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- Al-Zaytuna MosqueWork / monumentThe Al-Zaytuna Mosque is the great mosque of the medina of Tunis, founded in the early 8th century and largely rebuilt under the Aghlabids in the 9th century.
- Zayyan ibn MardanishPersonZayyan ibn Mardanish was the last Muslim ruler of Valencia, a descendant of Muhammad ibn Mardanish, the Wolf King.
- Zayyanid dynastyStateThe Zayyanid dynasty was a Berber dynasty that ruled the central Maghreb from Tlemcen, in present-day Algeria, from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century.
ZB vz. 26TermThe ZB vz. 26 was a light machine gun designed by Václav Holek at the Zbrojovka Brno arms works and adopted by the Czechoslovak army in 1926.
Zbigniew OleśnickiPersonZbigniew Oleśnicki was Bishop of Kraków from 1423 to 1455 and the first Polish cardinal.
Zbruch RiverPlaceThe Zbruch is a river in western Ukraine, a left tributary of the Dniester about 245 kilometres long, separating the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia.
Zdzisław LubomirskiPersonZdzisław Lubomirski was a Polish aristocrat and politician, mayor of Warsaw from 1916 to 1917.- ZealotsPeople / groupThe Zealots were a Jewish political and religious movement of the 1st century CE that sought to drive the Romans out of Judaea.
- Zeami MotokiyoPersonZeami Motokiyo was a Japanese actor, playwright and theorist who, with his father Kan'ami, created Noh theatre in its classic form.
Zechariah of IsraelPersonZechariah was king of Israel for six months around 753 BCE, the son of Jeroboam II and the last ruler of the dynasty of Jehu.
ZedekiahPersonZedekiah was the last king of Judah, placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 597 BCE.
Zeelandic FlandersPlaceZeelandic Flanders is the southernmost part of the Dutch province of Zeeland, a strip of land between the Western Scheldt and the Belgian border.
ZeerustPlaceZeerust is a town in the Marico district of South Africa's North West province, near the border with Botswana.
Zeil CastleWork / monumentZeil Castle (Schloss Zeil) is a Renaissance castle on a hill near Leutkirch im Allgäu, in Upper Swabia, Germany.
ZeilaPlaceZeila is a port town on the Gulf of Aden coast in present-day Somaliland, historically a major outlet for trade between the Ethiopian highlands and the Red Sea and…
ZeitzPlaceZeitz is a town on the White Elster river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Zeki Velidi ToganPersonZeki Velidi Togan, born Akhmetzaki Validov, was a Bashkir national leader and historian.- ZelaPlaceZela was an ancient city of Pontus in northern Anatolia, now Zile in Tokat Province, Turkey, built around a temple-state of the goddess Anaitis.
Zelaya DepartmentPlaceZelaya Department was the large department of eastern Nicaragua formed from the former Mosquito Reserve after its forcible incorporation in 1894, and named after…
Zell am HarmersbachPlaceZell am Harmersbach is a small town in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, near Gengenbach.- Zell-e SoltanPersonZell-e Soltan, born Mas'ud Mirza, was the eldest son of the Qajar ruler Naser al-Din Shah, excluded from the succession because his mother was not of royal birth.
- Zemene MesafintReligion / ideaThe Zemene Mesafint, or Era of the Princes, was a period of Ethiopian history from 1769 until the mid-nineteenth century, in which the emperors were largely powerless…
ZemunPlaceZemun is a district of Belgrade, Serbia, on the right bank of the Danube near its confluence with the Sava.
ZenReligion / ideaZen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses meditation and direct insight over scripture.- ZendenTermThe Zenden (French dizains) were the self-governing communal districts of the Upper Valais, in present-day Switzerland.
Zeng GuofanPersonZeng Guofan was a Chinese scholar-official and military leader who raised and commanded the Xiang Army, which played a central role in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion.
Zengid dynastyStateThe Zengid dynasty was a Turkic dynasty that ruled northern Iraq and Syria in the twelfth century, founded by Imad al-Din Zengi, who captured Edessa from the Crusaders…- ZenicetesPersonZenicetes was a pirate chief who controlled Olympus, Phaselis and other places on the Lycian coast of southern Anatolia in the early 1st century BCE.
- ZenkōPersonZenkō was a prince of Baekje, son of King Uija, who lived in Japan as a hostage and stayed there after Baekje fell in 660.
Zeno (emperor)PersonZeno was Eastern Roman emperor from 474 to 491, with a break in 475–476 when he was driven out by the usurper Basiliscus.
Zeno of CitiumPersonZeno of Citium was a philosopher from Kition in Cyprus who founded Stoicism.
Zeno of EleaPersonZeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher of the Eleatic school and a pupil of Parmenides.- Zeno of LaodiceaPersonZeno of Laodicea was a Greek orator of Laodicea on the Lycus in Asia Minor.
ZenobiaPersonZenobia was queen of Palmyra, who ruled for her young son Vaballathus after the murder of her husband Odaenathus in 267.- ZenodorusPersonZenodorus was an Ituraean ruler of the 1st century BCE who leased the lands of Lysanias, including Trachonitis, Auranitis and Batanaea.
ZerafshanPlaceThe Zerafshan is a river of Central Asia that flows west from the mountains of Tajikistan through Uzbekistan, watering the oases of Samarkand and Bukhara.
ZerbstPlaceZerbst is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, north of the Elbe.- ZeredPlaceThe Zered, now Wadi al-Hasa, is a river valley in Jordan that runs west into the southern end of the Dead Sea.
ZerubbabelPersonZerubbabel was a governor of the Persian province of Yehud and a descendant of the Judahite king Jehoiachin.- ZetaPlaceZeta is a historical region of present-day Montenegro, named after the Zeta river and its plain around Podgorica.
ZeugitanaPlaceZeugitana was the northern region of Roman Africa, around Carthage, in what is now northern Tunisia.
ZeusReligion / ideaZeus was the chief god of the ancient Greek pantheon, ruler of the sky and of the Olympian gods, and guardian of oaths, hospitality and kingship.- Zeus PolieusReligion / ideaZeus Polieus, Zeus of the city, was a form of the Greek god Zeus worshipped as protector of a city and its citizens.
- Zeus StratiosReligion / ideaZeus Stratios ('Zeus of the Army') was a god worshipped in Pontus and other parts of Anatolia, probably a Greek form of an Iranian sky god identified with Ahura Mazda.
- Zhai LiaoPersonZhai Liao was a Dingling chieftain who founded the Zhai Wei state on the Yellow River in Henan during the break-up of the Former Qin.
- Zhai ZhaoPersonZhai Zhao was the second and last ruler of Zhai Wei, a small Dingling state on the Yellow River during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
- Zhang BangchangPersonZhang Bangchang was a Song dynasty chancellor installed by the Jurchen Jin as emperor of the puppet state of Da Chu at Kaifeng in 1127, after they captured the city and…
- Zhang CongzhengPersonZhang Congzheng was a physician of the Jin dynasty and one of the four great medical masters of the Jin and Yuan periods.
Zhang ErPersonZhang Er was a statesman from the former state of Wei who joined the revolt against the Qin and helped restore the kingdom of Zhao.
Zhang FeiPersonZhang Fei was a general of the late Han and Three Kingdoms period of China, a companion of Liu Bei from the start of his career together with Guan Yu.- Zhang Fu (Ming general)PersonZhang Fu was a Ming general who served in the 1406 to 1407 invasion of Vietnam that overthrew the Ho dynasty and created Jiaozhi province.
- Zhang GuiPersonZhang Gui was a Chinese official appointed governor of Liang province in the far north-west by the Western Jin in 301.
- Zhang HanPersonZhang Han was the last great general of the Qin dynasty.
- Zhang JianzhiPersonZhang Jianzhi (625–706) was a Tang dynasty official who became chancellor under Wu Zetian in his old age.
Zhang JinghuiPersonZhang Jinghui was a Chinese general of the Fengtian clique in Manchuria who served the Japanese-backed state of Manchukuo.- Zhang Jun (Former Liang)PersonZhang Jun was ruler of Former Liang from 324 to 346, a grandson of its founder Zhang Gui.
- Zhang MaoPersonZhang Mao was the ruler of the Former Liang state in the Hexi Corridor of north-western China from 320 to 324.
Zhang QianPersonZhang Qian was a Han dynasty envoy sent west by Emperor Wu around 138 BCE to seek an alliance with the Yuezhi against the Xiongnu.
Zhang ShichengPersonZhang Shicheng was a salt-boat worker who rose in revolt against the Yuan dynasty in 1353 and set up the state of Zhou, ruling the rich Yangtze delta from Suzhou.- Zhang TianxiPersonZhang Tianxi was the last ruler of Former Liang, who seized power in 363.
Zhang XianzhongPersonZhang Xianzhong was a peasant rebel leader of the late Ming dynasty.- Zhang YiPersonZhang Yi was a political strategist of the Warring States period who served as chief minister of Qin.
Zhang YichaoPersonZhang Yichao was a local leader of Dunhuang who in 848 drove out the Tibetan garrison as the Tibetan Empire disintegrated, and went on to free other towns of the Hexi…
Zhang ZhizhongPersonZhang Zhizhong was a Chinese Nationalist general who commanded in the battle of Shanghai in 1937 and later became a leading negotiator with the Communists.
Zhang ZuolinPersonZhang Zuolin was a Chinese warlord who rose from bandit leader to master of Manchuria as head of the Fengtian clique.
ZhangjiakouPlaceZhangjiakou, formerly known as Kalgan, is a city in north-western Hebei province, China, at a gateway through the Great Wall towards Mongolia.
Zhangsun ShengPersonZhangsun Sheng was a Chinese general and diplomat of the Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties who specialised in relations with the Turks.- Zhanguo ceWork / monumentThe Zhanguo ce, or Strategies of the Warring States, is a Chinese collection of speeches, anecdotes and diplomatic schemes from the fifth to the third century BCE…
ZhangyePlaceZhangye is a city in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu province, China.
ZhanjiangPlaceZhanjiang is a port city in south-western Guangdong province, China, on the Leizhou Peninsula.
Zhao ErfengPersonZhao Erfeng was a Qing official and general who imposed direct Chinese rule on Kham, eastern Tibet, from 1905.
Zhao MoPersonZhao Mo was the second king of Nanyue, grandson of its founder Zhao Tuo, reigning from 137 BCE.- Zhao RuguPersonZhao Rugu was a member of the Song imperial clan who served as superintendent of maritime trade at Quanzhou in Fujian.
- Zhao ShanzhengPersonZhao Shanzheng was a figurehead ruler of the short-lived Da Tianxing kingdom in Yunnan.
Zhao TuoPersonZhao Tuo was a Qin general sent to conquer the far south who founded the kingdom of Nanyue, with its capital at Panyu (Guangzhou), in 204 BCE.- Zhao XiangziPersonZhao Xiangzi was head of the Zhao lineage, ministers of the State of Jin, in the 5th century BCE.
- Zhao XiePersonZhao Xie was a descendant of the old royal house of Zhao, restored as its king during the revolts against the Qin dynasty.
- ZhaogePlaceZhaoge was a city in northern Henan, near modern Qi County in Hebi, which served as a capital of the last Shang kings.
ZhaoqingPlaceZhaoqing is a city in western Guangdong, China, on the Xi River west of Guangzhou.
ZhejiangPlaceZhejiang is a coastal province of eastern China, south of the Yangtze delta, with its capital at Hangzhou.
Zhelyu ZhelevPersonZhelyu Zhelev was a Bulgarian philosopher and dissident whose book on fascism was banned under communism.
Zhenbao IslandPlaceZhenbao Island, known in Russian as Damansky Island, is a small island in the Ussuri River on the border between China and Russia.- Zheng familyPeople / groupThe Zheng family was a maritime trading and military clan of south-eastern China, led by Zheng Zhilong and his son Zheng Chenggong, known in the West as Koxinga.
Zheng HePersonZheng He was a Chinese admiral and court eunuch who led seven great maritime expeditions for the Ming Empire between 1405 and 1433.
Zheng JingPersonZheng Jing was the son of Koxinga and ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning on Taiwan from 1662 to 1681.
Zheng KeshuangPersonZheng Keshuang was the last ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning on Taiwan and a grandson of Koxinga.- Zheng LongdanPersonZheng Longdan was the last king of Da Changhe, the Zheng family's kingdom in Yunnan that had replaced Nanzhao in 902.
- Zheng MaisiPersonZheng Maisi was a minister of Nanzhao, descended from a Tang official captured by the kingdom.
Zheng XiaoxuPersonZheng Xiaoxu was a Chinese official, poet and calligrapher who served the Qing dynasty and remained loyal to the deposed emperor Puyi after 1912.- Zheng ZhilongPersonZheng Zhilong was a Chinese merchant and pirate who built a great maritime trading network from Fujian, Japan and Taiwan.
Zhengdong ProvinceInstitutionZhengdong Province, the Branch Secretariat for the Eastern Campaign, was an office set up by the Yuan dynasty in Goryeo in 1280 to prepare the invasion of Japan.
Zhengguo CanalWork / monumentThe Zhengguo Canal was an irrigation canal in the State of Qin, begun in 246 BCE and named after its designer, Zheng Guo, an engineer from the State of Han.
Zhengtong EmperorPersonThe Zhengtong Emperor, Zhu Qizhen, ruled Ming China from 1435 to 1449 and again, as the Tianshun Emperor, from 1457 to 1464.- Zhengyang CountyPlaceZhengyang County is a county in Zhumadian, in southern Henan province, China, near the Huai River.
ZhengzhouPlaceZhengzhou is the capital of Henan province in central China, a major railway hub near the Yellow River.- Zhenzhu KhaganPersonZhenzhu Khagan, personal name Yinan, was the leader of the Xueyantuo, a Tiele people of Mongolia.
- ZhetiruPeople / groupThe Zhetiru, meaning "seven clans", are one of the three tribal groupings of the Junior Zhuz, the western branch of the Kazakh people.
- Zhety ZhargyWork / monumentThe Zhety Zhargy ('Seven Charters') is a code of customary law of the Kazakh Khanate, traditionally attributed to Tauke Khan in the late 17th century and to the leading…
Zhi DunPersonZhi Dun was a Buddhist monk and scholar of the Eastern Jin dynasty who moved in the aristocratic circles of Jiankang and the south-east.- Zhingshak Tseten DorjePersonZhingshak Tseten Dorje, also called Karma Tseten, was the founder of the Tsangpa dynasty of Tibet.