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DergInstitutionThe Derg was the military committee that seized power in Ethiopia, formed in 1974.- Derge Gonchen MonasteryWork / monumentDerge Gonchen Monastery, also called Lhundrup Teng, is a Sakya monastery in Dêgê in Kham, eastern Tibet, founded in the 15th century.
Derge ParkhangInstitutionThe Derge Parkhang is a printing house and library in Dêgê, in the Kham region of eastern Tibet, founded in 1729 by King Tenpa Tsering of Derge.- DernaPlaceDerna is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Cyrenaica in eastern Libya.
DerryPlaceDerry, officially Londonderry, is a city on the River Foyle in the north-west of Northern Ireland.- Dervish AliPersonDervish Ali was the last khan of Astrakhan.
Descent of the GangesWork / monumentThe Descent of the Ganges, also called Arjuna's Penance, is a huge open-air relief carved on two adjoining granite boulders at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu in the Pallava…- Descriptio MoldaviaeWork / monumentDescriptio Moldaviae is a Latin description of Moldavia written by Dimitrie Cantemir in Russia around 1714–1716 at the request of the Berlin Academy.
Description de l'ÉgypteWork / monumentThe Description de l'Égypte is a large illustrated survey of ancient and modern Egypt and its natural history, compiled by the scholars who accompanied Napoleon…- Deshastha BrahminPeople / groupThe Deshastha Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin community of the Deccan plateau, the Desh, in Maharashtra and northern Karnataka.
- Desi BoutersePersonDesi Bouterse was a Surinamese soldier and politician who seized power in a coup in February 1980 and ruled as military strongman through the 1980s.
DesideriusPersonDesiderius was the last king of the Lombards in Italy.
DeskahehPersonDeskaheh, born Levi General, was a Cayuga chief and speaker of the traditional council of the Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario.
Desmond RebellionsRevolt · 1569–1583The Desmond Rebellions were two risings in Munster, in 1569 to 1573 and 1579 to 1583, led by the FitzGerald dynasty of Desmond and their allies against the expansion of…
Desmond TutuPersonDesmond Tutu was a South African Anglican cleric and anti-apartheid campaigner, Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996.- DesnaPlaceThe Desna is a river of Russia and Ukraine, about 1,130 km long, which joins the Dnieper just above Kyiv.
Despenser familyPeople / groupThe Despensers were an English noble family.
Despotate of the MoreaStateThe Despotate of the Morea was a Byzantine province in the Peloponnese, ruled from Mistras by members of the imperial family with the title of despot.
DessauPlaceDessau is a city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, where the Mulde joins the Elbe.
Dessau-Wörlitz Garden RealmWork / monumentThe Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm is a group of landscape parks laid out in the late 18th century around Dessau by Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau and…
DestourPeople / groupThe Destour ('Constitution'), formally the Liberal Constitutional Party, was a Tunisian nationalist party founded in 1920 by Abdelaziz Thâalbi and others.- Destruction of DambarareSiege · 1693The destruction of Dambarare was the capture and destruction of a Portuguese trading settlement on the Zimbabwean plateau in 1693 by forces of Changamire Dombo.
- Destruction of EshnunnaSiege · c. 1755 BCEThe destruction of Eshnunna was the final defeat of the Mesopotamian city-state of Eshnunna by Hammurabi of the Babylonian Empire around 1755 BCE.
- Destruction of MariSiege · 1761 BCEThe destruction of Mari refers to the sack of the city of Mari on the Middle Euphrates by Hammurabi of the Babylonian Empire in 1761 BCE.
- Destruction of SusaSiege · c. 647 BCEThe destruction of Susa was the sack of the Elamite capital by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal around 647 BCE.
- Desu SinghPersonDesu Singh was a Sikh chief of the Bhai family who seized Kaithal, in present-day Haryana, around 1767 during the Sikh expansion into the former Mughal province of…
DetmoldPlaceDetmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at the edge of the Teutoburg Forest.
DetroitPlaceDetroit is a city in Michigan, United States, on the Detroit River between Lake Erie and Lake Huron.- Deuteronomistic HistoryWork / monumentThe Deuteronomistic History is the name scholars give to the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings, read as a single historical work shaped by the language and…
- Deutsche Handels- und Plantagen-GesellschaftInstitutionThe Deutsche Handels- und Plantagen-Gesellschaft der Südsee-Inseln zu Hamburg (DHPG) was a German trading and plantation company founded in 1878 to take over the…
Deutsche MarkTermThe Deutsche Mark was the currency of West Germany from June 1948 and of reunified Germany from 1990 until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.- DeutzPlaceDeutz is a district of Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite the old city.
Deva Raya IPersonDeva Raya I was emperor of Vijayanagara of the Sangama dynasty from 1406 to 1422.
Deva Raya IIPersonDeva Raya II was emperor of Vijayanagara of the Sangama dynasty from 1424 to 1446, under whom the empire reached a high point.- DevabhutiPersonDevabhuti was the last king of the Shunga dynasty of northern India.
DevanagariTermDevanagari is an Indian script, written from left to right with a characteristic horizontal headline, in which each consonant carries an inherent vowel.- Devanampiya TissaPersonDevanampiya Tissa was a king of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BCE and a contemporary and ally of the Maurya emperor Ashoka.
- Devapala (Pala emperor)PersonDevapala was emperor of the Pala dynasty of Bengal and Bihar in the first half of the 9th century, the son of Dharmapala.
DevarajaReligion / ideaDevaraja ('god-king') was a religious and political concept associating the ruler with a divine power, usually Shiva.
DevarakondaPlaceDevarakonda is a town in Nalgonda district, Telangana, India, overlooked by a hill fort of the same name.
Devenish IslandPlaceDevenish is an island in Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, site of a monastery founded by Saint Molaise in the 6th century.
DeventerPlaceDeventer is a city on the IJssel in the Dutch province of Overijssel and one of the oldest towns in the Netherlands, founded around a church built by the missionary…
Devil's IslandPlaceDevil's Island is the smallest of the three Îles du Salut off the coast of French Guiana.
Devlet I GirayPersonDevlet I Giray was khan of Crimea from 1551 to 1577.- Devlin ReportWork / monumentThe Devlin Report was the report of a British commission of inquiry, chaired by the judge Patrick Devlin, into the state of emergency declared in Nyasaland in March…
DevonPlaceDevon is a county of south-west England, lying between Cornwall and Somerset with coasts on both the English Channel and the Bristol Channel.- Devotio ModernaReligion / ideaThe Devotio Moderna was a religious reform movement founded by Geert Groote of Deventer in the late 14th century.
DevshirmeInstitutionThe devshirme was the Ottoman system of levying boys, mainly from Christian families in the Balkans, who were converted to Islam and trained for state service.
Dewa Agung Istri KanyaPersonDewa Agung Istri Kanya was a queen of Klungkung, the senior kingdom of Bali, in the mid-19th century.- Dewa Agung JambePersonDewa Agung Jambe was the Balinese king who restored the senior royal dynasty after the court of Gelgel was overthrown by the rebel Gusti Agung Maruti.
- Dewa Agung Jambe IIPersonDewa Agung Jambe II was the last king of Klungkung, the senior royal house of Bali, from 1903.
Dewan RakyatInstitutionThe Dewan Rakyat ('House of the People') is the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia, with 222 members elected for up to five years from single-member…
DewasPlaceDewas is a city in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, India, below a hill with a shrine of the goddess Chamunda.
DexippusPersonDexippus was an Athenian statesman and historian of the 3rd century.
Deyrulzafaran MonasteryPlaceDeyrulzafaran, the Monastery of Mor Hananyo, is a Syriac Orthodox monastery near Mardin in south-eastern Turkey.
DezfulPlaceDezful is a city in Khuzestan province, south-western Iran, on the Dez river at the foot of the Zagros mountains.
DezhouPlaceDezhou is a city in north-western Shandong province, China, on the Grand Canal.
DhaidPlaceDhaid is an oasis town in the interior of the emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, about 50 kilometres east of Sharjah city.
DhakaPlaceDhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, on the Buriganga river in the Ganges delta.
Dhammayangyi TempleWork / monumentThe Dhammayangyi Temple is the largest temple at Bagan in Myanmar, built around 1170 by King Narathu of the Pagan Kingdom, who according to tradition seized the throne…
Dhammayuttika NikayaInstitutionThe Dhammayuttika Nikaya, or Thammayut order, is a reformist order of Theravada Buddhist monks founded in Siam in 1833 by Prince Mongkut while he was a monk.
Dhana NandaPersonDhana Nanda was the last king of the Nanda dynasty of Magadha in northern India.- Dhanapala (poet)PersonDhanapala was a Jain poet and scholar at the Paramara court of Malwa under Vakpati Munja and Bhoja.
- DhangaPersonDhanga was king of the Chandela dynasty of Bundelkhand from about 950 to 999.
Dhanya ManikyaPersonDhanya Manikya was king of Tripura from about 1490 to 1515 and one of the most powerful rulers of the Manikya dynasty.
DhanyakatakaPlaceDhanyakataka was an ancient city on the Krishna river in present-day Andhra Pradesh, India, at modern Dharanikota beside Amaravati.- Dhar TichittPlaceDhar Tichitt is an escarpment in south-central Mauritania with extensive remains of stone-built settlements.
Dhar WalataPlaceDhar Walata is an escarpment in south-eastern Mauritania with archaeological remains of the Tichitt stone-settlement culture.- Dharanidhar NaikPersonDharanidhar Naik was a leader of the Bhuyan people of Keonjhar in Odisha, India, who led a revolt against the Raja of Keonjhar in 1891.
DharanikotaPlaceDharanikota is a village on the Krishna river in the Guntur region of Andhra Pradesh, India, close to the great Buddhist stupa of Amaravati.- DharmaReligion / ideaDharma is a central concept in Indian religions, denoting moral law, duty and righteous conduct.
DharmachakraTermThe Dharmachakra, or Wheel of the Law, is a Buddhist symbol representing the teaching of the Buddha, recalling his first sermon at Sarnath, known as setting the wheel…
DharmakshemaPersonDharmakshema was an Indian Buddhist monk and translator who worked in China under the Northern Liang ruler Juqu Mengxun.- Dharmapala (Pala emperor)PersonDharmapala was the second ruler of the Pala Empire of Bengal and Bihar, reigning from about 770 to 810.
- Dharmapala of KottePersonDharmapala of Kotte was the last king of Kotte in Sri Lanka, placed on the throne as a child in 1551 under Portuguese protection.
- DharmashastraWork / monumentDharmashastra is the body of Sanskrit treatises on dharma, the religious and legal duties of Hindus, of which the Laws of Manu is the best known.
- DharmawangsaPersonDharmawangsa Teguh was king of the Medang kingdom in East Java from about 990 to 1016.
DharwadPlaceDharwad is a city in northern Karnataka, India, forming a twin city with Hubballi.- DhatusenaPersonDhatusena was a king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom in Sri Lanka who reigned from about 455 to 473.
- Dhaun CastlePlaceDhaun Castle, Schloss Dhaun, is a castle above the Simmerbach valley near Hochstetten-Dhaun in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, first recorded in the early 13th century.
Dhian SinghPersonDhian Singh was a Dogra noble who served as wazir (chief minister) of the Sikh Empire.
DhibanPlaceDhiban, biblical Dibon, is a town in Jordan east of the Dead Sea and north of the Arnon gorge.
Dhimitër ProgoniPersonDhimitër Progoni was the ruler of Arbanon, the first recorded Albanian principality, from about 1208 to 1215, succeeding his brother Gjin.
DhimmiInstitutionDhimmi is the status under Islamic law of protected non-Muslim communities, mainly Christians and Jews, who were permitted to practise their religion in return for…
DhofarPlaceDhofar is the southern governorate of Oman, bordering Yemen, with its capital at Salalah.
DholaviraPlaceDholavira is an archaeological site on Khadir Bet, an island in the Great Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, India, the remains of a city of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
Dhruva DharavarshaPersonDhruva Dharavarsha was a king of the Rashtrakuta dynasty of the Deccan who reigned from about 780 to 793.- Dhruvasena IIPersonDhruvasena II, also called Baladitya, was a king of the Maitraka dynasty of Valabhi in Gujarat in the early 7th century.
- Dhu GhabatReligion / ideaDhu Ghabat was the chief god of the oasis of Dedan, modern al-Ula in north-western Arabia, worshipped under the kingdoms of Dedan and Lihyan.
- Dhu NuwasPersonDhu Nuwas was a Jewish king of Himyar in South Arabia in the early sixth century, remembered for his persecution of Christians at Najran.
- Dhu RaydanTermDhu Raydan, after Raydan, the royal palace at the Himyarite capital Zafar, was the name by which the Himyarite kingdom of south Arabia appears in its inscriptions.
- Dhul-Nunid dynastyStateThe Dhul-Nunid dynasty (Banu Dhi al-Nun) was a Berber family that ruled the Taifa of Toledo from the 1030s to 1085.
DhulbahantePeople / groupThe Dhulbahante are a Somali clan of the Harti branch of the Darod, living mainly in the Sool region and parts of Sanaag and Togdheer.- DhvanyalokaWork / monumentThe Dhvanyaloka ('Light on Suggestion') is a Sanskrit treatise on poetics by the Kashmiri critic Anandavardhana, written in the 9th century under the Utpala dynasty.
Di XinPersonDi Xin was the last king of the Shang dynasty of China.
Di YiPersonDi Yi was the penultimate king of the Shang dynasty and father of Di Xin, the last Shang king.- Diaba LompoPersonDiaba Lompo is the legendary founder of the Gulmance kingdom of Gulmu, centred on Fada N'Gourma in eastern Burkina Faso.
DiadochiPeople / groupThe Diadochi ('successors') were the generals and companions of Alexander the Great who fought over his empire after his death in 323 BCE.- DiaeusPersonDiaeus was a general of the Achaean League who, with Critolaus, led it into its final war against Rome.
Diagoras of RhodesPersonDiagoras of Rhodes was a celebrated boxer from Ialysos, whose victory at the Olympic Games of 464 BCE was praised by Pindar in his seventh Olympian ode.