Encyclopedia: K
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- Kasongo NyemboPersonKasongo Nyembo was a claimant to the Luba throne after the death of Ilunga Kabale.
- KasselPlaceKassel is a city in northern Hesse, Germany, on the Fulda river.
Kassite dynastyStateThe Kassite dynasty ruled Babylonia for about four centuries after the fall of the First Dynasty of Babylon.- KassitesPeople / groupThe Kassites were a people, probably from the Zagros region, who took control of Babylonia after the Hittite sack of Babylon and ruled it for about four centuries.
Kassym-Jomart TokayevPersonKassym-Jomart Tokayev is a Kazakh diplomat and politician, formerly foreign minister, prime minister and Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva.
KastamonuPlaceKastamonu is a city in northern Turkey, capital of Kastamonu Province, in the hills south of the Black Sea coast.
Kasubi TombsWork / monumentThe Kasubi Tombs on Kasubi Hill in Kampala are the burial place of four kabakas of Buganda: Mutesa I, Mwanga II, Daudi Chwa II and Mutesa II.
Kasugayama CastlePlaceKasugayama Castle was a mountain castle near modern Jōetsu in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, and the seat of Uesugi Kenshin in the 16th century.- KasurPlaceKasur is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan, south-east of Lahore near the border with India.
- Kasym KhanPersonKasym Khan was khan of the Kazakh Khanate from about 1511 to 1521, a son of the co-founder Janibek Khan.
- KatangaPlaceKatanga is a region in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rich in copper, cobalt and uranium.
- KataphraktoiInstitutionKataphraktoi, or cataphracts, were heavily armoured cavalry in which both rider and often horse were protected by armour.
- KatarabumiPersonKatarabumi was a sultan of Jailolo on Halmahera in the Maluku Islands in the mid-16th century.
- KataragamaPlaceKataragama is a pilgrimage town in south-eastern Sri Lanka, in Monaragala District, within the lands of the ancient kingdom of Ruhuna.
Kateb YacinePersonKateb Yacine (1929–1989) was an Algerian writer and dramatist.- KatehrPlaceKatehr was the medieval name of the region east of the Ganges in today's Uttar Pradesh, India, later known as Rohilkhand.
Kateri TekakwithaPersonKateri Tekakwitha was a Mohawk-Algonquin woman born in the Mohawk valley of New York who converted to Catholicism and moved to the Jesuit mission of Kahnawake near…- Kath (Khwarazm)PlaceKath was the ancient capital of Khwarazm, on the right bank of the Amu Darya in present-day Uzbekistan.
Kathi peoplePeople / groupThe Kathi are a community of the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, India, which is named after them.
KathiawarPlaceKathiawar, also called Saurashtra, is a large peninsula of western India in the state of Gujarat, bounded by the Gulf of Kutch and the Gulf of Khambhat.
Kathiawar AgencyInstitutionThe Kathiawar Agency was the British political agency, based at Rajkot, that supervised the more than two hundred princely states and chiefships of the Kathiawar…
KathmanduPlaceKathmandu is the capital and largest city of Nepal, in the Kathmandu Valley in the Himalayan foothills.
Kathmandu ValleyPlaceThe Kathmandu Valley is a fertile basin in the hills of central Nepal containing the cities of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur.
KathuaPlaceKathua is a town in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the headquarters of Kathua district, near the Ravi river and the border with Punjab.
Katō KiyomasaPersonKatō Kiyomasa was a Japanese general of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who received northern Higo in 1588 and became a leading commander in the invasions of Korea.
Katō TadahiroPersonKatō Tadahiro was the son and heir of Katō Kiyomasa, succeeding him as lord of Kumamoto in Higo in 1611 while still a boy.
Katō YoshiakiPersonKatō Yoshiaki was a Japanese daimyo and naval commander.- KatoikiaInstitutionA katoikia was a Greek or Macedonian military colony in the Hellenistic kingdoms, in which settlers received land in return for military service.
- KatotoPlaceKatoto is an archaeological site near Bukama in the Upemba Depression of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the upper Lualaba.
Katsushika HokusaiPersonKatsushika Hokusai was a Japanese painter and ukiyo-e printmaker of the late Edo period.
KattegatPlaceThe Kattegat is the sea area between the Jutland peninsula and the islands of Denmark on one side and the west coast of Sweden on the other.- Katur dynastyPeople / groupThe Katur dynasty ruled the princely state of Chitral, in the high valleys of north-western Pakistan, from the later 16th century until 1969.
KauaʻiPlaceKauaʻi is the oldest and northernmost of the main Hawaiian Islands, separated from Oʻahu by the wide Kaʻieʻiewaho Channel.
KaubPlaceKaub is a small wine town on the right bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
KaunasPlaceKaunas, historically Kovno, is the second-largest city of Lithuania, at the confluence of the Neris and Nemunas rivers.
Kaundinya IPersonKaundinya is the legendary founder of the ruling line of Funan in the lower Mekong region.
Kaunghmudaw PagodaWork / monumentThe Kaunghmudaw Pagoda is a large Buddhist stupa near Sagaing in Myanmar, built by King Thalun of the Restored Toungoo dynasty between 1636 and 1648.
KaupangPlaceKaupang was a Viking Age trading town near Larvik in Vestfold, Norway, occupied from about 800 to the mid-10th century.
KausambiPlaceKaushambi was an ancient city on the Yamuna, about 50 kilometres south-west of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, India, and the capital of the Vatsa kingdom.
KautharaPlaceKauthara was one of the principal regions of Champa, around modern Nha Trang in south-central Vietnam.
Kavad IPersonKavad I was Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 488 to 496 and again from 498 or 499 to 531.
Kavad IIPersonKavad II was a Sasanian king who deposed and killed his father Khosrow II in 628 CE after the defeat by Heraclius.- Kavan TissaPersonKavan Tissa was a king of Ruhuna in south-eastern Sri Lanka in the 2nd century BCE, known from the Mahavamsa chronicle.
KavirajamargaWork / monumentThe Kavirajamarga ('Royal Road of Poets') is the earliest surviving literary work in Kannada, a treatise on poetics written in the 9th century at the court of the…- KavyamimamsaWork / monumentThe Kavyamimamsa is a Sanskrit treatise on poetics written by Rajashekhara at the court of Kannauj around 900 CE.
Kawai TsugunosukePersonKawai Tsugunosuke was a senior retainer of the Nagaoka domain in Echigo who reformed its finances and modernised its army with rifles and Gatling guns.- Kawar peoplePeople / groupThe Kawar, also written Kanwar, are an Adivasi people of Chhattisgarh in central India, living mainly in the northern districts such as Korba, Surguja, Bilaspur and…
KawilaPersonKawila was a prince of Lampang who in the 1770s allied with the Thonburi Kingdom of Siam and helped drive the Burmese out of Lan Na.
KawitPlaceKawit is a town in Cavite province on Manila Bay in the Philippines and the birthplace of Emilio Aguinaldo.
Kawo Tona GagaPersonKawo Tona Gaga was the last independent king of Wolaita in southern Ethiopia.- Kawus (son of Kavad I)PersonKawus was the eldest son of the Sasanian king Kavad I and ruled Tabaristan and the Caspian provinces as a sub-king in the early 6th century.
Kayah StatePlaceKayah State is the smallest state of Myanmar, in the hills of the east bordering Thailand, with its capital at Loikaw.- KayalPlaceKayal was a medieval port of the Pandya kingdom on the Gulf of Mannar coast of Tamil Nadu, India, near the mouth of the Tamraparni river and the modern town of…
Kayan people (Borneo)People / groupThe Kayan are an Indigenous Dayak people of Borneo, living along the upper reaches of rivers such as the Kayan in North Kalimantan, the Mahakam in East Kalimantan and…
KayapóPeople / groupThe Kayapó are Gê-speaking indigenous peoples of central Brazil.
KayasthaPeople / groupThe Kayasthas are a group of Hindu castes of northern and central India traditionally associated with writing, record-keeping and administration.- KayesPlaceKayes is a city in western Mali on the Senegal River, capital of the Kayes Region.
KayforcePeople / groupKayforce was the New Zealand Army force raised for service in the Korean War under the United Nations Command.
Kaykaus IPersonKaykaus I was sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum from 1211 to 1220.
Kaykaus IIPersonKaykaus II was sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum from 1246, under Mongol overlordship, sharing or disputing the throne with his brothers Kilij Arslan IV and…
Kaykhusraw IPersonKaykhusraw I was sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in Anatolia, reigning from 1192 to 1196 and again from 1205 to 1211.
Kaykhusraw IIPersonKaykhusraw II was sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum from 1237 to 1246, succeeding his father Kayqubad I.
Kayqubad IPersonKayqubad I was sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in Anatolia from 1220 to 1237, the period of its greatest power.
KayseriPlaceKayseri is a city in central Anatolia, Turkey, at the foot of the extinct volcano Erciyes.- Kaysone PhomvihanePersonKaysone Phomvihane was the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and of the communist Pathet Lao movement.
- Kayı tribePeople / groupThe Kayı tribe was a branch of the Oghuz Turks.
Kazakh famine of 1930–1933EventThe Kazakh famine of 1930–1933, known in Kazakh as the Asharshylyk, was a man-made famine in Soviet Kazakhstan.- KazakhsPeople / groupThe Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the Central Asian steppe.
- Kazakh–Dzungar warsWar · 1643–1756The Kazakh–Dzungar wars were a series of conflicts from the 1640s to the 1750s between the Kazakh Khanate and the Dzungar Khanate for the steppes of Central Asia.
- KazalluPlaceKazallu was an ancient city-state in Mesopotamia.
- KazanPlaceKazan is a city on the Volga at its confluence with the Kazanka, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia.
- KazanlakPlaceKazanlak is a town in central Bulgaria, in the Valley of Roses south of the Balkan Mountains.
- KazembePlaceKazembe was a kingdom in the Luapula valley in present-day Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, founded by Lunda chiefs.
Kazimierz MichałowskiPersonKazimierz Michałowski was a Polish archaeologist and Egyptologist, founder of the Polish school of Mediterranean archaeology.- Kazybek BiPersonKazybek Bi was a Kazakh judge, orator and diplomat of the Middle Juz, one of the three great biys traditionally linked with Tauke Khan's law code, the Zhety Zhargy or…
Kazys GriniusPersonKazys Grinius was a Lithuanian physician and politician of the Peasant Populist Union who served as the third President of Lithuania in 1926.
Kazys ŠkirpaPersonKazys Škirpa was a Lithuanian army officer and diplomat, envoy in Berlin, who founded the Lithuanian Activist Front there in 1940 after the Soviet occupation of…- KaʻeokulaniPersonKaʻeokulani was a Hawaiian ruler of the late 18th century, a brother of Kahekili II of Maui.
Kaʻieʻiewaho ChannelPlaceThe Kaʻieʻiewaho Channel separates the islands of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi in Hawaii and is about 115 kilometres wide, the widest channel between the main Hawaiian Islands.
Kealakekua BayPlaceKealakekua Bay is a bay on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi, south of Kailua-Kona.- Keate AwardTreaty · 1871The Keate Award was the 1871 arbitration by Robert Keate, Lieutenant-Governor of Natal, of rival claims to the land around the newly found diamond fields of southern…
Keban DamWork / monumentThe Keban Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates in eastern Turkey, completed in 1974 near Elazığ.- Kebek (coin)TermThe kebek was a standardised silver coin introduced by Kebek Khan of the Chagatai Khanate in the 1320s.
- Kebek KhanPersonKebek Khan was a ruler of the Chagatai Khanate in the early fourteenth century.
- KebinengPersonKebineng (died 235) was a Xianbei chieftain who rebuilt a large confederation on the northern frontier of China after the break-up of Tanshihuai's realm.
Kebon Kopi II inscriptionWork / monumentThe Kebon Kopi II inscription is a stone inscription found near Bogor in western Java, Indonesia, written in Old Malay and generally read as dated 932 CE.
Kebra NagastWork / monumentThe Kebra Nagast, or Glory of the Kings, is an Ethiopian text compiled in Ge'ez in the medieval period.
Kech DistrictPlaceKech is a district of Balochistan in south-western Pakistan, centred on the Kech valley and the town of Turbat.
Kedah RiverPlaceThe Kedah River is a river of north-western Peninsular Malaysia that flows through Alor Setar to the Strait of Malacca at Kuala Kedah.
KedarnathPlaceKedarnath is a Hindu pilgrimage town in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, India, near the source of the Mandakini river at about 3,580 metres.
Kediri KingdomStateThe Kediri Kingdom was a Hindu-Buddhist state in eastern Java that flourished in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Kedu PlainPlaceThe Kedu Plain is a fertile volcanic basin in Central Java, Indonesia, ringed by the volcanoes Merapi, Merbabu, Sumbing and Sindoro.
Kedukan Bukit inscriptionWork / monumentThe Kedukan Bukit inscription is a stone inscription dated 682 CE, found near Palembang in Sumatra.
KeelungPlaceKeelung is a port city on the northern tip of Taiwan.
KefaloniaPlaceKefalonia (Cephalonia) is the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the west coast of Greece.
Kefe EyaletStateKefe Eyalet was the Ottoman province on the northern coast of the Black Sea, centred on the port of Kefe (Caffa, now Feodosia) in Crimea.
KeflavíkPlaceKeflavík is a town on the Reykjanes peninsula in south-western Iceland, now part of the municipality of Reykjanesbær.
KehlPlaceKehl is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the east bank of the Rhine opposite Strasbourg, to which it is linked by bridges and a tram line.- KeikavusPersonKeikavus, or Kai Kavus ibn Iskandar, was a Ziyarid prince of the Caspian region in the eleventh century and a grandson of Qabus ibn Vushmgir.
Keiko FujimoriPersonKeiko Fujimori is a Peruvian politician, the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, who served as Peru's first lady in the 1990s after her parents separated.