Cerro Sechín , Pre-Columbian Temple in what is now the Casma Valley on the north central coast Peru , known for his unusually large stone sculptures. These carvings are in a style unlike anything else in Peru. The Cerro Sechín temple and sculptures are probably quite early, though uncer
Brabantes , feudal duchy that arose after the decline and collapse of the Frankish-Carolingian Empire in the mid-ninth century. Based in Louvain (now Leuven) and Brussels, it was a division of the former Duchy of Lower Lorraine, which in the 11th century split into Brabant, Luxembourg, Hainault,
Viceroyalty of New Granada , Spanish Virreinato de Nueva Granada , in the colonial Latin America , a Spanish viceroyalty—first founded in 1717, suppressed in 1723, and rebuilt in 1739—comprising todays Colombia , Panama (after 1751), Ecuador and Venezuela and had its capi
Ḥaḍramawt , also Hadhramaut written , ancient southern Arabian kingdom that includes todays Southern and Southeastern Yemen and todays Sultanate of Oman (Muscat and Oman) occupied . Ḥaḍramawt retained its political independence until the late 3rd century n . Chr. At when it
Big Ḥalaf , also Written Tell Halaf , archaeological site of ancient Mesopotamia, on the upper reaches of the Khābur River in Near modern Raʾs al-ʿAyn to the NE Syria . Here is the first find of a neolithic culture, the glazed through ceramic is marked with geometric and an
Celtiberia , an area in the present-day North Central Spain cast from the 3rd century BC to be further thought of by tribes of mixed Iberian and Celtic camps. These Celtiberians inhabited the hill country between the sources of the Tejo (Tajo) and Iberus (Ebro) rivers, including most of
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , the state that united the southern part of the United States Italian Peninsula with the island Sicily between the mid-15th and mid-19th centuries. (For a brief history of the state see Naples, Kingdom .) United by the Normans in the 11th century the
Menabé , historical kingdom of Sakalava People of the Southwest Madagascar , located roughly between the Mangoky and Manambalo rivers. It was founded by King in the 17th century Andriandahifotsy (d. 1685) who led a major Sakalava migration into the area from the southern tip of Madagascar
Peeblesshire , also Called Peebles , historic southeast county Scotland showing a triangle between the historic counties Midlothian (North and Northeast), Selkirkshire (East and Southeast), Dumfriesshire (South) and Lanarkshire (West) forms. It is entirely within the scop
Open Range , in US history, the public domain areas north of Texas where between 1866 and 1890 more than 5,000. 000 people lived cattle were being driven to the mast and shipped to slaughter. The open areas to the west of Kansas , Nebraska , the Dakotas, Montana , Wyoming an
Osroëne , also Osrhoene , ancient kingdom of northwestern Mesopotamia, lies between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and lies on the modern boundary of the Turkey and Syria . The capital was Edessa (modern Urfa, Tur.). The name of the kingdom ultimately appears to have been deriv
Cathay , name under which Northern China in medieval known to Europe. The word is derived from Khitay (or Kitan), the name of a seminomadic people , the southeast of Left Mongolia in the 10th century ce to conquer part of Manchuria and northern China they held for about 200 year
Sabaʾ , biblical Saba , kingdom in pre-Islamic southwestern Arabia, frequently mentioned in the Bible (especially in the story of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba) and by ancient Assyrian, Greek, and Roman writers from the 8th century v . Ch. Various citations cited about the 5
Carnuntum , the main ancient Roman Legion Camp the upper Danube border, located at Petronell, 20 miles (32 km) east of Vienna . It was the base of the Emperor Tiberius in its attacks on the Marcomanni ( 6 n. ), although under Emperor Claudius a fortress for a legion was
Banffshire , also Banff called , historic northeast county Scotland , extends from the Grampian Mountains up to North Sea . The northeast portion of the county, including the historic county seat Banff , is part of the municipal area of Aberdeenshire , while the rest of
Chimney Rock National Historic Site , spiral sandstone formation west of Nebraska , USA showing an important landmark along the Oregon Trail . It is located about 5 km south of Bayard and consists of a 37 meter long needle on a cone-shaped hill. Overall, the formation rises 145 meters ab
British Empire , a worldwide system of dependencies - colonies , protectorates, and other areas - which, for a period of about three centuries, came under the Sovereignty of the crown Great Britain and administration to the UK Government. The policy of granting or acknowledging signif
Cahokia Mounds , archaeological site covering an area of 13 square kilometers in the Mississippi Au across from St. Louis, Missouri near Cahokia and Collinsville to the southwest of Illinois , United States. The site originally consisted of about 120 mounds spread over 6 square
Wupatki National Monument , desert area with archaeological sites in north-central Arizona , United States. It is located on the Little Colorado River near the San Francisco Mountains, 30 miles north-northeast of Flagstaff and 16 km northeast of Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Alaca Hüyük , ancient Anatolian site northeast of ancient Hittite Capital of Hattusa in Boğazköy, north-central Turkey . The excavation was started in 1907 by Makridi Bey and resumed in 1935 by the Turkish Historical Society. In a Sphinx Traces of a large Hittite building have been d
After ten months of secret discussions, under the constant threat of a general massacre of the French, discussions which had the most diverse fortunes and all the alternatives of hope and discouragement, were signed by him and me, on March 6, 1946, the Franco-Vietnamese agreements whose essential li
Assyria , kingdom Northern Mesopotamia , which became the center of one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East . It was in todays Northern Iraq and to the southeast the Turkey . A brief treatment of Assyria follows. For a full treatment see Mesopotamia, history of:
The siege of Badajoz took place from March 16 to April 6, 1812, as part of the Spanish War of Independence. It opposes the Anglo-Portuguese army under the orders of the Duke of Wellington to the French garrison of Badajoz commanded by General Armand Philippon. The siege — one of the bloodiest of the
Altava is an archaeological complex located next to the city of Ouled Mimoun, in the extreme northwest of Algeria, in the province of Tlemcen. It is what during the French stage was known as Lamoriciere and that in the 6th century AD. It was the capital of the state that succeeded the Mauro-Roman Ki