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Aden
History; World history

Seaport in the southwest of the Arabian peninsula and now part of the republic of Yemen. It was occupied by Britain in 1839 and governed as part of British-ruled India to 1937, ...

Adena
History; World history

Hunter-gatherer and farming culture of the middle Ohio River valley in the eastern woodlands of North America (c.1000 BC-AD 100). It had permanent villages and a rich material ...

Adowa
History; World history

City of northern Ethiopia and the scene of Emperor Menelik II's victory over Italian imperialists in 1896, leading to the independence of Ethiopia - the only example of successful ...

Adrianople
History; World history

City of northern Thrace, funded by Hadrian in about AD 125. It was the site of a battle in AD 378, at which the Roman emperor Valens was killed by the Visigoths and Ostrogoths. ...

amir
History; World history

A high title of nobility or office, used in Arabic countries and in some Turkic states.

Abbas I (the Great)
History; World history

Shah of Persia (r.1588-1629). After a long period of weak government his most urgent tasks were to recover territory lost to Uzbeg, Ottoman and Mughal aggressors, and to re-assert ...

Abbasid caliphate
History; World history

Islamic dynasty (750-1258) founded by Abu al-Abbas. Beginning as a revolutionary opposition, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad caliph at the Battle of the Zab and transferred the ...

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