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- B'ajlaj Chan K'awiilPersonB'ajlaj Chan K'awiil was the first ruler of the Maya city of Dos Pilas in Guatemala, a member of Tikal's royal family installed there around 648.
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Ba Dinh SquarePlaceBa Dinh Square is the largest public square in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ba MawPersonBa Maw was a Burmese lawyer and politician who served as the first premier of British Burma from 1937 to 1939.
Ba'ath PartyPeople / groupThe Ba'ath Party, or Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, was a pan-Arab nationalist and socialist party founded in Damascus in 1947 by Michel Aflaq and Salah al-Din al-Bitar.
BaalReligion / ideaBaal, meaning lord, was the title of the Canaanite storm and fertility god Hadad, widely worshipped in the ancient Levant.
Baal HammonReligion / ideaBaal Hammon was the chief god of Carthage and the Punic world, worshipped with the goddess Tanit.- Baal-BerithReligion / ideaBaal-Berith, "Lord of the Covenant", also called El-Berith, was a god worshipped at Shechem according to the Book of Judges.
- Baalat GebalReligion / ideaBaalat Gebal, 'the Lady of Byblos', was the chief goddess of the Phoenician city of Byblos.
BaalbekPlaceBaalbek is a town in the Beqaa valley of Lebanon, known in antiquity as Heliopolis.- BaalisPersonBaalis was a king of Ammon in the early 6th century BCE, after the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem.
BaalshaminReligion / ideaBaalshamin, 'Lord of Heaven', was a Semitic sky and weather god worshipped across Syria and northern Mesopotamia from the early 1st millennium BCE to late antiquity.
Baar (region)PlaceThe Baar is a high plateau in south-western Germany between the Black Forest and the Swabian Jura, where the Danube begins near Donaueschingen.
Baar, SwitzerlandPlaceBaar is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zug, north of the town of Zug.- BaardheerePlaceBaardheere, also written Bardera, is a town on the Jubba river in southern Somalia.
BaashaPersonBaasha was king of Israel in the early ninth century BCE, reigning about twenty-four years according to the Books of Kings.
Bab al-FutuhWork / monumentBab al-Futuh is one of the monumental gates in the northern wall of Fatimid Cairo, built in the late eleventh century under the vizier Badr al-Jamali.- Bab al-NasrWork / monumentBab al-Nasr is a fortified gate in the northern wall of Fatimid Cairo, built in the late eleventh century under the vizier Badr al-Jamali.
Bab ZuwaylaWork / monumentBab Zuwayla is the southern gate of Fatimid Cairo, built in the late eleventh century under the vizier Badr al-Jamali.- Bab-el-MandebPlaceThe Bab-el-Mandeb is the strait, about 30 kilometres wide at its narrowest, between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in Africa, joining the Red…
- Baba BegPersonBaba Beg was one of the beks of the Kenagas Uzbek tribe who ruled the oasis of Shahrisabz in the mid-19th century, together with Jura Beg.
Baba FaridPersonBaba Farid, Fariduddin Masud Ganjshakar, was a Sufi master of the Chishti order in the Punjab, who lived and taught at Ajodhan, now Pakpattan in Pakistan, where his…
Baba GurgurPlaceBaba Gurgur is an oil field near Kirkuk in northern Iraq.- Baba IshaqPersonBaba Ishaq was a Turkmen preacher in Anatolia and disciple of the mystic Baba Ilyas.
Baba VidaWork / monumentBaba Vida is a medieval fortress on the bank of the Danube at Vidin in north-western Bulgaria, built mainly between the 10th and 14th centuries on the site of the Roman…- Babad LombokWork / monumentBabad Lombok is a traditional chronicle of the island of Lombok, written on palm leaves in a Javanese-influenced literary language.
- Babad Tanah JawiWork / monumentThe Babad Tanah Jawi ('Chronicle of the Land of Java') is a group of Javanese court chronicles in verse, written down in several versions from the late seventeenth…
- Babai revoltRevolt · 1239–1240The Babai revolt was a rising of Turkmen in Anatolia against the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in 1239–1240, inspired by the preachers Baba Ilyas and Baba Ishaq.
Babak KhorramdinPersonBabak Khorramdin was the leader of the Khurramite revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate in Azerbaijan and western Iran, which lasted from about 816 to 837.- BabatuPersonBabatu was a leader of the Zabarma, horsemen from the Niger region who had come to northern Ghana as mercenaries in the Dagomba country and turned to slave raiding.
- Babemba TraoréPersonBabemba Traoré was the last king of Kénédougou, ruling from Sikasso in present-day Mali from 1893.
Babiito dynastyPeople / groupThe Babiito are the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara in western Uganda.- Babito dynastyPeople / groupThe Babito are the royal dynasty of Bunyoro-Kitara in western Uganda, founded around 1500, according to tradition, by rulers of Luo origin from the north.
Babrak KarmalPersonBabrak Karmal was an Afghan communist politician and leader of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.
Babri MasjidWork / monumentThe Babri Masjid was a mosque in Ayodhya in northern India, built in 1528–1529 under the Mughal emperor Babur.
BabullahPersonBabullah was sultan of Ternate in the Maluku Islands from 1570 to 1583.
BaburPersonBabur was a Timurid prince from Central Asia, descended from Timur and Genghis Khan, who founded the Mughal Empire.
Babuza peoplePeople / groupThe Babuza are an indigenous plains people of west-central Taiwan, who in the 17th century lived along the coast of present-day Changhua and southern Taichung.
BabylonPlaceBabylon was an ancient city on the Euphrates in central Mesopotamia and one of the most famous cities of the ancient world.
BabyloniaPlaceBabylonia was the region of southern and central Mesopotamia centred on the city of Babylon.- Babylonian astronomyReligion / ideaBabylonian astronomy refers to the systematic observation and mathematical prediction of celestial phenomena developed in ancient Mesopotamia, flourishing under…
Babylonian captivityEventThe Babylonian captivity was the period in the sixth century BCE when many inhabitants of the kingdom of Judah were deported to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar II of the…
Babylonian ChroniclesWork / monumentThe Babylonian Chronicles are a series of cuneiform tablets recording major events in Mesopotamian history year by year, such as royal accessions, battles and festivals.- Babylonian invasion of Egypt (601 BCE)Campaign · 601 BCEThe Babylonian invasion of Egypt in 601 BCE was an attempt by Nebuchadnezzar II of the Chaldean Empire to invade Egypt.
- BabyloniansPeople / groupThe Babylonians were the inhabitants of Babylonia in southern Mesopotamia, centred on the city of Babylon.
- BacchiadaePeople / groupThe Bacchiadae were a Dorian aristocratic clan that ruled Corinth as a closed oligarchy from about the mid-8th century BCE, marrying only among themselves.
BacchylidesPersonBacchylides was a Greek lyric poet from Ioulis on the island of Keos and the nephew of Simonides.
Bạch Đằng RiverPlaceThe Bạch Đằng River is a tidal river in northern Vietnam near Hạ Long Bay.
BacharachPlaceBacharach is a small town on the left bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Bachkovo MonasteryWork / monumentBachkovo Monastery, known in Georgian as Petritsoni, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria.
BačkaPlaceBačka is a region of the Pannonian Plain between the Danube and the Tisza, divided between Serbia's province of Vojvodina and southern Hungary.
BacolodPlaceBacolod is a city on the north-western coast of Negros Island in the Philippines, the capital of Negros Occidental province.
BacolorPlaceBacolor is a town in the province of Pampanga on Luzon in the Philippines.
Bacon's RebellionRevolt · 1676Bacon's Rebellion was an armed uprising in the Colony of Virginia in 1676, led by the planter Nathaniel Bacon against Governor William Berkeley.
BactriaPlaceBactria was a region of Central Asia between the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya, in present-day northern Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
Bad ArolsenPlaceBad Arolsen is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany.
Bad BerleburgPlaceBad Berleburg is a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Rothaar hills.
Bad BuchauPlaceBad Buchau is a small spa town in Upper Swabia, Baden-Württemberg, on the Federsee.
Bad DürkheimPlaceBad Dürkheim is a spa town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at the foot of the Haardt hills on the German Wine Route.
Bad EmsPlaceBad Ems is a spa town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the river Lahn.
Bad GandersheimPlaceBad Gandersheim is a spa town in Lower Saxony, Germany, west of the Harz.
Bad Homburg vor der HöhePlaceBad Homburg vor der Höhe is a spa town at the foot of the Taunus hills, north of Frankfurt in Hesse, Germany.
Bad KreuznachPlaceBad Kreuznach is a spa town on the Nahe in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-west of Mainz.
Bad LippspringePlaceBad Lippspringe is a spa town at the source of the Lippe river near Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Bad LobensteinPlaceBad Lobenstein is a small spa town in the Thuringian Highlands, in the Saale-Orla district of Germany.
Bad MergentheimPlaceBad Mergentheim is a spa town on the Tauber river in north-eastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Bad PyrmontPlaceBad Pyrmont is a spa town in Lower Saxony, in the Weser hills south-west of Hamelin.
Bad ReichenhallPlaceBad Reichenhall is a spa town in south-eastern Bavaria, near the Austrian border.
Bad SchussenriedPlaceBad Schussenried is a spa town in the district of Biberach in upper Swabia, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Bad UrachPlaceBad Urach is a spa town on the edge of the Swabian Jura in Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany.
Bad WaldseePlaceBad Waldsee is a spa town in Upper Swabia, in the Ravensburg district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Bad WimpfenPlaceBad Wimpfen is a small town on the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, with an upper town on a hill around the remains of one of the largest Hohenstaufen imperial palaces and…
Bad WindsheimPlaceBad Windsheim is a town in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, which grew from a Frankish royal estate and was a free imperial city from the late 13th century until 1802.
BadagryPlaceBadagry is a coastal town in Lagos State, Nigeria, on a lagoon near the border with Benin.
BadajozPlaceBadajoz is a city in western Spain, near the border with Portugal.- Badal pillar inscriptionWork / monumentThe Badal pillar inscription is a Sanskrit inscription on a stone pillar topped by a figure of Garuda at Badal in northern Bangladesh, set up by Guravamishra during the…
BadamiPlaceBadami, the ancient Vatapi, is a town in northern Karnataka, India, set in a ravine of red sandstone cliffs.- Badan Chandra BorphukanPersonBadan Chandra Borphukan was the Ahom viceroy of Lower Assam in the early 19th century.
Badan SinghPersonBadan Singh was a Jat chief who founded the ruling house of Bharatpur in northern India.
BadenPlaceBaden is a historic region of south-western Germany on the right bank of the upper Rhine, between the river and the Black Forest, named after the spa town of Baden-Baden.
Baden-WürttembergPlaceBaden-Württemberg is a state in south-western Germany, with its capital at Stuttgart, bordering France and Switzerland along the Rhine and Lake Constance.
BadhPersonBadh was a Kurdish chief who in the 980s took advantage of the weakness of the Buyids to seize Mayyafariqin, Amid and much of Diyar Bakr, and briefly Mosul.- Badi II Abu DiqnPersonBadi II Abu Diqn was a sultan of the Funj Sultanate of Sennar who reigned from 1644 to 1681.
- Badi IVPersonBadi IV, called Abu Shulukh, was the last Funj sultan of Sennar to hold real power, reigning from 1724 to 1762.
Badia FiorentinaWork / monumentThe Badia Fiorentina is a Benedictine abbey in the centre of Florence, founded in 978 by Willa, widow of the Margrave of Tuscany, and richly endowed by her son Hugh…- Badis ibn al-MansurPersonBadis ibn al-Mansur was the Zirid emir of Ifriqiya from 996 to 1016, ruling as a vassal of the Fatimid Caliphate.
Badis ibn HabusPersonBadis ibn Habus was the Zirid king of the Taifa of Granada from 1038 to 1073.- BadlayPersonBadlay was a sultan of Adal who led a war against the Ethiopian Empire in the fifteenth century.
- Badr Abu TuwayriqPersonBadr Abu Tuwayriq was a sultan of the Kathiri dynasty in the Hadramawt, in southern Arabia, in the 16th century.
Badr al-Din Lu'lu'PersonBadr al-Din Lu'lu' was a freed slave of the Zengid rulers of Mosul who became regent for their young heirs and, from 1234, ruler of Mosul in his own name.
Badr al-JamaliPersonBadr al-Jamali was an Armenian commander who became vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate in 1073 after being summoned to restore order during a severe crisis.
Badr ibn HasanwayhPersonBadr ibn Hasanwayh was the most prominent ruler of the Kurdish Hasanwayhid dynasty in the central Zagros, governing from 979 to 1014 under nominal Buyid overlordship.
Badra, IraqPlaceBadra is a town in Wasit Governorate in eastern Iraq, close to the Iranian border at the foot of the Zagros mountains.
BadrinathPlaceBadrinath is a Hindu pilgrimage town in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, high in the Garhwal Himalaya on the Alaknanda river.- BaduyPeople / groupThe Baduy, or Kanekes, are a Sundanese community living in the hills of Lebak Regency in Banten, western Java, Indonesia.
Bae Jung-sonPersonBae Jung-son was a Goryeo military officer who led the Sambyeolcho units in revolt in 1270, when the court returned to Kaegyong and accepted Mongol overlordship.- Baekje Historic AreasPlaceThe Baekje Historic Areas are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Korea, listed in 2015.
- Báetán mac CairillPersonBáetán mac Cairill was a king of the Dál Fiatach and over-king of the Ulaid in north-eastern Ireland who died in 581.