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Ifriqiya
History; World history

Province of the eastern Maghreb, centered on Tunis. Muslim geographers seldom agreed about its precise limits. In early writings it extends from Tripoli to Tangier, but in the ...

Igbo (Ibo)
History; World history

A numerous people of southeastern Nigeria. They lived in several tribal confederations in pre-colonial times and were incorporated into the British colony of Nigeria in 1886. In a ...

Iliad
History; World history

One of Europe's great epics, traditionally ascribed to Homer, which tells the story of the hero Achilles during the Greek siege of Troy. A poem about war and the pity of war, it ...

Ilkhanate
History; World history

The Mongol state created by Hulegu's conquests in Persia, Iraq and Syria in the 1250s, and including as satellites Armenia and Anatolia. Until 1295, when they adopted Islam, its ...

Illyrians
History; World history

Large group of related Indo-European peoples found in Classical times east of the Adriatic. They harassed Macedonia and Epirus, sided with Pompey during Rome's civil war, and were ...

Iltutmish
History; World history

Sultan of Delhi (r.1211-36). The son-in-law of Qutb-ud-Din, the founder of the Delhi sultanate, he consolidated Muslim rule in northern India. A gifted statesman and fine ...

Imperialism
History; World history

Nineteenth-century international system by which wealthy countries acquired and exploited underdeveloped countries for financial and military advantages. A colonial empire was ...

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