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Kit CarsonPersonKit Carson was an American frontiersman, trapper and guide who became famous through John C.- Kita, MaliPlaceKita is a town in the Kayes Region of western Mali, at the foot of the Kita massif and on the Dakar–Niger Railway.
- Kitab al-FarqWork / monumentKitab al-Farq, or Book of the Difference, is a political treatise by Usman dan Fodio, founder of the Sokoto Caliphate.
- Kitab al-I'tibarWork / monumentThe Kitab al-I'tibar, or Book of Contemplation, is the memoir of the Syrian Arab nobleman Usama ibn Munqidh, written in his old age around 1183.
Al-Kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wal-muqābalaWork / monumentAl-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wal-muqabala, the Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing, is a mathematical treatise by al-Khwarizmi written…- Kitab GhanjaWork / monumentThe Kitab Ghanja is an Arabic chronicle of the kingdom of Gonja in northern Ghana, compiled by Muslim scholars in the 18th century.
- Kitab-i DiyarbakriyyaWork / monumentThe Kitab-i Diyarbakriyya is a Persian chronicle of the Aq Qoyunlu dynasty written by Abu Bakr Tihrani for Uzun Hasan in the later fifteenth century.
- Kitab-i-NaurasWork / monumentThe Kitab-i-Nauras, 'book of the nine rasas', is a collection of songs written around 1600 by Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of the Bijapur Sultanate.
Kitabatake ChikafusaPersonKitabatake Chikafusa (1293–1354) was a Japanese courtier, general and writer, a leading supporter of Emperor Go-Daigo and the Southern Court.- KitahimbwaPersonKitahimbwa was omukama of Bunyoro from 1898 to 1902, a young son of Kabalega placed on the throne by the British during his father's resistance.
- Kitanoshō CastleWork / monumentKitanoshō Castle was a castle in Echizen province, on the site of present-day Fukui, built from 1575 by Shibata Katsuie, a senior general of Oda Nobunaga.
- KitbuqaPersonKitbuqa was a Mongol general of Naiman origin who served under Hulagu, founder of the Ilkhanate.
KitobPlaceKitob is a town in the Qashqadaryo region of southern Uzbekistan, close to Shahrisabz.
Kittery, MainePlaceKittery is a town in southern Maine, United States, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Kittur ChennammaPersonKittur Chennamma was queen of Kittur, a small Lingayat state in northern Karnataka.
Kiurikian dynastyPeople / groupThe Kiurikian dynasty was a branch of the Armenian Bagratids that ruled the Kingdom of Lori, or Tashir-Dzoraget, in northern Armenia from around 979.
KiwalaʻōPersonKiwalaʻō was the son and heir of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, ruler of the island of Hawaiʻi.
Kiya AfrasiyabPersonKiya Afrasiyab of the Chelavi family was a commander and in-law of Fakhr al-Dawla Hasan, the last Bavandid ruler of Mazandaran.- Kiyohara clanPeople / groupThe Kiyohara were a warrior family of Dewa province in northern Japan.
KiyosuPlaceKiyosu is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, north-west of Nagoya.- Kizhavan SethupathiPersonKizhavan Sethupathi, also called Raghunatha Kilavan, ruled the Ramnad kingdom on the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu from about 1671 to 1710.
Kizil CavesPlaceThe Kizil Caves are a complex of more than 230 Buddhist rock-cut caves near Kucha in Xinjiang, China, carved into cliffs above the Muzat River between about the 3rd and…- KizlyarPlaceKizlyar is a town in northern Dagestan, Russia, on the lower Terek River near the Caspian Sea.
Kizza BesigyePersonKizza Besigye is a Ugandan physician and politician who served as Yoweri Museveni's personal doctor during the Bush War and rose to colonel in the National Resistance…
KlagenfurtPlaceKlagenfurt is the capital of Carinthia in southern Austria, at the eastern end of the Wörthersee.
KlaipėdaPlaceKlaipėda, historically called Memel, is Lithuania's third largest city and only seaport, at the mouth of the Curonian Lagoon on the Baltic.
Klaipėda ConventionTreaty · 1924The Klaipėda Convention was an international agreement signed in Paris in May 1924 between Lithuania and Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
Klaipėda RevoltRevolt · 1923The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923, when Lithuanian irregulars, organised secretly by the Lithuanian government and presented as a local uprising, seized…- Klang WarWar · 1867–1874The Klang War was a civil war in Selangor fought from 1867 to 1874 between rival Malay chiefs over control of the rich tin-mining districts and their river tolls.
KlarjetiPlaceKlarjeti is a historic region of south-western Georgia in the lower Chorokhi valley, today mostly in Artvin Province, Turkey.
Klaus StörtebekerPersonKlaus Störtebeker (c. 1360–1401) was a leader of the Victual Brothers, a band of pirates who raided shipping in the Baltic and North Sea around 1400.- KleinbaselPlaceKleinbasel, 'Little Basel', is the part of the city of Basel on the right, northern bank of the Rhine in Switzerland.
Klemens von MetternichPersonPrince Klemens von Metternich was Austrian foreign minister from 1809 and chancellor from 1821 until 1848.
Klement GottwaldPersonKlement Gottwald was leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929.
KlevePlaceKleve, known in English as Cleves, is a town in the Lower Rhine region of North Rhine-Westphalia, near the Dutch border.- Klima (Milos)PlaceKlima is a fishing village on the island of Milos (Melos) in the Cyclades, Greece, on the north side of the island's large natural harbour.
KliptownPlaceKliptown is one of the oldest residential districts of Soweto, south-west of Johannesburg.
Klis FortressPlaceKlis Fortress stands on a pass above Split in Croatia, guarding the route from the Dalmatian coast to the interior.
Klooga concentration campPlaceKlooga concentration camp was a Nazi labour camp in north-western Estonia, a subcamp of Vaivara, which operated from 1943 to 1944.
KlosterneuburgPlaceKlosterneuburg is a town on the Danube just north of Vienna in Lower Austria.- KlyazmaPlaceThe Klyazma is a river of central Russia, about 690 km long, rising north-west of Moscow and flowing east past Vladimir to join the Oka near Gorokhovets.
- KneiphofPlaceThe Kneiphof was an island in the Pregel river in Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, and one of the three medieval towns that formed the city.
The Knight in the Panther's SkinWork / monumentThe Knight in the Panther's Skin is a Georgian epic poem written by Shota Rustaveli around 1200 and dedicated to Queen Tamar.- KnighthoodReligion / ideaKnighthood refers to the tradition of an elite class of mounted, heavily armed warriors bound by status and service to a ruler.
Knights HospitallerPeople / groupThe Knights Hospitaller, the Order of Saint John, grew from a hospital for pilgrims in Jerusalem into a military order of the crusades.
Knights TemplarInstitutionThe Knights Templar were a Catholic military order founded in Jerusalem around 1119 to protect pilgrims in the crusader states.
KninPlaceKnin is a town in the Dalmatian hinterland of Croatia, on the Krka river, beneath a large hilltop fortress.
KnockfarrelPlaceKnockfarrel is an Iron Age hillfort on a ridge near Strathpeffer in Easter Ross, in the Scottish Highlands.
KnowthPlaceKnowth is a Neolithic passage tomb complex in the Boyne valley, County Meath, Ireland, built around 3200 BCE and part of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site.
KnoydartPlaceKnoydart is a remote, mountainous peninsula on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, between Loch Nevis and Loch Hourn.
Kobayakawa clanPeople / groupThe Kobayakawa were a Japanese warrior clan of Aki province in western Honshu.
Kobayakawa HideakiPersonKobayakawa Hideaki was a Japanese daimyo, a nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife adopted into the Kobayakawa family.
Kobayashi TorasaburoPersonKobayashi Torasaburo was a senior retainer of the Nagaoka domain in Japan.- KobbeiPlaceKobbei was a commercial town in northern Darfur and an early capital or chief trading centre of the Darfur Sultanate.
KobePlaceKobe is a port city in western Japan on Osaka Bay, capital of Hyogo Prefecture.
KoblenzPlaceKoblenz is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle, a point marked by the Deutsches Eck monument.
Koca Sinan PashaPersonKoca Sinan Pasha was an Ottoman general and statesman of Albanian origin.
KocelPersonKocel was a Slavic prince of Lower Pannonia, the son of Pribina, who ruled from Mosapurc near Lake Balaton as a vassal of the East Frankish kings from 861 to about 876.
KocherPlaceThe Kocher is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 170 km long and a right tributary of the Neckar.
KochiPlaceKochi, historically Cochin, is a port city in Kerala on the Malabar Coast of India.
KodaguPlaceKodagu, formerly Coorg, is a hilly district of Karnataka in south-western India, in the Western Ghats, where the Kaveri river rises.
Kodama GentarōPersonKodama Gentarō (1852–1906) was a Japanese general and statesman.
Kodava peoplePeople / groupThe Kodavas are a people of Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka, south-western India, who speak the Dravidian Kodava language.
Kodiak IslandPlaceKodiak Island is a large island off the south coast of Alaska, home of the Alutiiq people.
KodungallurPlaceKodungallur is a town in Thrissur district, Kerala, near the mouth of the Periyar river on the Malabar Coast of India.
Koe-thaung TempleWork / monumentThe Koe-thaung Temple is a large Buddhist temple at Mrauk U in Rakhine State, Myanmar, built by King Min Dikkha in the mid-16th century.
KoffiefonteinPlaceKoffiefontein is a small town in the south-west of the Free State province of South Africa, founded after diamonds were found there in 1870.- Kofi AdinkraPersonKofi Adinkra was king of Gyaman, the Abron kingdom around Bondoukou, in the early 19th century.
KōfuPlaceKōfu is the capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in a basin west of Tokyo.
Koga, IbarakiPlaceKoga is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kanto region of Japan, formerly in Shimousa province.
Kogi peoplePeople / groupThe Kogi are an Indigenous people of the northern Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, speaking a Chibchan language and widely regarded as heirs of the Tairona.
Kogi StatePlaceKogi State is a state in central Nigeria, created in 1991, with Lokoja as its capital.
Koh-i-NoorWork / monumentThe Koh-i-Noor, meaning 'Mountain of Light', is one of the most famous diamonds in the world, originating in India.
Kohala, HawaiiPlaceKohala is the northernmost district of the island of Hawaiʻi, formed by the old Kohala volcano.- Kohandil KhanPersonKohandil Khan was one of the Barakzai Sardars of Kandahar, half-brothers of Dost Mohammad Khan, who ruled the city and its region after the collapse of the Durrani…
- Koine GreekReligion / ideaKoine Greek was the common form of Greek that spread across the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East after the conquests of Alexander the Great.
- KojikiWork / monumentThe Kojiki ('Record of Ancient Matters') is the oldest surviving Japanese chronicle, compiled by Ō no Yasumaro and presented to the court in 712.
Kōka, ShigaPlaceKōka is a district and city in the south of Shiga Prefecture, Japan, neighbouring the old province of Iga.- Kokalla IPersonKokalla I was the founder of the power of the Kalachuris of Tripuri in central India in the late 9th century.
KokandPlaceKokand is a city in the Fergana Valley of present-day Uzbekistan and was the capital of the Khanate of Kokand from the eighteenth century.
Kokcha RiverPlaceThe Kokcha is a river in Badakhshan in north-eastern Afghanistan, a left tributary of the Panj, the upper course of the Amu Darya.- Kokna peoplePeople / groupThe Kokna are an Adivasi people of the forested hills on the borders of Gujarat and Maharashtra in western India, especially in the Dangs, Valsad, Navsari and Nashik…
Kokoda Track campaignCampaign · 1942The Kokoda Track campaign was fought between July and November 1942 in the Owen Stanley Range of Papua, then an Australian territory.
KokopoPlaceKokopo is a town on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
KokstadPlaceKokstad is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, founded in 1869 at the foot of Mount Currie by the Griqua leader Adam Kok III and named after him.
KokuraPlaceKokura is a district of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on the southern shore of the Kanmon Straits.- Kola nutTermThe kola nut is the caffeine-containing seed of the kola tree, native to the West African forest zone.
- KolarPlaceKolar is a city in south-eastern Karnataka, India, east of Bangalore.
- Koli TenguellaPersonKoli Tenguella was a Fulani leader who around 1490 led a mass migration of herders and warriors from the Futa Jallon highlands towards the Senegal river.
KolkataPlaceKolkata (Calcutta) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the Hooghly River.
KollamPlaceKollam, formerly Quilon, is a port city on the Malabar Coast of Kerala, India.
Kollidam RiverPlaceThe Kollidam, also called the Coleroon, is the northern distributary of the Kaveri river in Tamil Nadu, southern India.- KolokshaPlaceThe Koloksha is a river in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Klyazma.
KolomnaPlaceKolomna is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, near the confluence of the Moskva and Oka rivers, about 110 kilometres south-east of Moscow.- Koloniale StatenInstitutionThe Koloniale Staten was the colonial legislature of Suriname, established in 1866.
- KomendaPlaceKomenda is a coastal town in the Central Region of Ghana, west of Elmina.
Komenda WarsWar · 1694–1700The Komenda Wars were a series of conflicts from 1694 to 1700 on the Gold Coast, centred on the Akan kingdom of Eguafo and its port of Komenda.
Komi peoplesPeople / groupThe Komi are a Finno-Ugric people of north-eastern European Russia, divided mainly into the Komi-Zyrians of the Komi Republic and the Komi-Permyaks of Perm Krai.
Komi-PermyaksPeople / groupThe Komi-Permyaks are a Finno-Ugric people of the upper Kama basin in Perm Krai, Russia, closely related to the Komi of the Komi Republic and speaking their own form of…- KommosPlaceKommos is a Minoan harbour town on the south coast of Crete, at the edge of the Mesara plain, which probably served as the port of Phaistos.