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- Ninurta-kudurri-usur IPersonNinurta-kudurri-usur I was king of Babylon for about three years in the late 10th century BCE, the second ruler of the Bazi Dynasty after Eulmash-shakin-shumi.
Nioro du SahelPlaceNioro du Sahel is a town in the Kayes Region of western Mali, close to the border with Mauritania.
NippurPlaceNippur was an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia, the religious centre of Sumer and home of the temple of the god Enlil.- Niqmaddu IIPersonNiqmaddu II was a king of Ugarit on the Syrian coast in the 14th century BCE.
- Niqmaddu IIIPersonNiqmaddu III was king of Ugarit in the late thirteenth century BCE, the son and successor of Ibiranu.
- Niqmepa of AlalakhPersonNiqmepa was a king of Mukish, with its capital at Alalakh in the Amuq plain of south-eastern Turkey, in the 15th century BCE.
- Niqmepa of UgaritPersonNiqmepa was a king of Ugarit, the trading city on the Syrian coast, in the late 14th and 13th centuries BCE, and son of Niqmaddu II.
- NišPlaceNiš is a city in southern Serbia on the Nišava river, one of the oldest cities of the Balkans.
NishapurPlaceNishapur is a city in Khorasan in north-eastern Iran, long a major centre on the Silk Road.
NisibisPlaceNisibis was a fortress city in upper Mesopotamia, near modern Nusaybin in south-eastern Turkey, long contested between Rome and Persia.- Niskala Wastu KancanaPersonNiskala Wastu Kancana was a Sundanese king of Galuh in western Java who ruled from Kawali in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Nissanka MallaPersonNissanka Malla was a king of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka from 1187 to 1196, a prince from Kalinga in eastern India.- NithardPersonNithard was a Frankish nobleman and historian, a grandson of Charlemagne through his daughter Bertha.
Nitocris IPersonNitocris I was a daughter of Psamtik I of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
NitraPlaceNitra is a city in western Slovakia on the Nitra river, one of the oldest towns in the country.- NitriaPlaceNitria was an early Christian monastic settlement in the desert west of the Nile Delta in Egypt, founded by Amun around 330.
Nitta YoshisadaPersonNitta Yoshisada was a Japanese warrior of the Minamoto line who joined Emperor Go-Daigo against the Hojo regents.
NiuePlaceNiue is a raised coral island in the South Pacific, east of Tonga, one of the largest coral islands in the world.
NivellesPlaceNivelles is a town in Walloon Brabant, Belgium, south of Brussels.
Nivkh peoplePeople / groupThe Nivkh are an Indigenous people of the lower Amur river and northern Sakhalin in the Russian Far East, numbering a few thousand.- Nizak TarkhanPersonNizak Tarkhan (died 710) was a Hephthalite prince of Badghis and Tokharistan who resisted the Umayyad conquest of Central Asia.
Nizam al-MulkPersonNizam al-Mulk was a Persian statesman who served as vizier of the Seljuk Empire from 1064 until his assassination in 1092.
Nizam Ali KhanPersonNizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, was Nizam of Hyderabad from 1762 to 1803 and son of the dynasty's founder.
Nizam of HyderabadInstitutionThe Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the rulers of Hyderabad State in the Deccan, a dynasty founded by a former Mughal governor in the early eighteenth century.
Nizami GanjaviPersonNizami Ganjavi was a Persian poet from Ganja in the Caucasus, regarded as the greatest master of the romantic epic in Persian.- NizamiyyaInstitutionThe Nizamiyya were a network of madrasas, or institutions of higher learning, founded by the Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk in Baghdad, Nishapur, Isfahan and other cities.
Nizamuddin AuliyaPersonNizamuddin Auliya was a Sufi saint of the Chishti order who lived in Delhi for most of his life under the Delhi Sultanate.
Nizar ibn al-MustansirPersonNizar ibn al-Mustansir was the eldest son of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir.- Nizari Isma'ilismReligion / ideaNizari Isma'ilism is a branch of Ismaili Shi'ism that arose from the Fatimid succession crisis of 1094, when supporters of the designated heir Nizar rejected the…
Nizari Ismaili stateStateThe Nizari Ismaili state was a network of mountain fortresses in Iran and Syria governed by the Nizari branch of Ismaili Shi'ism, centred on Alamut in the Alborz…- Nizari–Musta'li schismEventThe Nizari–Musta'li schism was the division of the Ismaili Shi'a community following a succession crisis in the Fatimid Caliphate in 1094.
Nizhny NovgorodPlaceNizhny Novgorod is a city at the confluence of the Oka and Volga rivers in Russia, founded in 1221 by Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir.
NizwaPlaceNizwa is an oasis city in the interior of Oman, at the foot of the Hajar Mountains.- NjimiPlaceNjimi was the early capital of the Kanem phase of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, located north-east of Lake Chad.
Njinga of Ndongo and MatambaPersonNjinga Mbande was queen of the Mbundu kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba in what is now Angola.- Nkongolo MwambaPersonNkongolo Mwamba is a legendary figure credited in oral tradition with founding the first centralised Luba polity in central Africa.
- Nkoya peoplePeople / groupThe Nkoya are a Bantu people of central western Zambia, between the Kafue and the Barotse floodplain.
NKVDInstitutionThe NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) was the Soviet interior ministry which, from 1934, absorbed the political police and ran the Gulag labour camps.
Nlaka'pamuxPeople / groupThe Nlaka'pamux, formerly called the Thompson people, are an Interior Salish First Nation of southern British Columbia, living along the Fraser River around the Fraser…- Nnamdi AzikiwePersonNnamdi Azikiwe, known as Zik, was a leading Nigerian nationalist and journalist and the first President of Nigeria.
- NobadesPeople / groupThe Nobades were a people of Lower Nubia, south of Roman Egypt, who appear in sources from the late third century.
Nobel Peace PrizeInstitutionThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel and awarded annually since 1901 by a committee of the Norwegian parliament.
Nobel PrizeInstitutionThe Nobel Prizes are international awards founded under the will of the Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel and first awarded in 1901.- NobiinTermNobiin is a Nubian language spoken along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, the language of the Fadicca and Mahas Nubians.
Nocera InferiorePlaceNocera Inferiore is a town in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy, in the Sarno valley.- Nochixtlán ValleyPlaceThe Nochixtlán Valley is a highland valley in the Mixteca Alta of Oaxaca, Mexico.
NodiraPersonNodira was an Uzbek poet and the wife of Umar Khan of Kokand.
Noe ZhordaniaPersonNoe Zhordania was a Georgian Social Democrat (Menshevik) leader who headed the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918 to 1921.
Noël BallayPersonNoël Ballay was a French physician, explorer and colonial administrator.
NoemvrianaCrisis · 1 December 1916The Noemvriana were the events of 1 December 1916 (18 November Old Style) in Athens, when Greek royalist troops and militias clashed with British and French forces…
NogaisPeople / groupThe Nogais are a Turkic people of the North Caucasus and the steppes north of the Caspian and Black Seas, traditionally named after Nogai, a 13th-century commander of…
NogatPlaceThe Nogat is a distributary of the Vistula in northern Poland, about 62 kilometres long, which branches off the main river and flows north-east past Malbork into the…
Nogent-le-RotrouPlaceNogent-le-Rotrou is a town in the Eure-et-Loir department on the Huisne, in the Perche region of north-western France.
Noguera PallaresaPlaceThe Noguera Pallaresa is a river of the Catalan Pyrenees, rising near the French border and flowing south past Sort and Tremp to join the Segre.
Noguera RibagorzanaPlaceThe Noguera Ribagorzana is a river of the central Pyrenees that rises near the Aragon–Catalonia border and flows south into the Segre.
Nohoch MulWork / monumentNohoch Mul is the main pyramid of the Maya city of Cobá in Quintana Roo, Mexico.- Noin-UlaPlaceNoin-Ula (Noyon Uul) is a group of elite Xiongnu burial mounds in the hills north of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Nok terracottasWork / monumentThe Nok terracottas are fired-clay sculptures of the Nok culture of central Nigeria, named after the village of Nok in southern Kaduna State, where the first was found…
NokalakeviPlaceNokalakevi is an archaeological site in western Georgia, identified with Archaeopolis, the chief fortress and capital of the kingdom of Lazica in late antiquity.- Nokeo KoumanePersonNokeo Koumane was a king of Lan Xang, a son of Setthathirath who had been taken to Burma as a boy.
NokiaPeople / groupNokia is a Finnish telecommunications company that began in 1865 as a paper mill founded by Fredrik Idestam in Tampere and later merged with rubber and cable firms.- NokoniPeople / groupThe Nokoni were a division of the Comanche, whose name is usually translated as Those Who Turn Back or Wanderers.
- Nomadic and steppe invasionsHistorical factorNomadic and steppe invasions are a recurring factor in the decline of agrarian empires, as mounted peoples from the Eurasian steppe exploited their mobility to raid…
Noman CelebicihanPersonNoman Celebicihan was a Crimean Tatar lawyer, poet and the first elected mufti of the Muslims of Crimea.- Nombre de Dios (Panama)PlaceNombre de Dios is a town on the Caribbean coast of Panama, founded in 1510 by Diego de Nicuesa.
- NomeInstitutionA nome was an administrative province of ancient Egypt, each governed by an official known to historians as a nomarch.
NominoePersonNominoe was the first ruler of a united Brittany, a Breton noble and count of Vannes whom Louis the Pious appointed as his representative there in 831.
Non-cooperation movementEventThe Non-cooperation movement was a mass campaign led by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress between 1920 and 1922 against British rule in India.- Nonaka KenzanPersonNonaka Kenzan was chief minister of the Tosa domain on Shikoku in the mid-17th century.
Nonantola AbbeyInstitutionNonantola Abbey is a Benedictine monastery near Modena in northern Italy, founded in 752 by Anselm, a former Duke of Friuli and brother-in-law of the Lombard king…- NonconformismReligion / ideaNonconformism is the term for the Protestant churches in England and Wales that did not conform to the established Church of England, such as the Baptists…
Nong Duc ManhPersonNong Duc Manh is a Vietnamese politician of the Tày ethnic minority who served as chairman of the National Assembly from 1992 to 2001 and as general secretary of the…- Nongda Lairen PakhangbaPersonNongda Lairen Pakhangba is the first king of Manipur in the royal chronicle, the Cheitharol Kumbaba, which dates his accession to 33 CE.
- Nongkrem danceEventThe Nongkrem dance, Shad Nongkrem, is the main annual religious festival of the Khasi people of Meghalaya, India, held in autumn at Smit, the seat of the Syiem of Khyrim.
NongqawusePersonNongqawuse was a Xhosa girl whose prophecy in 1856 started the Xhosa cattle-killing movement.
Nongsa jikseolWork / monumentThe Nongsa jikseol ('Straight Talk on Farming') is a Korean farming manual compiled in 1429 by order of King Sejong.- Nongsang jiyaoWork / monumentThe Nongsang jiyao ('Essentials of Agriculture and Sericulture') is a Chinese agricultural handbook compiled by the Yuan government's Office for the Stimulation of…
Noor MahalWork / monumentNoor Mahal is a palace in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, built for Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan IV between 1872 and 1875.
NoorbakhshiaReligion / ideaThe Noorbakhshia is a Sufi order and Muslim community that traces its teaching to Sayyid Muhammad Nurbakhsh (1393–1464), a Persian Sufi of the Kubrawiya tradition.
NorciaPlaceNorcia, ancient Nursia, is a town in the Apennines of south-eastern Umbria, Italy.
NordalbingiaPlaceNordalbingia was the land of the Saxons north of the lower Elbe, in present-day Holstein and the area of Hamburg.- Norddeutscher LloydInstitutionNorddeutscher Lloyd was a shipping company founded in Bremen in 1857.
NordgauPlaceThe Nordgau, or Bavarian Nordgau, was a medieval frontier region north of the Danube in the Duchy of Bavaria, roughly corresponding to the later Upper Palatinate and…
Nördlinger RiesPlaceThe Nördlinger Ries is a roughly circular basin about 24 km across in western Bavaria, formed by a meteorite impact about 15 million years ago.- NordwestmecklenburgPlaceNordwestmecklenburg is a rural district in the north-west of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, on the Baltic coast and the border with Schleswig-Holstein.
NoreiaPlaceNoreia was the chief town of the Norici in the eastern Alps, mentioned by Roman writers but never firmly located.
NorfolkPlaceNorfolk is a county in East Anglia, England, with Norwich as its county town and a long coastline on the North Sea.
Norfolk IslandPlaceNorfolk Island is a small island in the South Pacific between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, now an external territory of Australia.- NoriciPeople / groupThe Norici were a Celtic people of the eastern Alps, in what is now Carinthia and Styria in Austria.
Norman architectureTermNorman architecture is the Romanesque style of building developed in Normandy in the eleventh century and carried to England after 1066 and to southern Italy and Sicily.
Norman ConquestWar · 1066The Norman Conquest was the invasion and occupation of England by William, Duke of Normandy, in 1066 and the following years.
Norman KirkPersonNorman Kirk was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his death in office in 1974, leading the Third Labour Government.
Norman ManleyPersonNorman Manley was a Jamaican lawyer and statesman who founded the People's National Party in 1938, after the labour unrest of that year.
Normandy landingsBattle · 1944The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, known as D-Day, were the Allied amphibious and airborne invasion of German-occupied France that opened Operation Overlord.
Norn languageTermNorn was the North Germanic language spoken in Orkney, Shetland and Caithness, descended from the Old Norse of the Viking settlers.
Norodom of CambodiaPersonNorodom was King of Cambodia from 1860 to 1904.
Norodom RanariddhPersonNorodom Ranariddh was a Cambodian prince and politician, a son of King Norodom Sihanouk and leader of the royalist FUNCINPEC party.- Norodom SihamoniPersonNorodom Sihamoni has been king of Cambodia since 2004, chosen by the Throne Council after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated.
Norodom SihanoukPersonNorodom Sihanouk was King of Cambodia, placed on the throne by the French in 1941.
Norodom SuramaritPersonNorodom Suramarit was king of Cambodia from 1955 to 1960.