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BamendaPlaceBamenda is a city in the Grassfields of north-western Cameroon and the capital of the North-West Region.- Ban BorićPersonBan Borić was the first ruler of Bosnia known by name, recorded as ban in 1154 as a vassal of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Ban ChaoPersonBan Chao was a general of the Eastern Han dynasty who brought the city-states of the Tarim Basin back under Chinese control.
Ban KulinPersonBan Kulin ruled Bosnia from about 1180 to 1204, nominally under Hungarian and Byzantine overlordship but in practice independently, and his reign was later remembered…
Ban MueangPersonBan Mueang was the second king of Sukhothai, the elder son of its founder Si Inthrathit.
BanabaPlaceBanaba, also called Ocean Island, is a raised coral island in the central Pacific, now part of Kiribati.- BanabansPeople / groupThe Banabans are the indigenous people of Banaba in the central Pacific.
- BanabhattaPersonBanabhatta was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer at the court of Harsha, king of Thanesar and Kannauj.
- BananagateEventBananagate was a bribery scandal of 1975 in which the US company United Brands, formerly the United Fruit Company, was found to have paid 1.25 million dollars to…
Banas Kantha AgencyPlaceThe Banas Kantha Agency was a political agency of British India in northern Gujarat, named after the Banas river.- BanasaPlaceBanasa was an ancient town on the Sebou river in northern Morocco.
Banaskantha districtPlaceBanaskantha district is a district in the north of Gujarat, India, bordering Rajasthan, with its headquarters at Palanpur.
BanatPlaceBanat is a historical region of Central Europe bounded by the Danube, Tisza and Mureș rivers and the Southern Carpathians.
BanavasiPlaceBanavasi is an ancient temple town in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India, on the Varada river.
Banc d'Arguin National ParkPlaceBanc d'Arguin National Park is a protected area on the Atlantic coast of Mauritania, between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou.
Banca Monte dei Paschi di SienaInstitutionBanca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is an Italian bank founded in Siena in 1472 by the city's government as a public pawn bank (monte di pietà).
Band-e Amir (dam)Work / monumentBand-e Amir is a dam on the Kur River in Fars, Iran, north-east of Shiraz, built in the 10th century for the Buyid ruler Adud al-Dawla.
Band-e KaisarWork / monumentThe Band-e Kaisar was a combined bridge and dam on the Karun River at Shushtar in south-western Iran, built under the Sasanian Empire in the third century.
Banda AcehPlaceBanda Aceh is a port city at the northern tip of Sumatra, Indonesia, near the entrance to the Strait of Malacca.
Banda IslandsPlaceThe Banda Islands are a small group of islands in eastern Indonesia that were the world's only source of nutmeg and mace in the early modern period.
Banda Singh BahadurPersonBanda Singh Bahadur was a Sikh military leader who, after meeting Guru Gobind Singh in 1708, led a rising against Mughal rule in Punjab.- Bandar AbbasPlaceBandar Abbas is a port on the Persian Gulf coast of southern Iran, named after Shah Abbas I, who developed it after capturing Hormuz from the Portuguese in 1622.
Bandar LengehPlaceBandar Lengeh is a port on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf, in Hormozgan province.- Bandar RigPlaceBandar Rig is a small port on the Persian Gulf coast of Iran.
Bandar-e AnzaliPlaceBandar-e Anzali is a port city on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea in Gilan province, Iran.
BandhavgarhPlaceBandhavgarh is a hill fort in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
BandiagaraPlaceBandiagara is a town in central Mali on the plateau above the Bandiagara Escarpment, the line of cliffs inhabited by the Dogon people and listed as a UNESCO World…
BanduaReligion / ideaBandua was a god of the pre-Roman peoples of western Iberia, worshipped in what is now northern and central Portugal, Galicia and western Spain.
BandungPlaceBandung is a city in the highlands of western Java, Indonesia, and the capital of West Java province.
Bandung ConferenceEventThe Asian–African Conference, or Bandung Conference, was a meeting of 29 newly independent and emerging states of Asia and Africa held at Bandung, Indonesia, in April…
BanffshirePlaceBanffshire is a historic county of north-east Scotland, stretching from the Moray Firth coast at Banff and Macduff south into the Cairngorm mountains, including much of…- BangkaPlaceBangka is an island off the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, part of the province of Bangka Belitung.
BangkokPlaceBangkok is the capital and largest city of Thailand, on the Chao Phraya river near the Gulf of Thailand.
Bangladesh Liberation WarWar · 1971The Bangladesh Liberation War was the conflict of 1971 in which East Pakistan won independence as Bangladesh.
Bangor AbbeyInstitutionBangor Abbey was a monastery on the southern shore of Belfast Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland, founded by Saint Comgall around 558.
Bangor-on-DeePlaceBangor-on-Dee (Bangor-is-y-coed) is a village on the River Dee in Wrexham county borough, north-east Wales.
BangsamoroPlaceBangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, is an autonomous region of the southern Philippines created in 2019.- BangwaketsePeople / groupThe Bangwaketse are a Tswana people who separated from the Bakwena in the 18th century and settled in south-eastern Botswana.
Bani ThaniWork / monumentBani Thani is a painting of a woman in profile made at Kishangarh in Rajasthan around 1750, usually attributed to Nihal Chand.
Bani UtbahPeople / groupThe Bani Utbah were a confederation of Arab clans from central Arabia that migrated to the Gulf coast in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.- Bani YasPeople / groupThe Bani Yas are a tribal confederation of the south-eastern Gulf coast, originally based in the Liwa oases.
BaniasPlaceCaesarea Philippi was an ancient city at the springs of the Jordan below Mount Hermon, on the site of the shrine of Pan at Paneas.
BanjarmasinPlaceBanjarmasin is a city in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the Martapura and Barito rivers near the south coast of Borneo.
Banjarmasin WarWar · 1859–1905The Banjarmasin War was a conflict in southern Borneo between the Dutch colonial government and supporters of the Banjar Sultanate, beginning in 1859 after the Dutch…
BanjulPlaceBanjul is the capital of The Gambia, on St Mary's Island at the mouth of the Gambia river.
Bank of AmsterdamInstitutionThe Bank of Amsterdam (Wisselbank) was a public exchange bank founded by the city of Amsterdam in 1609.
Bank of BrazilInstitutionThe Bank of Brazil was founded in 1808 by the Portuguese prince regent João after the royal court moved to Rio de Janeiro.
Bank of EnglandInstitutionThe Bank of England was founded in 1694 to lend money to the English government, primarily to finance war against France.
Bank of IndochinaInstitutionThe Bank of Indochina was a private French bank founded in Paris in 1875 that held the privilege of issuing the currency of French Indochina, the piastre.
Bank of Saint GeorgeInstitutionThe Bank of Saint George, or Casa di San Giorgio, was a financial institution of the Republic of Genoa, founded in 1407 to consolidate and manage the state's public debt.
Banská ŠtiavnicaPlaceBanská Štiavnica, Hungarian Selmecbánya and German Schemnitz, is a town in central Slovakia.
BantenPlaceBanten is a province at the western tip of Java, Indonesia, separated from West Java in 2000.
BanthamPlaceBantham is a coastal site at the mouth of the River Avon in south Devon, England.
Bantry BayPlaceBantry Bay is a long inlet of the Atlantic on the coast of County Cork in south-west Ireland.- Bantu Education Act, 1953Work / monumentThe Bantu Education Act of 1953 was a South African apartheid law that placed African schooling under the central government's Native Affairs Department and enforced a…
Bantu peoplesPeople / groupThe Bantu peoples are the large family of peoples speaking Bantu languages, spread across Central, East and Southern Africa.
BantustanTermA Bantustan, or homeland, was a territory set aside for Black South Africans of a particular ethnic group under apartheid.- BantvaPlaceBantva is a town in Junagadh district of Gujarat, western India, on the Saurashtra peninsula.
- Banu AmirPeople / groupThe Banu Amir, or Banu Amir ibn Sa'sa'a, were a large confederation of Arab tribes of central and western Arabia, attested before and after the rise of Islam.
- Banu AsadPeople / groupThe Banu Asad are an Arab tribe originally from north-central Arabia.
- Banu BirzalPeople / groupThe Banu Birzal were a Zanata Berber clan from North Africa brought to al-Andalus as soldiers by the regent al-Mansur in the late 10th century.
- Banu DjellabPeople / groupThe Banu Djellab were the ruling dynasty of Touggourt and the oases of the Oued Righ in the north-eastern Algerian Sahara from about 1414 to 1854.
- Banu GómezPeople / groupThe Banu Gómez were a powerful noble family of the Kingdom of León, counts of Saldaña, Carrión and Liébana on the upper Carrión river.
Banu HashimPeople / groupBanu Hashim was a clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca, named after Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, the great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.- Banu HassanPeople / groupThe Hassani Arabs, or Banu Hassan, were a branch of the Maqil Bedouin who moved into the western Sahara from the 14th century.
Banu HilalPeople / groupThe Banu Hilal were an Arab tribal confederation from Arabia who migrated through Egypt to North Africa in the 11th century, encouraged by the Fatimids to punish the…
Banu HudStateThe Hudid dynasty (Banu Hud) ruled the Taifa of Zaragoza from 1039 to 1110.- Banu IfranPeople / groupThe Banu Ifran were a Zenata Berber tribe of the central and western Maghreb.
Banu IjlPeople / groupThe Banu Ijl were an Arab tribe of the Bakr ibn Wa'il confederation, living in eastern Arabia and on the edges of Iraq before Islam.- Banu Ka'bPeople / groupThe Banu Ka'b are an Arab tribe of Khuzestan in south-western Iran who rose to power in the eighteenth century around Fallahiyeh, now Shadegan.
Banu KalbPeople / groupThe Banu Kalb were an Arab tribe of the Syrian steppe, part of the Quda'a confederation.- Banu KanzPeople / groupThe Banu Kanz were an Arab tribal dynasty of the Aswan region on Egypt's southern frontier, descended from Rabi'a Arabs who settled there in the 9th century and…
- Banu KilabPeople / groupThe Banu Kilab were an Arab tribe of the Qays group who migrated from Arabia to northern Syria in the 10th century.
Banu KinanaPeople / groupThe Banu Kinana are an Arab tribal group of western Arabia, from which the Quraysh, the tribe of the Prophet Muhammad, descended.- Banu MakhzumPeople / groupBanu Makhzum was a wealthy clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca, prominent in trade and warfare before Islam.
- Banu MunabbihPeople / groupThe Banu Munabbih were an Arab family claiming Qurayshi descent who ruled Multan, in present-day Pakistan, as an autonomous emirate from the mid-9th century, while…
Banu QasiPeople / groupThe Banu Qasi were a Muslim dynasty of Hispano-Roman or Visigothic origin who ruled much of the upper Ebro valley from the eighth to the early tenth century, descended…
Banu SulaymPeople / groupThe Banu Sulaym were an Arab tribe of the Hejaz who, together with the Banu Hilal, migrated from Upper Egypt into North Africa in the 11th century, encouraged by the…- Banu TaghlibPeople / groupThe Banu Taghlib were an Arab tribe of the Rabi'a group, settled in the Jazira of upper Mesopotamia in late antiquity.
- Banu UmayyaPeople / groupThe Banu Umayya was a powerful clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca.
- Banu WazirPeople / groupThe Banu Wazir were a Muslim family of western al-Andalus who rose to power when Almoravid rule broke down in the 1140s.
- BanyoPlaceBanyo is a town in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, on the Adamawa plateau.
BanyoroPeople / groupThe Banyoro are a Bantu-speaking people of western Uganda, east of Lake Albert, whose language is Runyoro.
BanyuwangiPlaceBanyuwangi is a regency and town at the eastern tip of Java in Indonesia, facing Bali across the Bali Strait.
Banza BakwaiPeople / groupThe Banza Bakwai, the 'seven bastards', were the Hausa and neighbouring kingdoms that Hausa tradition regarded as less legitimate than the seven true Hausa states…- Bao ShuyaPersonBao Shuya was a minister of the State of Qi in the seventh century BCE and the lifelong friend of Guan Zhong.
Bao SiPersonBao Si was a consort of King You of Zhou in the 8th century BCE.
Bảo ĐạiPersonBảo Đại was the last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, reigning under French protection from 1926.
Baochu PagodaWork / monumentThe Baochu Pagoda is a slender Buddhist pagoda on Precious Stone Hill above the north shore of West Lake in Hangzhou, China.
BaojiPlaceBaoji is a city in western Shaanxi province, China, on the Wei River at the western end of the Guanzhong plain.
BaolStateBaol was a Wolof kingdom in present-day Senegal that was a vassal state within the Jolof Empire.
Bappa RawalPersonBappa Rawal is the legendary founder of the power of the Guhila dynasty in Mewar, said in dynastic tradition to have taken the fort of Chittor from its Mori rulers in…
Baptist WarRevolt · 1831–1832The Baptist War, or Christmas Rebellion, was a rising of up to 60,000 enslaved people in western Jamaica that began on 25 December 1831.- BaptistsPeople / groupBaptists are Protestant Christians who practise the baptism of believers, usually by immersion, rather than of infants, and stress the independence of each congregation.
BaqtTreaty · Peace · 652The Baqt was the agreement made in 652 between the Nubian kingdom of Makuria and the Arab rulers of Egypt, after Makurian archers repelled Abdallah ibn Sa'd's attack on…
BaquatesPeople / groupThe Baquates were a Berber people of Roman Mauretania Tingitana, in present-day northern Morocco.
Bar'an TempleWork / monumentThe Bar'an Temple, known locally as Arsh Bilqis ('Throne of Bilqis'), is a Sabaean temple of the god Almaqah near Marib in Yemen.
Bar, MontenegroPlaceBar is a port town on the Adriatic coast of southern Montenegro.
Bar-le-DucPlaceBar-le-Duc is a town in the Meuse department of north-eastern France, on the Ornain river.- Bar-RakibPersonBar-Rakib was a king of Sam'al, an Aramaean kingdom in south-eastern Anatolia, in the later 8th century BCE.