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- House of SurenPeople / groupThe House of Suren was one of the great noble families of Parthian and Sasanian Iran, with its estates in Sakastan, the present-day Sistan.
House of SverkerPeople / groupThe House of Sverker was a royal dynasty of medieval Sweden, founded by Sverker the Elder, who became king around 1130.
House of ThaniPeople / groupThe House of Thani is the ruling family of Qatar, descended from Thani bin Muhammad, whose son Muhammad bin Thani emerged as the leading sheikh of the Qatar peninsula…
House of TrastámaraPeople / groupThe House of Trastámara was a Spanish royal dynasty named after the county of Trastámara in Galicia.
House of TrencavelPeople / groupThe Trencavel were a family of viscounts in Languedoc who in the eleventh and twelfth centuries held Albi, Béziers, Carcassonne, Nîmes and Agde, shifting allegiance…
House of TudorPeople / groupThe House of Tudor was the royal family of Welsh origin that ruled England and Ireland from 1485 to 1603.
House of ValoisPeople / groupThe House of Valois was a branch of the Capetian dynasty that ruled France from 1328, when Philip VI succeeded the last direct Capetian, until 1589.
House of Valois-AngoulêmePeople / groupThe House of Valois-Angoulême was a branch of the French royal Valois dynasty, descended from John, Count of Angoulême, a younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans.- House of VaranoPeople / groupThe Varano were a noble family who ruled Camerino in the Marche from the second half of the 13th century until 1539.
House of VasaPeople / groupThe House of Vasa was a Swedish royal dynasty founded by Gustav I, who became King of Sweden in 1523.- House of ViscontiPeople / groupThe House of Visconti was the noble family that ruled Milan from the late thirteenth century until 1447, first as lords and from 1395 as dukes.
House of WaldburgPeople / groupThe House of Waldburg is a Swabian noble family named after Waldburg castle near Ravensburg.
House of WelfPeople / groupThe House of Welf, or Guelph, is a European dynasty of Swabian and Bavarian origin.
House of WettinStateThe House of Wettin was a German dynasty that ruled Saxony.
House of WisdomInstitutionThe House of Wisdom, or Bayt al-Hikma, was a major intellectual institution in Baghdad under the Abbasid Caliphate.
House of WittelsbachPeople / groupThe House of Wittelsbach is a German dynasty that ruled Bavaria, as duchy, electorate and kingdom, from 1180 to 1918 and the Electoral Palatinate from 1214.
House of WondersWork / monumentThe House of Wonders, Beit al-Ajaib, is a ceremonial palace in Stone Town, Zanzibar, built for Sultan Barghash bin Said and completed in 1883.
House of ZähringenPeople / groupThe House of Zähringen was a noble dynasty of south-western Germany, named after Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau.
Houthi movementPeople / groupThe Houthi movement, officially Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi Shia political and armed movement from the Saada region of northern Yemen, named after its founder Hussein…
HoveyzehPlaceHoveyzeh is a town in Khuzestan province in south-western Iran, near the marshes on the Iraqi border.
Hovhannes KajaznuniPersonHovhannes Kajaznuni was an Armenian architect and leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation who served as the first prime minister of the First Republic of…
Hovhannes-Smbat IIIPersonHovhannes-Smbat III was the Bagratid king of Armenia who ruled from Ani from about 1020 to 1041, after the death of his father Gagik I.
Howard FloreyPersonHoward Florey was an Australian pathologist, born in Adelaide, who led the team at Oxford that turned penicillin into a usable medicine.
HöxterPlaceHöxter is a town on the Weser in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Hoysala EmpireStateThe Hoysala Empire was a kingdom in southern India, centred on present-day Karnataka, known for its ornate temple architecture.
Hoysaleswara TempleWork / monumentThe Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu, the former Hoysala capital Dwarasamudra in Karnataka, is a twin-shrined temple to Shiva begun around 1121 during the reign of…
HpakantPlaceHpakant is a town in Kachin State in northern Myanmar, at the centre of the world's largest deposits of high-quality jadeite.
Hrabanus MaurusPersonHrabanus Maurus was a Frankish monk, scholar and theologian, a pupil of Alcuin.- HrodgaudPersonHrodgaud was the last Lombard Duke of Friuli.
HromklaPlaceHromkla, Turkish Rumkale, is a fortress on a crag above the Euphrates in south-eastern Turkey.
Hrotsvitha of GandersheimPersonHrotsvitha of Gandersheim was a canoness of Gandersheim Abbey in Saxony and a Latin writer, regarded as the first known woman poet of Germany and the first known…
Hrvoje Vukčić HrvatinićPersonHrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić was the most powerful Bosnian magnate of his day, who made and unmade Bosnian kings after the death of Tvrtko I.
Hrvoje's MissalWork / monumentHrvoje's Missal is a Croatian liturgical book written in the Glagolitic script around 1403–1404 in Split for Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Grand Duke of Bosnia and Duke of…
Hryhorii SkovorodaPersonHryhorii Skovoroda (1722–1794) was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet and teacher, educated at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.- HrørekPersonHrørek was a petty king of Hedmark in eastern Norway in the early 11th century, according to the sagas of Snorri Sturluson.
HsinbyumashinPersonHsinbyumashin was a Burmese queen, one of the senior queens of King Mindon, who dominated the court at the end of his reign.- HsinbyushinPersonHsinbyushin was the third king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma, ruling from 1763 to 1776, a son of the dynasty's founder Alaungpaya.
HtilominloPersonHtilominlo, also called Nadaungmya, was king of Pagan from 1211 to 1235, chosen by his father Narapatisithu from among several sons.
Hu JintaoPersonHu Jintao is a Chinese politician who was general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012 and president of the People's Republic of China from 2003…
Hu ShiPersonHu Shi was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat, a student of John Dewey and a leader of the New Culture Movement.
Hua CountyPlaceHua County is a county of Anyang in northern Henan, China, on the old course of the Yellow River.
Huaca de la LunaWork / monumentThe Huaca de la Luna, 'Temple of the Moon', is a great adobe temple at the Moche capital of Huacas de Moche, near Trujillo on the north coast of Peru.
Huaca del SolWork / monumentThe Huaca del Sol, 'Temple of the Sun', is a vast stepped platform of mud brick at Huacas de Moche near Trujillo, Peru, built by the Moche culture between about 100 and…
Huaca LoroPlaceHuaca Loro is an adobe pyramid in the Sicán Precinct at Batán Grande on the north coast of Peru, built during the Middle Sicán period of about 900–1100.- Huaca Mateo SaladoPlaceHuaca Mateo Salado is an archaeological complex in central Lima, Peru, made up of five large stepped adobe pyramids.
Huaca PucllanaPlaceHuaca Pucllana is a large adobe and clay pyramid of the Lima culture in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, built between about 200 and 700 CE.- Huaca San MarcosPlaceHuaca San Marcos is one of the largest mounds of the Maranga complex in Lima, Peru, built by the Lima culture in the first centuries CE.
Huacas de MochePlaceHuacas de Moche is the archaeological site of the capital of the Moche culture, in the Moche valley just south of Trujillo on the north coast of Peru.
HuahinePlaceHuahine is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, made up of two parts, Huahine Nui and Huahine Iti, joined by a narrow channel.
Huai ArmyInstitutionThe Huai Army was a regional army raised by Li Hongzhang in the mid-nineteenth century to fight the Taiping and other rebellions.
Huai RiverPlaceThe Huai River flows east across central China between the Yellow River and the Yangtze, and is often treated as the line between northern and southern China.
Huaihai campaignCampaign · 1948–1949The Huaihai campaign was one of the three decisive campaigns of the Chinese Civil War, fought from November 1948 to January 1949 in the region around Xuzhou between the…
Huaihai RoadPlaceHuaihai Road is a major shopping street in central Shanghai.
Huaiyang DistrictPlaceHuaiyang is a district of Zhoukou in eastern Henan province, China.- HuaiyiPeople / groupThe Huaiyi were peoples of the Huai River region of present-day northern Anhui and Jiangsu, outside the Zhou royal domain.
Huallaga RiverPlaceThe Huallaga is a river of central and northern Peru, about 1,140 km long, rising in the Andes near Cerro de Pasco and flowing north past Huánuco and through the San…
Huan RiverPlaceThe Huan River is a river in northern Henan, China, that flows east through the city of Anyang.
Huan WenPersonHuan Wen was a general and statesman of the Eastern Jin who dominated the court for two decades.- Huan XuanPersonHuan Xuan was a warlord of the Eastern Jin dynasty and son of the powerful general Huan Wen.
- Huanbei Shang CityPlaceHuanbei Shang City is the site of a large walled city of the middle Shang period on the north bank of the Huan River near Anyang, Henan.
HuancavelicaPlaceHuancavelica is a city in the central Andes of Peru, at about 3,700 metres.
HuancayoPlaceHuancayo is a city in the central highlands of Peru, capital of the Junín region, in the Mantaro valley at about 3,250 m.
Huang ChaoPersonHuang Chao was a failed examination candidate and salt smuggler who led the largest rebellion of the late Tang dynasty.
Huang Chao RebellionRevolt · 874–884The Huang Chao Rebellion was a large uprising in China from 874 to 884, led by the salt smuggler Huang Chao.
Huang JinrongPersonHuang Jinrong was a Chinese detective and gang boss who served for decades as a senior officer of the French Concession police in Shanghai while running opium, gambling…- Huang-Lao TaoismReligion / ideaHuang-Lao Taoism was a school of thought combining Taoist ideas with practical statecraft, named after the Yellow Emperor and Laozi.
Huangchuan CountyPlaceHuangchuan County is a county in Xinyang, in south-eastern Henan province, China, on the Huai River plain.
HuanggangPlaceHuanggang is a city in eastern Hubei province, China, on the north bank of the Yangtze.
HuanrenPlaceHuanren is a county in Liaoning province in north-eastern China, on the Hun River near the border with North Korea.- Huarpa culturePeople / groupThe Huarpa culture flourished in the Ayacucho basin of the central Peruvian highlands in the first half of the 1st millennium CE.
HuáscarPersonHuáscar was Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire from about 1527 to 1532, ruling from Cuzco after the death of his father Huayna Capac.- Huastec AdolescentWork / monumentThe Huastec Adolescent is a limestone statue of a young man, made by the Huastec people of north-eastern Mexico in the Postclassic period and found at Tamuín, San Luis…
Huastec peoplePeople / groupThe Huastec, or Teenek, are an Indigenous people of north-eastern Mexico who speak a Mayan language that separated from the other Mayan languages long ago.
HuastecaPlaceThe Huasteca is a region on the Gulf coast of Mexico, covering parts of Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, Querétaro and Puebla.- HuavePeople / groupThe Huave, who call themselves Ikoots, are an Indigenous people of the Pacific coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico, living around coastal lagoons…
Huayna CapacPersonHuayna Capac was the Sapa Inca who ruled the Inca Empire at its greatest extent, from about 1493.
HubalReligion / ideaHubal was a god worshipped in pre-Islamic Mecca, whose statue of red stone with a golden hand stood inside the Kaaba.
HubeiPlaceHubei is a province of central China on the middle Yangtze, with its capital at Wuhan.
Hubert IngrahamPersonHubert Ingraham is a Bahamian politician who served as prime minister of the Bahamas from 1992 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2012.
Hubert LyauteyPersonHubert Lyautey was a French general and the first resident-general of the French protectorate in Morocco, from 1912 to 1925.
Hubert MagaPersonHubert Maga was a schoolteacher from northern Dahomey who became one of the colony's three leading politicians.
Hubert MurrayPersonHubert Murray was an Australian lawyer who governed Papua as lieutenant-governor from 1908 until his death in 1940.- HuchuquanPersonHuchuquan was the last effectively independent chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu, ruling from 195 to 216.
- Hudhayl ibn Khalaf ibn RazinPersonHudhayl ibn Khalaf ibn Razin was a Berber chief of the Banu Razin who made Albarracín independent around 1012, as the Caliphate of Córdoba broke apart.
Hudson BayPlaceHudson Bay is a large inland sea in north-eastern Canada.
Hudson RiverPlaceThe Hudson River flows about 500 kilometres south from the Adirondack Mountains of New York to the Atlantic at New York City.
Hudson ValleyPlaceThe Hudson Valley is the valley of the Hudson River in New York, running north from New York City towards Albany.
Hudson's Bay CompanyInstitutionThe Hudson's Bay Company was chartered by Charles II in 1670 with a monopoly of trade in all lands draining into Hudson Bay, a territory called Rupert's Land.- Hudud al-AlamWork / monumentThe Hudud al-Alam, 'The Limits of the World', is an anonymous Persian geography completed in 982 and dedicated to the Farighunid amir Abu'l-Harith Muhammad of Guzgan.
HuếPlaceHuế, formerly Phu Xuan, is a city on the Perfume River in central Vietnam.
HuelvaPlaceHuelva is a port city in Andalusia, south-western Spain, where the Odiel and Tinto rivers meet, and capital of the province of the same name.- HuertaTermA huerta is an irrigated agricultural area in Spain, especially around Valencia, Murcia and Granada, using irrigation channels developed in the Islamic period.
HuervaPlaceThe Huerva is a river of Aragon in north-eastern Spain, a right-bank tributary of the Ebro about 130 km long.
HuescaPlaceHuesca is a city in Aragon in north-eastern Spain, at the foot of the Pyrenees.- HuetePlaceHuete is a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
- HuexotzincaPeople / groupThe Huexotzinca were the people of Huexotzinco, an independent city-state in central Mexico.
Huey TlatoaniInstitutionHuey Tlatoani, meaning Great Speaker, was the title of the supreme ruler of Tenochtitlan and the Aztec Triple Alliance.- Hug Roger III of Pallars SobiràPersonHug Roger III was the last count of Pallars Sobirà in the Catalan Pyrenees.
Hugh CapetPersonHugh Capet was Duke of the Franks and, from 987, King of the Franks, the founder of the Capetian dynasty.
Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of ChesterPersonHugh d'Avranches was a Norman nobleman, a companion of William the Conqueror, who became Earl of Chester in 1071.