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- SkatTermSkat is a three-player trick-taking card game developed in Altenburg in Thuringia around 1810–1820, drawing on older games such as Schafkopf and Tarock.
SkibbereenPlaceSkibbereen is the largest town in West Cork, Ireland, on the River Ilen.- SkienPlaceSkien is a town in Telemark in south-eastern Norway, on the Skienselva river near the coast.
- SkienselvaPlaceThe Skienselva is a short river in Telemark, southern Norway, running from Lake Norsjø through the town of Skien to the sea at Porsgrunn.
SkilurusPersonSkilurus was a king of the Scythians in the Crimea in the 2nd century BCE who ruled from Scythian Neapolis near modern Simferopol.- ŠkodaWork / monumentŠkoda is a Czech industrial company whose origins lie in the Škoda Works founded in Plzeň in the nineteenth century.
SkomantasPersonSkomantas was a leader of the Sudovians, or Yotvingians, a Baltic people, in the later 13th century.
SkopjePlaceSkopje is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia, on the Vardar river.- SkortaPlaceSkorta was the medieval name of the mountainous district of western Arcadia in the Peloponnese, around Karytaina and the upper Alpheios valley.
SkouriotissaPlaceSkouriotissa is a copper mine in north-western Cyprus, near the village of Katydata, and one of the oldest mining sites in the world still exploited.
SkradinPlaceSkradin is a small town in Dalmatia, Croatia, on the Krka river near Šibenik.- Skrunda-1Work / monumentSkrunda-1 was a Soviet early-warning radar station near Skrunda in western Latvia, built from the 1960s with Dnepr radars to detect ballistic missiles approaching from…
Skule BårdssonPersonSkule Bårdsson was a Norwegian earl and later duke who governed Norway as regent for the young Haakon IV and was the most powerful noble of his time.
SkunkhaPersonSkunkha was a chief of the Saka Tigraxauda, the 'pointed-cap' Saka of Central Asia, in the late 6th century BCE.
SkypeWork / monumentSkype was an internet telephony and video-calling service launched in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, whose software was written by the Estonian developers…
SlanePlaceSlane is a village above the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland.- Slave Abolition Act (Siam)Work / monumentThe Slave Abolition Act of 1905 was the Siamese law that completed the abolition of slavery begun by King Chulalongkorn in 1874.
Slave raidingTermSlave raiding is the capture of people by force to be enslaved and sold or used for labour.- Slave Review ActWork / monumentThe Slave Review Act was a law issued in 956 by King Gwangjong of Goryeo.
- Slave-soldier armiesHistorical factorSlave-soldier armies refers to the recurring pattern in which rulers built armies from purchased or captured slaves, trained to be loyal to the ruler rather than to…
SlaveryTermSlavery is the condition in which people are treated as property and forced to work.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833EventThe Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an Act of the British Parliament that abolished slavery in most of the British Empire.- Slavery and the slave tradeHistorical factorSlavery and the slave trade refers to the recurring pattern in which empires relied on enslaved labour and on capturing and trading people for wealth and power.
Slavko KvaternikPersonSlavko Kvaternik was a Croatian army officer and Ustaše leader who proclaimed the Independent State of Croatia in Zagreb on 10 April 1941, as Axis forces invaded…
SlavoniaPlaceSlavonia is a historical region of eastern Croatia between the Drava, the Sava and the Danube, centred on Osijek.
Slavonic-Bulgarian HistoryWork / monumentThe Slavonic-Bulgarian History is a short history of the Bulgarians written in 1762 by Paisius of Hilendar, a monk of the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos.
SlavsPeople / groupThe Slavs are a large group of peoples of central and eastern Europe speaking Slavic languages.
Sligo BayPlaceSligo Bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the north-west coast of Ireland, at the mouth of the Garavogue River below the town of Sligo.- SlingTermThe sling is a simple projectile weapon consisting of a cord and pouch used to hurl stones or lead shot.
Slobodan MiloševićPersonSlobodan Milošević was a Serbian politician who rose through the League of Communists to become president of Serbia from 1989 and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia…
SlovakiaPlaceSlovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe, with its capital at Bratislava, bordered by Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria and Czechia.
SlovenesPeople / groupThe Slovenes are a South Slavic people living mainly in modern Slovenia.
SloveniaPlaceSlovenia is a country in central Europe between the Alps, the Pannonian plain and the Adriatic Sea, with its capital at Ljubljana.
SlutskPlaceSlutsk is a town in the Minsk Region of Belarus, south of Minsk.
SmallpoxTermSmallpox is a highly contagious viral disease that was a leading cause of death in many societies until its eradication in 1980.
SmaradahanaWork / monumentThe Smaradahana ('Burning of the God of Love') is an Old Javanese kakawin poem written by Mpu Dharmaja at the court of Kediri in the early 12th century.
Smbat I of ArmeniaPersonSmbat I was the second Bagratid king of Armenia, succeeding his father Ashot I in 890 and reigning until 914.- SmederevoPlaceSmederevo is a city on the Danube in Serbia, east of Belgrade.
SmendesPersonSmendes was a ruler of Lower Egypt from Tanis at the end of the New Kingdom, who founded the Twenty-First Dynasty.
SmertriosReligion / ideaSmertrios was a Celtic god known from Roman-period inscriptions in Gaul and the Rhineland, including the Pillar of the Boatmen in Paris, where he is shown as a bearded…- Smim HtawPersonSmim Htaw was the king chosen at Pegu in 1740 by the Mon and other rebels of Lower Burma who rose against the Toungoo dynasty of Ava, reviving the name of the…
SmithsonianPlaceThe Smithsonian Institution is a group of museums and research centres in the United States, based in Washington, D.C.
SmolenskPlaceSmolensk is a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River, long contested between Lithuania, Poland and Muscovy.
SneferuPersonSneferu was the founder of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, reigning in the 26th century BCE.
Snettisham HoardWork / monumentThe Snettisham Hoard is a series of Iron Age treasure deposits found at Snettisham in Norfolk, England, from 1948 onwards.
Snorri SturlusonPersonSnorri Sturluson was an Icelandic chieftain, lawspeaker and author of the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla, a history of the kings of Norway.
SnowdoniaPlaceSnowdonia, in Welsh Eryri, is a mountainous region of north-west Wales around Snowdon, at 1,085 metres the highest mountain in Wales.
Sō YoshitoshiPersonSō Yoshitoshi was daimyo of Tsushima and head of the Sō clan, which managed Japan's relations with Korea.
SobaPlaceSoba was the capital of the medieval Nubian kingdom of Alodia, on the east bank of the Blue Nile near modern Khartoum.- Sobe Sonbai IIIPersonSobe Sonbai III was the last ruler of Great Sonbai, the independent inland branch of the Sonbai kingdom in West Timor.
SobekReligion / ideaSobek was the ancient Egyptian crocodile god, associated with the Nile, fertility and the power of the pharaoh.
Sobekhotep IVPersonSobekhotep IV was a king of the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the mid-eighteenth century BCE, brother of Neferhotep I, and one of the most powerful rulers of the…
SobekneferuPersonSobekneferu was the last ruler of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning for nearly four years in the late nineteenth century BCE.- Sobhuza IPersonSobhuza I, also known as Somhlolo, was king of the Swazi from about 1815 to 1836.
- Sobhuza IIPersonSobhuza II was King of Swaziland from 1899, ruling in person from 1921 until his death in 1982, one of the longest recorded reigns.
Sobibor extermination campPlaceSobibor was a Nazi extermination camp in eastern German-occupied Poland, built as part of Operation Reinhard.
Sobornoe UlozhenieWork / monumentThe Sobornoe Ulozhenie was the law code of the Tsardom of Russia adopted by an assembly of the land in 1649 under Tsar Alexis, after the Salt Riot of 1648.
SočaPlaceThe Soča, in Italian Isonzo, is a river about 140 kilometres long that rises in the Julian Alps of Slovenia and flows past Gorizia into the Adriatic.
SochiPlaceSochi is a city on the Black Sea coast of Russia's Krasnodar Krai, stretching along the shore below the western Caucasus.
Social insuranceInstitutionSocial insurance refers to state programmes that protect workers against risks such as sickness, accidents, old age and invalidity, funded by contributions.- Social Security Act 1938Work / monumentThe Social Security Act 1938 was a New Zealand law passed by the first Labour government under Michael Joseph Savage.
Social War (220–217 BCE)War · 220–217 BCEThe Social War of 220–217 BCE was fought between the Hellenic League led by Philip V of Macedon and the Aetolian League, joined by Sparta and Elis.- Social War (357–355 BCE)War · Revolt · 357–355 BCEThe Social War of 357–355 BCE was fought between Athens and members of the Second Athenian League, led by Chios, Rhodes, Kos and Byzantium, with support from Mausolus…
Social War (91–87 BCE)War · Revolt · 91–87 BCEThe Social War was the revolt of Rome's Italian allies, led by the Marsi and Samnites, who demanded Roman citizenship.- SocialismReligion / ideaSocialism is a political and economic ideology advocating collective or state ownership and the redistribution of wealth.
- Socialist Party of AlbaniaPeople / groupThe Socialist Party of Albania is a centre-left party founded in 1991 as the successor of the communist Party of Labour of Albania.
Socialist Party of ChilePeople / groupThe Socialist Party of Chile is a left-wing political party founded on 19 April 1933 by Marmaduke Grove, Eugenio Matte, Oscar Schnake, Salvador Allende and other…
Socialist RealismReligion / ideaSocialist Realism was the officially approved style of art, literature and music in the Soviet Union, proclaimed in the early 1930s and imposed at the first Congress of…
Socialist Republic of the Union of BurmaStateThe Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma was the official name of Burma under the one-party constitution of 1974.
Socialist Revolutionary PartyPeople / groupThe Socialist Revolutionary Party was a Russian agrarian socialist party founded in 1902 that drew on the populist tradition and the peasantry.
Société Anversoise du Commerce au CongoInstitutionThe Société Anversoise du Commerce au Congo was an Antwerp company that held a concession for rubber in the Mongala basin of the Congo Free State, in which the state…
Société Générale de BelgiqueInstitutionThe Société Générale de Belgique was a bank and holding company founded in Brussels in 1822 by King William I of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.- Société libre d'ÉmulationInstitutionThe Société libre d'Émulation is a learned society founded in Liège in 1779 under the patronage of Prince-Bishop François-Charles de Velbruck to encourage the arts…
Society for the Revival of KurdistanPeople / groupThe Society for the Revival of Kurdistan, known as Komala, was a secret Kurdish nationalist organisation founded in Mahabad in north-western Iran in 1942, during the…- Society of BerbiceInstitutionThe Society of Berbice was a company of Amsterdam investors formed in 1720 to own and run the Dutch colony of Berbice, in present-day Guyana, after the colony had been…
Society of Mary (Marists)InstitutionThe Society of Mary, whose members are known as Marists, is a Catholic religious congregation founded in Lyon by Jean-Claude Colin and approved by Pope Gregory XVI in…
Society of SurinameInstitutionThe Society of Suriname was a chartered company formed in 1683 by the Dutch West India Company, the city of Amsterdam and Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, each…
Society of United IrishmenPeople / groupThe Society of United Irishmen was founded in Belfast in 1791 by Theobald Wolfe Tone and others, at first to seek parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation.- SociniansPeople / groupThe Socinians were an Antitrinitarian Protestant movement named after the Italian theologian Fausto Sozzini.
SocotraPlaceSocotra is an island in the Indian Ocean, off the Horn of Africa, belonging to Yemen.
SocratesPersonSocrates was an Athenian philosopher who wrote nothing himself but questioned his fellow citizens about justice, virtue and knowledge, a method of inquiry known through…
SodasaPersonSodasa was an Indo-Scythian ruler of Mathura in northern India, son of the great satrap Rajuvula, in the early 1st century CE.- SodekePersonSodeke was an Egba war leader who led refugees from the towns destroyed in the Yoruba wars to Olumo Rock around 1830, where they founded Abeokuta.
Sodom and GomorrahPlaceSodom and Gomorrah are two cities of the Hebrew Bible, described in the Book of Genesis as destroyed by God with fire and brimstone for the wickedness of their…- SoestPlaceSoest is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of Dortmund.
Soest FeudWar · 1444–1449The Soest Feud was a war in which the town of Soest broke from its lord, the archbishop of Cologne, and placed itself under the duke of Cleves and count of Mark.
SofalaPlaceSofala was a port on the coast of modern Mozambique, an important centre of the gold trade from the Zimbabwean plateau.
SofiaPlaceSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha.
Soga clanPeople / groupThe Soga clan was a powerful aristocratic lineage of the Yamato court in Japan in the 6th and 7th centuries.
SogdiansPeople / groupThe Sogdians were an Iranian people of Central Asia centred on Samarkand and Bukhara, famed as merchants along the Silk Road.
SognefjordPlaceThe Sognefjord is the longest and deepest fjord in Norway, running about 205 km inland from the coast of Vestland in western Norway and reaching depths of over 1,300 m.
SoharPlaceSohar is a port city on the Batinah coast of northern Oman.
Soil erosionTermSoil erosion is the loss of the fertile top layer of soil through the action of water, wind or overuse.
SoissonsPlaceSoissons is a town on the Aisne in northern France.- Sojourner TruthPersonSojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and campaigner for women's rights, born into slavery in New York as Isabella Baumfree.
- Sökmen al-QutbiPersonSökmen al-Qutbi was a Turkish mamluk officer of the Seljuks who took Ahlat on Lake Van from the Marwanids in 1100.
- Sökmen ibn ArtuqPersonSökmen ibn Artuq was a Turkmen commander, son of Artuq, who held Jerusalem with his brother Ilghazi until the Fatimids took it in 1098.
Sökmen IIPersonSökmen II was the longest-reigning ruler of the Shah-Armen dynasty of Ahlat, from 1128 to 1185.
Sokoto CaliphateStateThe Sokoto Caliphate was an Islamic state in what is now northern Nigeria, founded through the jihad led by Usman dan Fodio from 1804.
Sol PlaatjePersonSol Plaatje was a South African journalist, writer and political leader, a founder and the first general secretary of the South African Native National Congress in 1912.