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SikassoPlaceSikasso is a city in southern Mali, near the borders with Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.- Sikh ConfederacyPeople / groupThe Sikh Confederacy refers to the group of Sikh misls, or confederate clans, that governed the Punjab after the decline of Mughal authority in the eighteenth century.
Sikh conquest of KashmirCampaign · 1819The Sikh conquest of Kashmir took place in 1819, when the forces of Ranjit Singh took the valley from its Afghan rulers.
Sikh EmpireStateThe Sikh Empire was a state in the Punjab founded by Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the start of the nineteenth century, with its capital at Lahore.
Sikh gurusPeople / groupThe Sikh gurus were the ten spiritual masters who founded and led Sikhism, from Guru Nanak, born in 1469, to Guru Gobind Singh, who died in 1708.- SikhismReligion / ideaSikhism is a monotheistic religion founded by Guru Nanak in the Punjab in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
SikhsPeople / groupThe Sikhs are followers of Sikhism, a monotheistic religion founded by Guru Nanak in the Punjab in the early 16th century and shaped by nine succeeding Gurus.- SiksikaPeople / groupThe Siksika, or Blackfoot proper, are one of the nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy of the northern Great Plains, together with the Kainai and the Piikani.
Siku QuanshuWork / monumentThe Siku Quanshu, or Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, was a vast compilation of Chinese literature ordered by the Qianlong Emperor in 1773 and completed in 1782.- Síl MuiredaigPeople / groupThe Síl Muiredaig were the ruling kindred of Connacht from the 8th century, descended from Muiredach Muillethan, a king of Connacht who died in 702.
- Síl nÁedo SláinePeople / groupSíl nÁedo Sláine was a branch of the southern Uí Néill dynasty of early medieval Ireland, descended from Áed Sláine, a 7th-century king of Tara.
- Sila (Calabria)PlaceThe Sila is a high forested plateau in Calabria, in the toe of southern Italy, rising to about 1,900 metres.
Sila RegionPlaceSila is a region of south-eastern Chad, on the border with Sudan, with its capital at Goz Beïda.
Silahara dynastyStateThe Silahara dynasty comprised three related lines of rulers in western India, in North Konkan around Thane, South Konkan and the Kolhapur region.- SilappatikaramWork / monumentThe Silappatikaram, or Tale of the Anklet, is a Tamil epic attributed to Ilango Adigal and usually dated to around the 5th century CE.
- Siling VandalsPeople / groupThe Siling Vandals were one of the two main branches of the Vandals, whose name may survive in that of Silesia.
SilingiPeople / groupThe Silingi were a branch of the Vandals who probably lived in Silesia, which may take its name from them.
SilistraPlaceSilistra is a town on the lower Danube in north-eastern Bulgaria, on the border with Romania.
Silius ItalicusPersonSilius Italicus was a Roman senator and poet, consul in 68 CE, who wrote the Punica, an epic in seventeen books on the Second Punic War and the longest surviving Latin…- SilkTermSilk is a fine, strong fabric made from the cocoons of silkworms, first produced in China.
- Silk RoadTermThe Silk Road was the network of overland trade routes linking China with Central Asia, Iran, the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
SilkoPersonSilko was a king of Nobadia in Lower Nubia known from a Greek inscription in the temple at Kalabsha.
Silla–Tang WarWar · 670–676The Silla–Tang War was fought from 670 to 676 between the Korean kingdom of Silla and Tang China, its former ally against Baekje and Goguryeo.
SillustaniPlaceSillustani is a pre-Inca burial ground on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in southern Peru.
Siloam tunnelWork / monumentThe Siloam tunnel, also called Hezekiah's tunnel, is an ancient water channel about 533 metres long cut through the rock beneath the City of David in Jerusalem.- SilverTermSilver is a precious metal used throughout history for coinage, jewellery and as a store of value.
- SilvesPlaceSilves is a town on the Arade river in the western Algarve, southern Portugal.
Silvio PellicoPersonSilvio Pellico was an Italian writer and patriot from Saluzzo in Piedmont.- SilviusPersonSilvius is a legendary king of Alba Longa, in most Roman accounts the son of Aeneas and Lavinia and the successor of Ascanius.
Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-OelsPersonSilvius I Nimrod (1622–1664) was a prince of the House of Württemberg who in 1647 married Elisabeth Marie, heiress of the last Poděbrady duke of Oleśnica, and so became…- Sim'alitesPeople / groupThe Sim'alites (Bin-Sim'al, 'sons of the left') were a confederation of Amorite pastoral tribes of the middle Euphrates and Khabur region in the early second millennium…
- Sima AngPersonSima Ang was a general of the state of Zhao who joined the rising against the Qin dynasty.
- Sima CuoPersonSima Cuo was a general of the state of Qin under King Huiwen.
- Sima DaoziPersonSima Daozi was a prince of the Eastern Jin dynasty of China, son of Emperor Jianwen and brother of Emperor Xiaowu.
Sima QianPersonSima Qian (c. 145–c. 86 BCE) was a historian of the Western Han dynasty who completed the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), a history of China from the legendary…- Sima XinPersonSima Xin was a Qin officer who surrendered with Zhang Han to Xiang Yu in 207 BCE.
Sima YiPersonSima Yi was a general and statesman of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.- Sima YuanxianPersonSima Yuanxian was a prince of the Eastern Jin dynasty and son of Sima Daozi, whom he displaced as the effective ruler of the court in 399 under the disabled Emperor An.
Simalungun peoplePeople / groupThe Simalungun are a Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia, living mainly in Simalungun Regency around Pematangsiantar.- Simbar-ShipakPersonSimbar-Shipak was a king of Babylon and the founder of the Second Sealand Dynasty, reigning from about 1025 to 1008 BCE.
Simcoe CountyPlaceSimcoe County is a county in central Ontario, Canada, lying between Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay.
Simele massacreEventThe Simele massacre was the killing of Assyrian villagers by the Iraqi army in northern Iraq in August 1933, centred on the town of Simele near Dohuk.- Simeon I of BulgariaPersonSimeon I, known as Simeon the Great, ruled the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 to 927.
Simeon Saxe-Coburg-GothaPersonSimeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, as Simeon II, was the last tsar of Bulgaria, succeeding his father Boris III as a child in 1943 under a regency.
Simeon UrošPersonSimeon Uroš was a half-brother of the Serbian emperor Stefan Dušan who governed Epirus and Thessaly after Dušan's death and claimed the imperial title in 1356.
SimetoPlaceThe Simeto, the ancient Symaethus, is the river with the largest basin in Sicily.
SimferopolPlaceSimferopol is the main city of the Crimean peninsula, on the Salhyr river.
SimhavishnuPersonSimhavishnu was a king of the Pallava dynasty of Kanchipuram in southern India in the late 6th century.
Simla ConventionTreaty · 1914The Simla Convention was a treaty negotiated at Simla in 1913–1914 by representatives of Britain, China and Tibet on the status and borders of Tibet.
Simla Hill StatesPlaceThe Simla Hill States were a group of small princely states in the western Himalayan foothills around Shimla, most of them ruled by Rajput families.
SimmernPlaceSimmern is a small town in the Hunsrück hills of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Simon August, Count of Lippe-DetmoldPersonSimon August (1727–1782) was Count of Lippe-Detmold from 1734, succeeding as a child.- Simon bar GioraPersonSimon bar Giora was a leader of the First Jewish–Roman War who commanded one of the rival factions in Jerusalem during the Roman siege of 70 CE.
Simon bar KokhbaPersonSimon bar Kokhba, born Simon bar Kosiba, led the Jewish revolt against Rome in Judaea from 132 to 135 CE.
Simón BolívarPersonSimón Bolívar was a Venezuelan leader of the wars of independence against Spain, known as the Liberator.
Simón de Anda y SalazarPersonSimón de Anda y Salazar was a Spanish judge and colonial governor in the Philippines.
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of LeicesterPersonSimon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, was a French nobleman who led the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars from 1209.
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of LeicesterPersonSimon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, was a French-born noble, a son of the leader of the Albigensian Crusade, who became leader of the baronial opposition to Henry…
Simon I of KartliPersonSimon I was King of Kartli in eastern Georgia from 1556 to 1569 and again from 1578 to 1600.
Simon KimbanguPersonSimon Kimbangu was a Kongo religious leader in the Belgian Congo whose preaching and healing in 1921 drew large crowds.- Simon of KézaPersonSimon of Kéza was a Hungarian cleric at the court of King Ladislaus IV who wrote the Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum in the early 1280s.
- Simón PatiñoPersonSimón Iturri Patiño was a Bolivian mining magnate known as the 'King of Tin'.
Simon StevinPersonSimon Stevin was a Flemish mathematician and engineer who settled in the Dutch Republic and served Maurice of Nassau as tutor, adviser and quartermaster.
Simon ThassiPersonSimon Thassi was the second son of Mattathias and the last of the Maccabee brothers, who led Judaea from 142 BCE.
Simon van der StelPersonSimon van der Stel was commander and then the first governor of the Dutch Cape Colony from 1679 to 1699.
Simon VratsianPersonSimon Vratsian was an Armenian Revolutionary Federation politician and the last prime minister of the First Republic of Armenia, taking office in November 1920 as…
Simone BoccanegraPersonSimone Boccanegra was the first doge of the Republic of Genoa, elected for life in 1339 after a popular revolt against the noble families.
Simone MartiniPersonSimone Martini was a Sienese painter, a follower of Duccio and one of the most influential artists of the 14th century.- Simone VignosoPersonSimone Vignoso was a Genoese admiral who captured the island of Chios from the Byzantine Empire in 1346 with a privately financed fleet.
Simonides of CeosPersonSimonides of Ceos was a Greek lyric poet from Ioulis on the island of Keos.
Simplon PassPlaceThe Simplon Pass is an Alpine pass at about 2,005 metres between Brig in the Swiss canton of Valais and Domodossola in Italy.
SimraungadhPlaceSimraungadh is a town and archaeological site in Bara District of southern Nepal, close to the border with Bihar.
Simtokha DzongWork / monumentSimtokha Dzong is a fortress-monastery just south of Thimphu, Bhutan, built by Ngawang Namgyal, the Zhabdrung, in 1629.
SimukaPersonSimuka is named in the Puranas as the founder of the Satavahana dynasty of the Deccan, and his name appears in a label beside a now-damaged relief portrait in the…
SimunulPlaceSimunul is an island and municipality in the province of Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines.- SimurghReligion / ideaThe simurgh is a benevolent mythical bird of Persian tradition, often shown with the body of a peacock or bird and the head of a dog or lion.
- Sin DonPersonSin Don was a Korean Buddhist monk who became the chief adviser of King Gongmin of Goryeo from 1365.
- Sin-kashidPersonSin-kashid was an Amorite king of Uruk in the 19th century BCE, founder of the dynasty that ruled the city independently as the power of Isin declined.
- Sin-leqi-unninniPersonSin-leqi-unninni was a Babylonian scholar and incantation priest of Uruk, traditionally credited with compiling the Standard Babylonian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh…
Sin-muballitPersonSin-muballit was a king of Babylon and the father of Hammurabi.
SinaloaPlaceSinaloa is a state on the Pacific coast of north-western Mexico, with its capital at Culiacán.
Sinan Pasha (Ottoman admiral)PersonSinan Pasha was Kapudan Pasha, grand admiral of the Ottoman fleet, from about 1550 to 1554 and a brother of the grand vizier Rüstem Pasha.
Sinchi RocaPersonSinchi Roca was, in Inca tradition, the second ruler of Cusco and the son of the founder Manco Capac, probably in the 13th century.
SindPlaceSind, now Sindh, is a region of the lower Indus valley in modern Pakistan.
SindhPlaceSindh is a province of south-eastern Pakistan on the lower course of the Indus River, with its capital at Karachi.
Sindhudurg districtPlaceSindhudurg district is the southernmost district of the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, India, bordering Goa, with its headquarters at Oros.
Sindhudurg FortWork / monumentSindhudurg Fort is a sea fort built by Shivaji on the island of Kurte off Malvan on the Konkan coast of Maharashtra between 1664 and 1667.- SindiPeople / groupThe Sindi were an ancient people of the Taman peninsula and the lower Kuban in the north-western Caucasus, often counted among the Maeotians.
SineusPersonSineus is one of the three Varangian brothers who, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle, were invited by the Slavic and Finnic peoples of the north in 862 to rule…
SingaporePlaceSingapore is an island city at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, on the major sea route between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
Singapore StraitPlaceThe Singapore Strait is a channel about 100 kilometres long between the Strait of Malacca and the South China Sea, separating Singapore from the Riau Islands of…
SingaraPlaceSingara was a Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia, near modern Sinjar in Iraq.
SingarajaPlaceSingaraja is a port town on the north coast of Bali, Indonesia, and the capital of Buleleng Regency.
Singhana IIPersonSinghana II was the most powerful king of the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty of Devagiri in the western Deccan.
SinghasariStateSinghasari was a Javanese kingdom in eastern Java in the thirteenth century.
Singing RevolutionRevolution · 1987–1991The Singing Revolution was the movement of mass, largely non-violent protest from 1987 to 1991 that led to the restoration of independence of Estonia, Latvia and…- Single Whip reformEventThe Single Whip reform was a fiscal reform of Ming China that combined the land tax and labour service obligations into a single payment, largely in silver.
Sinhala languageTermSinhala is the Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people and one of the official languages of Sri Lanka, written in its own script.- Sinhala Only ActWork / monumentThe Sinhala Only Act, formally the Official Language Act No. 33 of 1956, was passed by the Parliament of Ceylon under Prime Minister S.
Sinhalese–Portuguese WarWar · 1527–1658The Sinhalese–Portuguese War was a long series of conflicts in Sri Lanka between the Portuguese and the Sinhalese kingdoms of Sitawaka and Kandy.