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- Hindu-BuddhistReligion / ideaHindu-Buddhist refers to the blended religious and cultural tradition, drawing on both Hinduism and Buddhism, that shaped many states of South-East Asia.
- HinduismReligion / ideaHinduism is a major religious tradition of South Asia, encompassing diverse beliefs, practices and scriptures.
HindustanPlaceHindustan is a historical name for northern India, particularly the plains of the Indus and Ganges.
Hindu–Arabic numeral systemTermThe Hindu–Arabic numeral system is the decimal place-value system of writing numbers with ten digits, including zero, used throughout the world today.
Hinrich LohsePersonHinrich Lohse was a Nazi politician, Gauleiter of Schleswig-Holstein from 1925.
Hinton St Mary MosaicWork / monumentThe Hinton St Mary Mosaic is a fourth-century Roman floor mosaic found in 1963 at Hinton St Mary in Dorset, England.
Hintsa kaKhawutaPersonHintsa kaKhawuta was king of the Gcaleka Xhosa, paramount among the Xhosa chiefs, from about 1820 to 1835.
Hipólito YrigoyenPersonHipólito Yrigoyen was the leader of the Radical Civic Union and the first Argentine president elected under the secret and compulsory male suffrage of the Sáenz Peña…
Hippias (tyrant)PersonHippias was tyrant of Athens from 527 to 510 BCE, the eldest son of Peisistratos.- Hippias of ElisPersonHippias of Elis was a Greek sophist of the late 5th century BCE, a contemporary of Socrates.
Hippo RegiusPlaceHippo Regius was an ancient city on the coast of present-day Algeria, on the site of modern Annaba.
HippocratesPersonHippocrates was a Greek physician from the island of Kos, born around 460 BCE, who is traditionally called the father of medicine.
Hippocrates of ChiosPersonHippocrates of Chios was a Greek mathematician who worked in Athens in the fifth century BCE.- Hippocrates of GelaPersonHippocrates of Gela was tyrant of the Greek city of Gela in Sicily from about 498 BCE.
- Hippodamus of MiletusPersonHippodamus of Miletus was a Greek architect and political thinker of the 5th century BCE, regarded in antiquity as the father of town planning.
Hippodrome of ConstantinoplePlaceThe Hippodrome of Constantinople was the chariot-racing stadium of the Byzantine capital, begun under Septimius Severus and enlarged by Constantine the Great.
Hippolytus (son of Theseus)PersonHippolytus is a figure of Greek mythology, the son of Theseus and an Amazon queen.
HipponaxPersonHipponax of Ephesus was a Greek iambic poet of the sixth century BCE who was expelled from Ephesus by its tyrants and lived at Clazomenae.- HipposPlaceHippos was a Hellenistic and Roman city of the Decapolis on a flat-topped hill east of the Sea of Galilee, in the modern Golan region of Israel.
Al-HiraPlaceAl-Hira was an ancient city in southern Iraq, south of modern Kufa near the Euphrates, capital of the Arab Lakhmid kings from the late 3rd century until 602.
Hiraga GennaiPersonHiraga Gennai was a Japanese scholar of Western learning, inventor, writer and painter of the Edo period, born in Sanuki province.
HiraizumiPlaceHiraizumi is a town in Iwate prefecture in northern Honshu, Japan.- Hiralal ShastriPersonHiralal Shastri was an Indian independence activist and social reformer from Jaipur, founder of the Vanasthali Vidyapith women's college.
Hiram Bingham IIIPersonHiram Bingham III was an American academic, explorer and politician who in 1911 led the Yale expedition that brought Machu Picchu to international attention.- Hiram IPersonHiram I was king of Tyre in the 10th century BCE.
- Hirde ShahPersonHirde Shah was a son of the Bundela ruler Chhatrasal and became Raja of Panna in central India on his father's death in 1731.
- Hiri MotuTermHiri Motu is a simplified form of the Motu language of the Port Moresby area and one of the national languages of Papua New Guinea.
- Hirlas OwainWork / monumentHirlas Owain ('Owain's Drinking Horn') is a Welsh poem of the late twelfth century attributed to Owain Cyfeiliog, prince of southern Powys.
HirohitoPersonHirohito was Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989.
HiroshimaPlaceHiroshima is a city in western Japan.
Hiroshima BayPlaceHiroshima Bay is an inlet of the Seto Inland Sea on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, sheltered by islands including Itsukushima (Miyajima).
Hiroshima PrefecturePlaceHiroshima Prefecture is a prefecture in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea, with its capital at Hiroshima.
Hirsau AbbeyInstitutionHirsau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in the northern Black Forest, Germany, founded in the 9th century and refounded in 1065.
Hisham I of CórdobaPersonHisham I was the second Umayyad emir of Córdoba, ruling from 788 to 796, son of Abd al-Rahman I.
Hisham IIPersonHisham II was the third Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba, succeeding as a child in 976.- Hisham III of CórdobaPersonHisham III (c. 975–1036) was the last Umayyad caliph of Córdoba, proclaimed in 1026 and installed in the city only in 1029 after years of civil war.
HispaniaPlaceHispania was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula, conquered by Rome from 218 BCE until the end of the Cantabrian Wars in 19 BCE.- Hispania CiteriorStateHispania Citerior, "Nearer Spain", was the Roman province created in 197 BCE from Rome's conquests along the Mediterranean coast of eastern Iberia after the Second…
- Hispania UlteriorPlaceHispania Ulterior ('Further Spain') was a Roman province created in 197 BCE in the south and west of the Iberian Peninsula, centred on the Baetis (Guadalquivir) valley…
HispaniolaPlaceHispaniola is the second-largest island of the Caribbean, in the Greater Antilles, shared today by Haiti in the west and the Dominican Republic in the east.- Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–1860)War · 1859–1860The Hispano-Moroccan War was fought between Spain and Morocco from October 1859 to April 1860, after attacks on the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- HistadrutInstitutionThe Histadrut, the General Federation of Labour, was founded in Haifa in 1920 as the trade union of Jewish workers in Mandatory Palestine.
- HistiaeaPlaceHistiaea was an ancient Greek city in northern Euboea, controlling the strait facing Thessaly.
HistiaeusPersonHistiaeus was the tyrant of Miletus under the Persian king Darius I in the late 6th century BCE.- Historia BrittonumWork / monumentThe Historia Brittonum is a Latin history of the Britons compiled in Wales around 829–830 and traditionally attributed to Nennius.
Historia Tolteca-ChichimecaWork / monumentThe Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca is a 16th-century Nahuatl manuscript from Cuauhtinchan in Puebla, Mexico, combining text with pictorial maps.- Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of SciencesInstitutionThe Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences was founded in Munich in 1858 by Maximilian II of Bavaria, with the historian Leopold von Ranke as its…
- History of the Country of AlbaniaWork / monumentThe History of the Country of Albania is an Armenian-language history of Caucasian Albania attributed to Movses Kaghankatvatsi, probably compiled in the tenth century…
- History of the Great Island of MadagascarWork / monumentThe History of the Great Island of Madagascar (Histoire de la grande isle Madagascar) is a book by Étienne de Flacourt, French governor of Fort-Dauphin, published in…
History of the Patriarchs of AlexandriaWork / monumentThe History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria is a collection of biographies of the Coptic patriarchs of Alexandria, compiled in Arabic in Egypt from the 11th century and…
Hitachi ProvincePlaceHitachi Province was an old province of eastern Japan, corresponding to most of modern Ibaraki Prefecture, north-east of Edo.- HitchitiPeople / groupThe Hitchiti were a Muskogean-speaking people of the Lower Creek towns in Georgia.
- HithadhooPlaceHithadhoo is the largest island of Addu Atoll in the southern Maldives and the administrative centre of Addu City.
Hitler YouthPeople / groupThe Hitler Youth was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party, founded in 1926.
Hittite EmpireStateThe Hittite Empire was a major Bronze Age state centred on Hattusa in central Anatolia, at its height in the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries BCE.
Hittite lawsWork / monumentThe Hittite laws are a collection of legal provisions from the Hittite kingdom, preserved on cuneiform tablets from Hattusa.- Hittite sack of BabylonCampaign · c. 1595 BCEThe Hittite sack of Babylon was a raid on Babylon led by the Hittite king Mursili I around 1595 BCE.
- Hittite sack of WashukanniSiege · c. 1340 BCEThe Hittite sack of Washukanni was the capture of the Mitanni capital by the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I around 1340 BCE.
- Hittite vassal treatiesWork / monumentThe Hittite vassal treaties were formal agreements between Hittite kings and subordinate rulers, recorded on cuneiform tablets.
HIV/AIDSTermHIV/AIDS is the disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system and, untreated, leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Hizen ProvincePlaceHizen Province was an old province of Japan in north-western Kyushu, covering modern Saga Prefecture and most of Nagasaki Prefecture.
Hjalmar MäePersonHjalmar Mäe was an Estonian politician of the far-right Vaps movement who headed the Estonian Self-Administration set up by the German occupiers from 1941 to 1944.
Hjalmar SchachtPersonHjalmar Schacht was a German banker who as currency commissioner helped end the hyperinflation of 1923 and was president of the Reichsbank in 1923–1930 and 1933–1939.
Hluboká nad VltavouPlaceHluboká nad Vltavou, in German Frauenberg, is a small town on the Vltava in South Bohemia, Czech Republic.- HlukhivPlaceHlukhiv is a town in Sumy Oblast in north-eastern Ukraine.
HluttawInstitutionThe Hluttaw was the royal council of chief ministers in pre-colonial Burma, which handled administration, justice and royal decrees under the Toungoo and Konbaung…
Hmannan YazawinWork / monumentThe Hmannan Yazawin, or Glass Palace Chronicle, is the official chronicle of the Burmese monarchy, compiled by a committee of scholars appointed by King Bagyidaw in…
Hmong peoplePeople / groupThe Hmong are an ethnic group of the mountains of southern China, northern Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, speaking Hmongic languages.
HMS BeagleWork / monumentHMS Beagle was a Royal Navy brig-sloop launched in 1820 and converted for survey work.
HMS BountyWork / monumentHMS Bounty was a Royal Navy ship sent under William Bligh to collect breadfruit plants on Tahiti.
HMS Dreadnought (1906)Work / monumentHMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship launched in 1906 whose design, with a uniform main armament of ten 12-inch guns and steam-turbine propulsion, made all…
HMS Royal Charles (1655)Work / monumentThe Royal Charles was an English warship of about eighty guns, launched in 1655 as the Naseby for Oliver Cromwell's navy and renamed at the Restoration in 1660, when it…
HMT Empire WindrushWork / monumentHMT Empire Windrush was a passenger ship, built in Germany in 1930 as the Monte Rosa, that brought more than a thousand passengers, most of them from the Caribbean, to…- HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1910)Work / monumentDe Zeven Provinciën was a Dutch coastal defence ship launched in 1909 and stationed in the East Indies.
Ho Chi MinhPersonHo Chi Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary who helped found the French Communist Party and the Indochinese Communist Party, and in 1941 formed the Viet Minh.
Ho Chi Minh CityPlaceHo Chi Minh City, long known as Saigon, is the largest city of Vietnam, on the Saigon River near the Mekong delta.
Ho Chi Minh TrailPlaceThe Ho Chi Minh Trail was a network of roads, tracks and river routes running from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam.
Hồ Hán ThươngPersonHồ Hán Thương was the second and last emperor of the Hồ dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 1401 to 1407, while his father Hồ Quý Ly kept real power.- Hồ Quý LyPersonHồ Quý Ly was a powerful minister of the Trần dynasty who deposed the last Trần emperor in 1400 and founded the Hồ dynasty.
Hö'elünPersonHö'elün was the mother of Temüjin, later Genghis Khan.
Ho-ChunkPeople / groupThe Ho-Chunk, also called the Winnebago, are a Siouan-speaking Native American people of the western Great Lakes, whose homeland lay in present-day Wisconsin.
Hòa HảoReligion / ideaHòa Hảo is a Vietnamese Buddhist reform movement founded in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú Sổ in the Mekong Delta village of Hòa Hảo.- Hoa LưPlaceHoa Lư was the capital of Vietnam from 968 to 1010, in present-day Ninh Bình province. Đinh Tiên Hoàng built it as a fortified capital among limestone hills, and the…
Hoàn Kiếm LakePlaceHoàn Kiếm Lake, the 'Lake of the Returned Sword', is a lake in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hoàng Hoa ThámPersonHoàng Hoa Thám, known as De Tham, was a Vietnamese resistance leader who held out against the French for almost three decades in the hills of Yên Thế in northern Vietnam.- Hoàng Ngũ PhúcPersonHoàng Ngũ Phúc was a general of the Trịnh lords who ruled northern Vietnam.
HobartPlaceHobart is the capital of Tasmania, Australia, on the estuary of the Derwent River beneath Mount Wellington.- HobyoPlaceHobyo is a port town on the Indian Ocean coast of central Somalia, in the Mudug region.
HochburgWork / monumentThe Hochburg, or Hachberg Castle, is a large castle ruin near Emmendingen in the Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg.- HochelagaPlaceHochelaga was a fortified St Lawrence Iroquoian village on the island of Montreal, visited by Jacques Cartier in October 1535.
Hod HillPlaceHod Hill is a large Iron Age hillfort near Blandford Forum in Dorset, England, and one of the strongholds of the Durotriges.
HodeidahPlaceHodeidah is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen, in the coastal plain of the Tihama, and the country's main port for imports.
HodhPlaceThe Hodh is a large semi-arid basin in south-eastern Mauritania, bordering Mali, now divided into the regions of Hodh Ech Chargui and Hodh El Gharbi.
Hodna MountainsPlaceThe Hodna Mountains are a range in north-central Algeria, rising north of the Hodna basin and its salt lake, the Chott el Hodna.
HodonínPlaceHodonín is a town in South Moravia, Czech Republic, on the Morava river at the border with Slovakia.- HoechstWork / monumentHoechst was a German chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in the nineteenth century.
- Höfe DistrictPlaceHöfe is a district of the Swiss canton of Schwyz on the southern shore of Lake Zurich, made up of the municipalities of Wollerau, Freienbach and Feusisberg.
Hoffmann von FallerslebenPersonAugust Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben was a German poet and scholar of early German literature.
Hoffmann-La RocheInstitutionHoffmann-La Roche, usually known as Roche, is a Swiss pharmaceutical and diagnostics company founded in Basel in 1896 by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche.
HofufPlaceHofuf is the main city of the al-Ahsa oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, one of the largest palm oases in the world.