the other four being Saxony, Lotharingia (Lorraine),......
Franklin, unofficial state (1785–90) of the United States of America, comprising the eastern portion of what is......
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, national park in western Tasmania, Australia. The park, established......
Fraser Island, island off the southeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, separated from the mainland and the......
Frauenkirche, Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany, that has long been the symbolic heart of the city. It showed......
French Congo, French possessions in Equatorial Africa from 1897 until 1910, when the colonies of Gabon, Middle......
French Equatorial Africa, collectively, four French territories in central Africa from 1910 to 1959. In 1960 the......
French Shore, part of the coast of Newfoundland where French fishermen were allowed to fish and to dry their catch......
French West Africa, administrative grouping under French rule from 1895 until 1958 of the former French territories......
Frisia, historic region of the Netherlands and Germany, fronting the North Sea and including the Frisian Islands.......
Mount Fuji, highest mountain in Japan. It rises to 12,388 feet (3,776 metres) near the Pacific Ocean coast in Yamanashi......
Fulani empire, Muslim theocracy of the Western Sudan that flourished in the 19th century. The Fulani, a people......
al-Fusṭāṭ, capital of the province of Egypt during the Muslim caliphates of the Umayyad and Abbasid and succeeding......
Fès, city, northern Morocco, on the Wadi Fès just above its influx into the Sebou River. The oldest of Morocco’s......
Tall al-Fāriʿah, ancient site in northern Palestine, located near the head of the Wādī al-Fāriʿah northeast of......
Gadara, ancient city of Palestine, a member of the Decapolis, located just southeast of the Sea of Galilee in Jordan.......
Gaetulia, ancient district of interior North Africa that in Roman times, at least, was inhabited by wandering tribes,......
Château Gaillard, (French: “Saucy Castle”), 12th-century castle built by Richard the Lion-Heart on the Andelys......
Galapagos Islands, island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively a province of Ecuador. The Galapagos......
Galatia, ancient district in central Anatolia that was occupied early in the 3rd century bc by Celtic tribes, whose......
Galicia, historic region of eastern Europe that was a part of Poland before Austria annexed it in 1772; in the......