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Helsinki agreements
History; World history

Cold War agreements signed following a 35-nation conference held in July/August 1975. The west received acknowledgment from the eastern bloc of the importance of human rights in ...

Helvetic Republic
History; World history

(Previously the Swiss Confederation) A republic established by the French in 1798 as a centralized puppet state. Bonaparte conceded local autonomy to the constituent cantons. The ...

Habsburg dynasty
History; World history

One of the most important dynasties of Europe. It ruled Austria (1282-1918), Hungary and Bohemia (1526- 1918), Spain and the Spanish empire (1504-06, 1516- 1700), and provided ...

Hadar
History; World history

Site of hominid fossil finds in Ethiopia, where the remains, dating about 3 million ya, of 30 individuals of the species Australopithecus afarensis - including the most complete ...

Hadramaut
History; World history

Arid mountainous region south of the Arabian peninsula whose coastline is the Gulf of Aden. It was annexed as a British protectorate in 1888 to guard the approaches to Aden. It ...

Hadrian
History; World history

Emperor of Rome from AD 117 to 138. Born in Spain, he became the ward of Trajan, his father's cousin, who adopted him as his successor. He spent much of his reign touring the ...

Hadrian's Wall
History; World history

The frontier wall between the Roman province of Britannia and the unconquered tribes to the north, running 129 kilometers (80 miles) from Wallsend-on-Tyne to Bowness-on-Solway. ...

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