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- K'ahk' Tiliw Chan ChaakPersonK'ahk' Tiliw Chan Chaak was a king of the Classic Maya city of Naranjo, enthroned in 693 as a child, with his mother Lady Six Sky of Dos Pilas acting as ruler.
K'ak' Tiliw Chan YopaatPersonK'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat was the ruler of the Maya city of Quiriguá, installed in 724 under the authority of Copán.- K'ak'upakalPersonK'ak'upakal, "Fire Shield", was a lord of Chichen Itza in the second half of the 9th century and the figure most often named in the city's hieroglyphic inscriptions…
K'an IIPersonK'an II was king of the Maya city of Caracol in Belize from 618 to 658.- K'an Joy Chitam IIPersonK'an Joy Chitam II was king of the Maya city of Palenque from 702, a son of K'inich Janaab' Pakal.
- K'awiil Chan K'inichPersonK'awiil Chan K'inich was the fourth ruler of the Classic Maya kingdom of Dos Pilas in Guatemala, reigning from 741.
K'iche' peoplePeople / groupThe K'iche' are a Maya people of the western highlands of Guatemala, centred on the departments of El Quiché, Totonicapán and Quetzaltenango.- K'inich B'aaknal ChaakPersonK'inich B'aaknal Chaak was the ruler of the Maya city of Toniná, in Chiapas, Mexico, from 688 into the early 8th century.
- K'inich B'ahlam IIPersonK'inich B'ahlam II was a Classic Maya king of Waka', the city now called El Perú, in the north-western Petén of Guatemala, in the late 7th century.
K'inich Janaab PakalPersonK'inich Janaab Pakal was king of Palenque from 615 to 683, the most celebrated ruler of the Classic Maya.- K'inich Kan B'ahlam IIPersonK'inich Kan B'ahlam II was king of Palenque from 684 to 702, succeeding his father K'inich Janaab Pakal.
- K'inich Tatbu Skull IVPersonK'inich Tatbu Skull IV was the last known king of the Maya city of Yaxchilan, recorded on Lintel 10 around 808.
- K'inich Yat Ahk IIPersonK'inich Yat Ahk II was the last known king of the Classic Maya city of Piedras Negras on the Usumacinta river, ruling from 781.
K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'PersonK'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' was the founder of the royal dynasty of Copán, in present-day Honduras, who took power in 426 CE.- K'iq'abPersonK'iq'ab was a K'iche' Maya king of the mid-15th century, under whom the kingdom ruled from Q'umarkaj reached its greatest extent across western Guatemala and the…
- K'uk' B'ahlam IPersonK'uk' B'ahlam I was the founder of the royal dynasty of Palenque, the Maya city in Chiapas, Mexico.
K. J. StåhlbergPersonKaarlo Juho Ståhlberg was a Finnish lawyer and the first president of the Republic of Finland, serving from 1919 to 1925.- K. P. Sharma OliPersonK.
Ka'ba-ye ZartoshtWork / monumentThe Ka'ba-ye Zartosht is a square stone tower of the Achaemenid period at Naqsh-e Rostam near Persepolis in Iran; its original purpose is still debated.
KaabaWork / monumentThe Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the centre of the Great Mosque of Mecca, the holiest site in Islam.
Kaabu EmpireStateThe Kaabu Empire was a Mandinka state in present-day Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia.- KabahPlaceKabah is a Maya archaeological site in the Puuc hills of Yucatán, Mexico, about 20 km south-east of Uxmal, to which it was linked by a raised causeway (sacbe) ending in…
Kabaka of BugandaTermThe Kabaka of Buganda is the title of the king of Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda.
Kabaka YekkaPeople / groupKabaka Yekka, meaning "the king alone", was a political movement and party founded in Buganda in 1961 to defend the position of the kabaka and the kingdom's autonomy.- KabalegaPersonKabalega was omukama (king) of Bunyoro in western Uganda from 1870 to 1899.
- Kabanbay BatyrPersonKabanbay Batyr was a Kazakh warrior leader (batyr) of the Naiman tribe of the Middle Juz.
KabardiansPeople / groupThe Kabardians are the eastern branch of the Circassians, living chiefly in Kabardino-Balkaria in the North Caucasus.- KabarsPeople / groupThe Kabars were three tribes that rebelled against the Khazar Khaganate in the 9th century and joined the Hungarians.
- KabasaPlaceKabasa was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Ndongo in present-day Angola, on the plateau between the Lukala and Kwanza rivers.
- Kabayama HisatakaPersonKabayama Hisataka was a samurai of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma who commanded the invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1609.
Kabirdham districtPlaceKabirdham district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, with its headquarters at Kawardha.
Kabompo RiverPlaceThe Kabompo is a river of north-western Zambia, a major tributary of the upper Zambezi.- Kabongo LubaStateKabongo Luba was one of the two states into which the Luba kingdom split after a succession civil war in the late nineteenth century.
- Kaboyo Olimi IPersonKaboyo Olimi I was the founder of the Kingdom of Toro in western Uganda.
- KabukiTermKabuki is a form of Japanese theatre combining drama, music and dance, known for stylised acting and elaborate costumes.
KabulPlaceKabul is a city in present-day Afghanistan, strategically placed on routes between Central Asia and India.
KabylesPeople / groupThe Kabyles are a Berber people of Kabylia in northern Algeria, a mountainous region east of Algiers that includes the Djurdjura range.
KabyliaPlaceKabylia is a mountainous region of northern Algeria east of Algiers, home to the Kabyle Berbers.
KachhwahaPeople / groupThe Kachhwaha are a Rajput clan who ruled Amber, later Jaipur, in Rajasthan from the 12th century until Indian independence.
Kachin peoplePeople / groupThe Kachin are a group of related peoples of the hills of northern Myanmar and neighbouring parts of China and India, the largest of them the Jingpo.
Kachin StatePlaceKachin State is the northernmost state of Myanmar, bordering China and India, with its capital at Myitkyina.- Kadam schoolReligion / ideaThe Kadam school was a tradition of Tibetan Buddhism founded in the eleventh century by Dromtön, a disciple of the Indian teacher Atisha, who established Reting…
Kadashman-Enlil IPersonKadashman-Enlil I was a Kassite king of Babylonia in the 14th century BCE.- Kadava dynastyPeople / groupThe Kadava dynasty was a line of chieftains in northern Tamil Nadu who claimed descent from the Pallavas and served as feudatories of the Cholas.
Kadazan-DusunPeople / groupThe Kadazan-Dusun are the largest Indigenous group of Sabah, the Malaysian state in northern Borneo, a collective name for the closely related Kadazan and Dusun peoples…
Kadi Burhan al-DinPersonKadi Burhan al-Din was a jurist and poet from Kayseri who served the Eretnid dynasty as judge and vizier.
KaditshwenePlaceKaditshwene was the capital of the Bahurutshe, a large stone-walled Tswana town on a hill near present-day Zeerust in South Africa's North West province.- KadohadachoPeople / groupThe Kadohadacho were one of the three Caddo confederacies, living along the great bend of the Red River where Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma meet.
- Kadriah PalaceWork / monumentThe Kadriah Palace is the wooden palace of the sultans of Pontianak in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, at the meeting of the Kapuas and Landak rivers.
Kaduna RiverPlaceThe Kaduna River is a tributary of the Niger in central Nigeria.
Kaduna StatePlaceKaduna State is a state of north-western Nigeria, with its capital at Kaduna, the former administrative centre of colonial Northern Nigeria.- KadungonPersonKadungon was a Pandya king of southern India in the late 6th century who, according to the Velvikudi copper plates, ended the rule of the Kalabhras and restored Pandya…
KadıköyPlaceKadıköy is a district of Istanbul on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, facing the historic peninsula.
KaesongPlaceKaesong is a city in southern North Korea, near the border with South Korea.
Kaew NawaratPersonKaew Nawarat was the last ruler of Chiang Mai, a descendant of Kawila, reigning from 1911 to 1939 under Siamese authority.- Kafa ZonePlaceKafa Zone is an administrative zone of south-western Ethiopia, with its capital at Bonga.
Kafue RiverPlaceThe Kafue is a river of Zambia, about 960 km long and the largest tributary of the Zambezi lying wholly within the country.
Kaga ProvincePlaceKaga Province was an old province of Japan on the Sea of Japan coast, now the southern part of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Kagawa PrefecturePlaceKagawa Prefecture is the smallest prefecture of Japan, in the north-east of Shikoku on the Seto Inland Sea, with its capital at Takamatsu.
Kagera RegionPlaceKagera Region is an administrative region of north-western Tanzania, bordering Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, with Lake Victoria to the east and its capital at Bukoba.
Kagera RiverPlaceThe Kagera River is the largest river flowing into Lake Victoria, and its headwaters are often counted as the most distant source of the Nile.- Kagera SalientPlaceThe Kagera Salient is a strip of Tanzanian territory north of the Kagera River, west of Lake Victoria and bordering Uganda.
KagoshimaPlaceKagoshima is a city on Kagoshima Bay in southern Kyushu, Japan, facing the active volcano Sakurajima.
Kagoshima PrefecturePlaceKagoshima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan at the southern tip of Kyushu, including the Satsuma and Osumi peninsulas and a chain of islands reaching towards Okinawa.
KagyuReligion / ideaKagyu is one of the main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, tracing its teaching lineage from the Indian masters Tilopa and Naropa through the Tibetans Marpa, Milarepa and…- KahahanaPersonKahahana was ruler (aliʻi nui) of Oʻahu from 1773, chosen by the island's chiefs.
Kahal Zur Israel SynagogueWork / monumentThe Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue in Recife, Brazil, founded around 1636 under Dutch rule, was the first synagogue in the Americas.
Kahaya IIPersonKahaya II was Omugabe, or king, of Ankole from 1895 to 1944.- Kahekili IIPersonKahekili II was the ruling chief of Maui from about 1765.
Al-Kahf CastlePlaceAl-Kahf Castle is a ruined medieval fortress in the coastal mountains of western Syria, near Qadmus in Tartus governorate, built on a rocky spur and reached through a…
KahnawakePlaceKahnawake is a Mohawk community on the south shore of the St Lawrence opposite Montreal, in Quebec.- KahonePlaceKahone is a town in west-central Senegal, just east of Kaolack on the Saloum river.
KahramanmaraşPlaceKahramanmaraş is a city in south-eastern Turkey, at the foot of the Taurus Mountains.
Kaibara EkkenPersonKaibara Ekken was a Japanese Neo-Confucian scholar and botanist who served the Kuroda lords of the Fukuoka domain.- Kaibil BalamPersonKaibil Balam was the ruler of the Mam Maya kingdom in the western highlands of Guatemala at the time of the Spanish conquest.
KaiduPersonKaidu was a Mongol prince, a grandson of Ögedei, who dominated Central Asia from 1272 to 1301.
KaifengPlaceKaifeng is a city in north-central China on the Yellow River plain.- Kaihuang CodeWork / monumentThe Kaihuang Code was the law code of the Sui dynasty, issued by Emperor Wen in 581 and revised in 583, during the Kaihuang era.
Kailasa temple, ElloraWork / monumentThe Kailasa temple at Ellora in Maharashtra, India, is a Hindu temple to Shiva carved downward from a single mass of basalt rock.
Kailasanathar Temple, KanchipuramWork / monumentThe Kailasanathar Temple at Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India, was built around 700 by the Pallava king Narasimhavarman II, also called Rajasimha.
Kailua-KonaPlaceKailua-Kona is a town on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi, in the Kona district.- Kaiming dynastyStateThe Kaiming dynasty was the last royal house of the ancient state of Shu in the Chengdu plain, according to later Chinese traditions.
- Kainai NationPeople / groupThe Kainai, or Blood, are one of the peoples of the Blackfoot Confederacy, together with the Siksika and Piikani.
Kainji DamWork / monumentThe Kainji Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Niger River in western Nigeria, completed in 1968.- KairatosPlaceThe Kairatos is a small river in north-central Crete that flows past the Minoan palace of Knossos and reaches the sea east of Heraklion.
KairouanPlaceKairouan is a city in present-day Tunisia, founded in the seventh century as an early Arab Muslim centre and a seat of religious learning.
KaiserInstitutionKaiser is the German word for emperor, derived from the Roman name Caesar.
KaiseraugstPlaceKaiseraugst is a village in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, on the Rhine east of Basel.- KaiserbriefWork / monumentThe Kaiserbrief was a letter of November 1870, drafted by Otto von Bismarck and signed by Ludwig II of Bavaria, inviting King William I of Prussia to take the title of…
KaisheimPlaceKaisheim is a market town in the Donau-Ries district of Swabia, Bavaria, north of Donauwörth.
Kaitai ShinshoWork / monumentThe Kaitai Shinsho ('New Text on Anatomy') is a Japanese translation of a Dutch edition of the German physician Johann Adam Kulmus's anatomical tables, published in…- Kaiyō MaruWork / monumentThe Kaiyō Maru was a steam frigate built in the Netherlands for the Tokugawa shogunate and delivered in 1867, then the most powerful warship in Japan.
- Kaiyuan eraReligion / ideaThe Kaiyuan era was the reign period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty from 713 to 741.
- Kaji' ImoxPersonKaji' Imox was one of the two kings of the Kaqchikel Maya at Iximche in highland Guatemala.
Kakawin BharatayuddhaWork / monumentThe Kakawin Bharatayuddha is an Old Javanese poem retelling the great war of the Mahabharata, completed in 1157 under King Jayabaya of Kediri.
Kakegawa CastleWork / monumentKakegawa Castle is a Japanese castle in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, in the former province of Tōtōmi.- KakialiPersonKakiali was a leader of Hitu, on the northern peninsula of Ambon Island in Maluku, who held the title of captain of Hitu.
- KākuhihewaPersonKākuhihewa was ruler (aliʻi nui) of Oʻahu in the 16th century, remembered in Hawaiian tradition as a wise ruler whose reign was a time of peace and prosperity.
KakusthavarmaPersonKakusthavarma was a king of the Kadamba dynasty of Banavasi in Karnataka in the 5th century, regarded as one of its most powerful rulers.
KakuyidsPeople / groupThe Kakuyids were a Daylamite dynasty that ruled in western and central Iran in the 11th and 12th centuries.