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Gallic WarsWar · 58–50 BCEThe Gallic Wars were the campaigns of Julius Caesar in Gaul from 58 to 50 BCE, which brought the whole of Gaul west of the Rhine under Roman rule.
GallienusPersonGallienus was Roman emperor from 253 to 268, first with his father Valerian and alone after Valerian's capture by the Persians in 260.
GallipoliPlaceGallipoli (Turkish Gelibolu) is a town and peninsula on the European shore of the Dardanelles in north-western Turkey, known in antiquity as the Thracian Chersonese.
Gallipoli campaignCampaign · 1915–1916The Gallipoli campaign was an Allied attempt in the First World War to force the Dardanelles and knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war.- Gallo languageTermGallo is a Romance language of the langue d'oïl group, spoken in eastern Brittany around Rennes, Saint-Malo and Nantes.
Gallo-RomansPeople / groupThe Gallo-Romans were the Romanised inhabitants of Gaul from the Roman conquest to the early Middle Ages.
GalluraPlaceGallura is a region of north-eastern Sardinia, Italy, known for its granite hills, cork oak forests and indented coast.
GalmudugPlaceGalmudug is a federal member state of Somalia in the centre of the country, first formed in 2006 and reconstituted in 2015, with its capital at Dhusamareb.
Galo PlazaPersonGalo Plaza Lasso was president of Ecuador from 1948 to 1952, the first in decades to complete a full term.
GalwayPlaceGalway is a city on the west coast of Ireland, at the mouth of the River Corrib on Galway Bay, and gives its name to County Galway.
Gamal Abdel NasserPersonGamal Abdel Nasser was an Egyptian army officer who led the Free Officers' coup of 1952 and became president of Egypt in 1956.
GamayTermGamay is a red wine grape of eastern France, the main grape of Beaujolais.
GambagaPlaceGambaga is a town in the North East Region of Ghana, on the Gambaga escarpment.
Gambhir SinghPersonGambhir Singh was a prince of the Manipuri royal house who led the Manipur Levy, raised with British help, to drive the Burmese out of Manipur during the First…
The GambiaPlaceThe Gambia is a small country in West Africa along the Gambia River.
Gamla UppsalaPlaceGamla Uppsala is a village and ancient royal site north of modern Uppsala in Sweden.- Gamō HideyukiPersonGamō Hideyuki was a Japanese daimyo, the son of Gamō Ujisato.
GamprinPlaceGamprin is a small municipality in the Unterland of Liechtenstein, on the Eschnerberg, comprising the villages of Gamprin and Bendern.
Gan (Addu Atoll)PlaceGan is the southernmost island of Addu Atoll in the Maldives.
Ganapati (Kakatiya dynasty)PersonGanapatideva was the longest-reigning ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty, governing from Warangal from 1199 to 1262.- Ganapati NagaPersonGanapati Naga was one of the last rulers of the Naga dynasty of Padmavati in central India, known from his coins.
Gandaki RiverPlaceThe Gandaki, known as the Gandak in India and the Narayani in its lower course in Nepal, is a river that rises in the Himalayas of Nepal and flows south across the…
Ganden MonasteryPlaceGanden Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery on a mountain about 40 kilometres east of Lhasa, founded by Tsongkhapa in 1409.- Gandhara artReligion / ideaGandhara art is a style of Buddhist art that developed in the region of Gandhara in present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Gandhari languageTermGandhari is a Middle Indo-Aryan language, or Prakrit, of the ancient region of Gandhara in what is now north-western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan.
GandhinagarPlaceGandhinagar is the capital of the Indian state of Gujarat, a planned city on the Sabarmati river north of Ahmedabad named after Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandzasar MonasteryWork / monumentGandzasar is an Armenian monastery in the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh, built for Prince Hasan-Jalal Dawla of Khachen, whose Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist was…
GaneshaReligion / ideaGanesha is an elephant-headed Hindu god, son of Shiva and Parvati, worshipped as the remover of obstacles and the patron of beginnings, learning and the arts.- Gang CanalWork / monumentThe Gang Canal is an irrigation canal in north-western India, built by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner and opened in 1927.
Gang Gam-chanPersonGang Gam-chan was a Korean scholar-official and general of the Goryeo dynasty.- Gang of FourPeople / groupThe Gang of Four was the radical faction of the Chinese Communist Party that rose to power during the Cultural Revolution: Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao…
Ganga RisalaPeople / groupThe Ganga Risala was the camel corps of Bikaner State, named after Maharaja Ganga Singh, who expanded it.
Ganga SinghPersonGanga Singh was Maharaja of Bikaner from 1887 to 1943 and one of the most prominent Indian princes of his time.- GangadeviPersonGangadevi was a 14th-century poet and princess of the Vijayanagara Empire, wife of the prince Kumara Kampana.
Gangadhar RaoPersonGangadhar Rao was the Maratha Raja of Jhansi of the Newalkar family, who ruled until his death in 1853.
GangaikondacholapuramPlaceGangaikondacholapuram, "city of the Chola who took the Ganges", in Tamil Nadu, India, was founded by the Chola king Rajendra I around 1025 to celebrate his northern…- GangarajaPersonGangaraja was the leading general and minister of the Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana, who captured Talakad from the Cholas in 1116.
- GangavadiPlaceGangavadi was the region of southern Karnataka ruled by the Western Ganga dynasty from the 4th to the 10th century, with its capital eventually at Talakad on the Kaveri.
Ganges plainPlaceThe Ganges plain is the fertile lowland of northern India drained by the Ganges River.
Ganges–Yamuna DoabPlaceThe Ganges–Yamuna Doab is the fertile alluvial land between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in western Uttar Pradesh, India, stretching from the Shivalik foothills to…
GangeyadevaPersonGangeyadeva was a king of the Kalachuris of Tripuri in central India in the early 11th century.
Ganghwa IslandPlaceGanghwa Island is an island at the mouth of the Han River on the west coast of Korea, now part of Incheon.
GangotriPlaceGangotri is a town and Hindu pilgrimage site in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, India, high in the Himalaya on the Bhagirathi, the headstream of the Ganges.
GangtokPlaceGangtok is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim, on a ridge in the eastern Himalayas.- Gangwon ProvincePlaceGangwon is a region on the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, crossed by the Taebaek Mountains.
- Ganimi KavaReligion / ideaGanimi Kava is the Marathi term for the guerrilla tactics associated with Shivaji and the Maratha Empire.
- GanitasarasangrahaWork / monumentThe Ganitasarasangraha is a Sanskrit treatise on mathematics written about 850 by the Jain mathematician Mahaviracharya at the Rashtrakuta court of Amoghavarsha I.
Ganja, AzerbaijanPlaceGanja is the second-largest city of Azerbaijan, in the west of the country.
Ganjam districtPlaceGanjam is a coastal district of southern Odisha, India, centred on the city of Berhampur.
GanjifaTermGanjifa is a family of card games played with round, hand-painted cards, introduced to India from Persia and popular at the Mughal court in the 16th century.- GannascusPersonGannascus was a Germanic leader of the Cananefates who led Chauci raids on the coast of Roman Gaul in 47 CE.
GansuPlaceGansu is a province of north-western China, stretching from the Loess Plateau along the narrow Hexi (Gansu) Corridor towards Xinjiang, with Lanzhou as its capital.
Gansu CorridorPlaceThe Gansu Corridor, also called the Hexi Corridor, is a narrow strip of land in north-western China between mountains and desert, linking China with Central Asia.
GanzakPlaceGanzak was the capital of the kingdom of Media Atropatene and later a major city of Sasanian Azerbaijan, in north-western Iran.
GaoPlaceGao is a city on the Niger River in present-day Mali.
Gao ChengPersonGao Cheng was the eldest son of Gao Huan and regent of the Eastern Wei after his father's death in 547.
Gao HuanPersonGao Huan was a general of mixed Chinese and Xianbei culture who became the dominant figure in the Northern Wei during its collapse.- Gao JichongPersonGao Jichong was the last ruler of Jingnan, one of the Ten Kingdoms of China.
- Gao JixingPersonGao Jixing was the founder of Jingnan, the smallest of the Ten Kingdoms of China.
- Gao PianPersonGao Pian was a Tang dynasty general and governor.
- Gao ShengtaiPersonGao Shengtai was a chief minister of the Dali Kingdom in Yunnan who in 1094 deposed the Duan king and took the throne, renaming the state Dazhong.
- Gao ShidaPersonGao Shida (died 616) was a rebel leader in Hebei during the risings against Emperor Yang of Sui.
- Gao WeiPersonGao Wei was emperor of the Northern Qi from 565 to 577.
- Gao XianzhiPersonGao Xianzhi was a Tang general of Goguryeo descent who served in the Tang garrisons of the Tarim Basin.
- Gao YunPersonGao Yun, posthumously Emperor Huiyi of Northern Yan, was of Goguryeo descent and had been adopted into the Later Yan royal family as Murong Yun.
GaochangStateGaochang was an oasis kingdom near Turpan in present-day Xinjiang, on the Silk Road.
GaoyouPlaceGaoyou is a city in Jiangsu province, eastern China, on the Grand Canal beside Gaoyou Lake.- Gapsin CoupRevolt · 1884The Gapsin Coup was a failed attempt by Korean reformers led by Kim Ok-gyun to seize power in Seoul in December 1884.
- Gar clanPeople / groupThe Gar were a powerful aristocratic clan of imperial Tibet.
Gar TongtsenPersonGar Tongtsen Yulsung was chief minister of the Tibetan Empire under Songtsen Gampo and, after his death, effective regent for the young Mangsong Mangtsen.- Gar Trinring TsendroPersonGar Trinring Tsendro was a Tibetan general and minister, a son of Gar Tongtsen, who led the Tibetan armies in their greatest victories over the Tang.
- Garabet Artin Davoud PashaPersonGarabet Artin Davoud Pasha was an Ottoman official of Armenian Catholic origin who served as the first governor (mutasarrif) of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate from…
- GarakontiéPersonGarakontié was an Onondaga chief and orator of the Iroquois Confederacy in the 17th century.
GaramaPlaceGarama, modern Germa in south-western Libya, was the capital of the Garamantian Empire.
Garamantian EmpireStateThe Garamantian Empire was a state of the Garamantes, a Berber-descended people of the Fezzan in present-day Libya, which flourished from around the first millennium…
García I of LeónPersonGarcía I was the eldest son of Alfonso III of Asturias and the first king of León.
García II of GaliciaPersonGarcía II of Galicia was a son of Ferdinand I of León who received the Kingdom of Galicia, with northern Portugal, when his father's realms were divided in 1065.- Garcia III of KongoPersonGarcia III was a king of Kongo who ruled from the mountain stronghold of Kibangu during the civil wars that followed the Battle of Mbwila in 1665.
García Ramírez of NavarrePersonGarcía Ramírez, called the Restorer, was King of Navarre from 1134 to 1150.- García Ramírez of VigueraPersonGarcía Ramírez was a king of Viguera, a small Rioja kingdom held by a branch of the royal house of Pamplona.
- García Sánchez I of PamplonaPersonGarcía Sánchez I was king of Pamplona from 925 to 970, for many years under the influence of his mother Queen Toda.
García Sánchez III of PamplonaPersonGarcía Sánchez III (c. 1012–1054) was king of Pamplona from 1035, the eldest legitimate son of Sancho III the Great.
García Sánchez of CastilePersonGarcía Sánchez was count of Castile from 1017 to 1029, succeeding his father Sancho García as a child.
Garda SíochánaInstitutionThe Garda Síochána, 'Guardians of the Peace', is the national police force of Ireland, founded in 1922 to replace the Royal Irish Constabulary in the Irish Free State.
Garden of the HesperidesReligion / ideaThe Garden of the Hesperides was in Greek myth the garden of the goddess Hera at the western edge of the world, where golden apples were guarded by the nymphs called…- GardiziPersonGardizi was a Persian historian of the 11th century, from Gardez in eastern Afghanistan, who wrote the Zayn al-Akhbar around 1050 for the Ghaznavid sultan Abd al-Rashid.
GardmanPlaceGardman was a district of Caucasian Albania in the hills west of the Kura river, in present-day western Azerbaijan.
Garegin NzhdehPersonGaregin Nzhdeh was an Armenian military commander who defended Zangezur against Azerbaijani and Bolshevik forces in 1920–1921 and led the Republic of Mountainous Armenia.
GarganoPlaceThe Gargano is a mountainous peninsula on the Adriatic coast of northern Apulia, forming the spur of the Italian boot.
GarhgaonPlaceGarhgaon was a capital of the Ahom kingdom, about 13 kilometres east of present-day Sivasagar in Assam, India.- Garhjat statesTermThe Garhjat states were the small princely states of the hill and forest country of Odisha, whose name refers to the forts, garh, from which their Rajas ruled.
- GarhwalPlaceGarhwal is the western of the two divisions of Uttarakhand in the central Himalaya of India, containing the sources of the Ganges and Yamuna and the shrines of…
Garibald I of BavariaPersonGaribald I was the first known Duke of Bavaria, ruling from about 555 to about 591 as a member of the Agilolfing family under Frankish overlordship.
GarifunaPeople / groupThe Garifuna are a people of mixed African and Indigenous Caribbean descent who formed on Saint Vincent from the 17th century, known to the British as Black Caribs.
GariglianoPlaceThe Garigliano is a river in central Italy, formed by the Liri and Gari rivers and flowing into the Gulf of Gaeta.
GarmulPersonGarmul was a Berber king in western North Africa who attacked Byzantine Africa in the 570s, killing several imperial commanders, including the praetorian prefect…
Garnet WolseleyPersonSir Garnet Wolseley was a British general.
GaronnePlaceThe Garonne is a major river of south-western France, about 530 km long, rising in the Spanish Pyrenees and flowing past Toulouse and Bordeaux to join the Dordogne in…
GarouaPlaceGaroua is a city in northern Cameroon on the Benue River and the capital of the country's North Region.
Garsenda of ForcalquierPersonGarsenda was countess of Forcalquier, the granddaughter and heiress of Count William IV.