Places
Cities, ruins, landscapes, landmarks. The ground underfoot.
AfricaContinent- AAntarcticaEarth's southernmost continent
AsiaContinent
EuropeContinent
North AmericaContinent- South AmericaContinent
- OOceaniaGeographical region in the Pacific Ocean
AlgeriaCountry in North Africa
Democratic Republic of the CongoCountry in Central Africa
EgyptCountry in Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia
EthiopiaCountry in the Horn of Africa
KenyaCountry in East Africa- MMoroccoCountry in North Africa
NigeriaCountry in West Africa
South AfricaCountry in Southern Africa
TanzaniaCountry in East Africa- IIranCountry in West Asia
BangladeshCountry in South Asia
IndiaCountry in South Asia
PakistanCountry in South Asia
People's Republic of ChinaCountry in East Asia
JapanCountry in East Asia
South KoreaCountry in East Asia- IIndonesiaCountry in Southeast Asia and Oceania
MalaysiaCountry in Southeast Asia
MyanmarCountry in Southeast Asia
PhilippinesArchipelagic country in Southeast Asia
ThailandCountry in Southeast Asia
VietnamCountry in Southeast Asia
IsraelCountry in West Asia
Saudi ArabiaCountry in West Asia
TurkeyCountry mainly in West Asia
FranceCountry primarily in Western Europe
GermanyCountry in Western and Central Europe- IItalyCountry in Southern and Western Europe
PolandCountry in Central Europe- RussiaCountry in Eastern Europe and North Asia
SpainCountry in Southern and Western Europe
United KingdomCountry in northwestern Europe
CanadaCountry in North America
MexicoCountry in North America
United StatesCountry primarily in North America
AustraliaCountry
ArgentinaCountry in South America
BrazilCountry in South America
ColombiaCountry in South America- CCairoCapital and largest city of Egypt
LagosMost populous city in Nigeria
BeijingCapital city of China
Hong KongSpecial administrative region of China
TokyoCapital and most populous city in Japan
BangkokCapital and largest city of Thailand
SingaporeIsland country in Southeast Asia
DelhiMegacity and union territory of India
MumbaiCapital of Maharashtra, India
IstanbulLargest city in Turkey
JerusalemCity in the Southern Levant
MeccaHoliest city in Islam and capital of Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia
LondonCapital of England and the United Kingdom
MoscowCapital and most populous city of Russia- PParisCapital and largest city of France
RomeCapital and largest city of Italy
Mexico CityCapital and most populous city of Mexico
New York CityMost populous city in the United States
São PauloMost populous city in Brazil
AmericasLandmass comprising North and South America
Australian continentOne of Earth's seven main divisions of land- Mercator projectionCylindrical conformal map projection
- GGrand CanyonSteep-sided canyon in Arizona, US
- BBeratNinth largest city of Albania
- GGjirokastërCity in Albania
- KKrujëCity in Albania
- PPompeiiAncient city near modern Naples, Italy
- PPeople's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaCommunist state in Southeast Europe from 1946 to 1991
- HHadrian's WallDefensive fortification in Roman Britain
- PPetraAncient rock-cut historical city in Jordan
- WWestminster AbbeyChurch in London, England
- TTower of LondonCastle in London, England
- LLeague of Lezhë1444–1479 Albanian aristocratic alliance
- MMount RushmoreMountain with U.S. presidential sculptures
- SStatue of LibertyColossal sculpture in New York Harbor
Yuan dynastyMongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368)- HHouse of HabsburgEuropean dynastic family
Song dynastyImperial dynasty of China (960–1279)
Carolingian dynastyFrankish noble family founded by Charles Martel
Ptolemaic dynastyMacedonian Greek royal family which ruled Egypt- HHouse of BourbonCadet branch of French Capetian dynasty
- SSeljuk dynastyOghuz Turkic dynasty
Almoravid dynasty1040–1147 Berber dynasty in west Africa and Iberia
Merovingian dynastyRuling family of the Franks (c. 481–751)
House of RomanovImperial dynasty of Russia (1613–1917)
Ayyubid dynastySultanate in Egypt and Levant from 1171 to 1341
Safavid dynastyTwelver Shīʿa ruling dynasty of Iran (1501–1736)
House of TudorEnglish royal house of Welsh origin (r. 1485–1603)
Qajar dynastyIranian royal dynasty of Turkic origin (1789–1925)
House of WindsorBritish royal family- CCapetian dynastyEuropean royal house of Frankish origin
House of StuartBritish royal house of Scottish origin
House of HohenzollernGerman royal and imperial dynasty- HHouse of PlantagenetAngevin royal dynasty that ruled England in the Middle Ages
House of ValoisCadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Pahlavi dynastyIranian royal dynasty (1925–1979)
Jagiellonian dynastyLithuanian dynasty that ruled Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Bohemia
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms PeriodPeriod of Chinese history (907–979)
GoryeoKorean dynasty (918–1392)
Jin dynastyJurchen-led imperial dynasty of China
Ottoman dynastyRoyal family of the Ottoman Empire- KKassitesPeople of the ancient Near East
House of SaudRoyal family of Saudi Arabia
Liao dynastyKhitan-led dynasty of China (916–1125)
House of LancasterCadet branch of the House of Plantagenet
House of BernadotteRoyal house of Sweden
House of BonaparteFrench imperial dynasty
Julio-Claudian dynastyRoman imperial dynasty
Flavian dynastyRoman imperial dynasty (r 69–96 CE)
Piast dynastyFirst ruling dynasty of Poland (960–1370)- AAghlabids800–909 Arab dynasty of North Africa and South Italy
RurikidsNoble lineage and rulers of Kievan Rus'
Xin dynastyChinese imperial dynasty from 9 to 23 AD
House of GlücksburgEuropean royal house of German origin- IIdrisid dynasty788–974 Arab dynasty ruling in the western Maghreb
- AAbbasidsRulers of the Abbasid Caliphate
Marinid dynastyBerber Muslim dynasty, 1244–1465
Fifth Dynasty of EgyptDynasty of ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom)
Buyid dynastyShia Iranian dynasty in Iran and Iraq (934–1062)- NNerva–Antonine dynastyDynasty of 7 Roman Emperors from 96 AD to 192
- GGhurid dynastyLate 8th-century–1215 Iranian dynasty from Ghor, modern Afghanistan
- TTahirid dynasty821–873 Sunni Persian dynasty of Khorasan; Abbasid vassals
GhassanidsChristian Arab tribe- HHouse of OldenburgEuropean dynasty of German origin
- OOttonian dynastySaxon dynasty of German monarchs (919–1024)
HashemitesRoyal family of Jordan since 1921
Saffarid dynasty861–1002 Eastern Iranian dynasty
Zand IranIran under the Zand dynasty from 1751 to 1794
House of Orange-NassauEuropean dynasty of German and Dutch origin
PalaiologosByzantine imperial family- KKomnenosByzantine Greek noble family
- AAntigonid dynastyDynasty of Hellenistic kings
Hasmonean dynastyDynasty of Judea (140–37 BC)
Third Dynasty of UrRoyal dynasty in Mesopotamia
Hafsid dynasty1229–1574 Sunni Berber dynasty in North Africa- ZZengid dynastyHistorical dynasty of Turkoman origin (12–13th centuries AD)
- HHouse of VasaEarly modern royal house in Sweden
Pallava dynastySouth Indian dynasty (275–897)
House of LuxembourgEuropean noble family
Chalukya dynastyClassical Indian dynasty (543–753)
GhaznavidsMedieval Muslim Turkic dynasty and state (977–1186)
Severan dynastyRoman imperial dynasty (ruled 193 to 235)- MMacedonian dynastyRulers of the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056
Árpád dynastyHungarian ruling dynasty (9th century – 1301)
Chakri dynastyReigning dynasty of Thailand
Salian dynastyGerman dynasty in the High Middle Ages- PPandya dynastyAncient Tamil dynasty of South India
Mamluk SultanateRulers of northern India (c. 1206–1290)- NNasrid dynastySunni Muslim dynasty in Spain (1232–1492)
House of KarađorđevićSerbian and Yugoslav royal family
TrastámaraRoyal house of Castilian origin
Danishmendid dynastyTurkish Beylik in northeastern Anatolia
Saadi dynasty1510–1659 state in Morocco and Northwest Africa
Bahmani SultanateKingdom in the Deccan (1347–1527)
Almohads1121–1269 Berber empire in North Africa and Iberia
'Alawi dynastyRuling dynasty of Morocco since 1631
Přemyslid dynastyBohemian royal dynasty during the Middle Ages
Anushtegin dynasty1077–1260 Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin
Argead dynastyFirst dynasty of the Macedonian Kingdom
Nguyen dynastyLast dynasty of Vietnam (1802–1945)
House of BraganzaPortuguese dynasty
Imperial House of JapanJapanese imperial family
Habsburg SpainPeriod of Spanish history (1516–1700)
TulunidsMamluk dynasty in Egypt and Syria (868–905)
Egyptian Ikhshidid EmirateTurkic mamluk dynasty (935–969)- Khalji dynasty1290–1320 Turco-Afghan dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate
- WWestern ZhouDynastic era in China (c. 1046 – 771 BC)
Tughlaq dynastyDynasty in South Asia from 1320 to 1413
Lodi dynastyRulers of the Delhi Sultanate in India, 1451–1526- KKruppGerman dynasty from Essen
Bagrationi dynastyGeorgian royal dynasty
Timurid dynastyTurco-Mongol dynasty (1370–1857)
Attalid dynastyGreek state during the Hellenistic period- HHouse of WessexEnglish royal dynasty
House of ObrenovićSerbian royal family
House of AvizPortuguese dynasty- Wattasid dynasty1472–1554 Berber dynasty ruling Morocco
Zirid DynastySanhaja Berber dynasty
Hamdanid dynastyIslamic state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria from 890 to 1004
Theodosian dynastyRoman imperial dynasty in Late Antiquity, r. 379–457
BorjiginMember of Ghengis Khan's Mongol sub-clan
Muhammad Ali dynastyRuling dynasty of Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th century
Five Good EmperorsDynasty of 7 Roman Emperors from 96 AD to 192
Liu Song dynastyChinese ruling dynasty from 420 to 479
Taungoo dynastyImperial dynasty of Burma (1510–1752)
Rustamid dynastyIbadi ruling house in Algeria (777–909)
House of AscaniaGerman noble family
Ziyarid dynasty931–1090 Gilaki dynasty of northern Iran
Southern QiChinese ruling dynasty from 479 to 502
House of Habsburg-LorraineAustrian imperial dynasty
House of NassauEuropean aristocratic dynasty
Nemanjić dynastySerbian medieval dynasty- SSayyid dynastyRulers of the Delhi Sultanate (1414–1451)
House of LusignanFrench noble family, 10th century on- OOrontid DynastyKings of Armenia and later Sophene and Commagene
Kanva dynastyEighth ruling dynasty of Magadha (73–28 BCE)
Liang dynastyChina's Southern Dynasties (502–557)
ArtuqidsMedieval Turkoman dynasty
Later TangChinese imperial dynasty from 923 to 937- VValentinianic dynastyRoman imperial dynasty in late antiquity, r. 364–392 and 421–455
Bahri dynastyEgyptian dynasty (1250–1382)- AAbbadid dynastyArab Muslim dynasty (1023–1091)
Hammadid dynastyBerber dynasty in north Africa
Chabad LubavitchHasidic Jewish dynasty- BBarakzai dynasty1818–1978 ruling dynasty of Afghanistan
Isaurian dynastyPeriod of Byzantine history from 717 to 802
EsterházyHungarian noble family
Sasanian dynastyFounding house of the Sasanian Empire (224–651)
Tran dynastyImperial Vietnamese dynasty (1225–1400)- AArtaxiad DynastyRuling dynasty of ancient Armenia from 189 BC to 12 AD
Arsacid dynasty of ArmeniaDynasty that ruled Armenia from 12 to 428
Later Liang dynastyImperial state in China from 907 to 923- SShaybanidsDynasty of Turco-Mongol origin in Central Asia
Later Zhou dynastyChinese ruling dynasty from 951 to 960
House of KhalifaRuling family of Bahrain
Giray dynastyRuling dynasty of the Khanate of Crimea
House of ZähringenDynasty of Swabian nobility
House of LorraineRoyal house of Europe- EEastern ZhouSecond half of the Zhou dynasty (c. 770 – 256 BC)
- NNorthern Yuan dynastyFormer empire in East Asia
Zagwe dynastyKingdom in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea (1137–1270)
Chen dynastyLast of the Southern Dynasties in China (557–589)
Later Han dynastyImperial dynasty of China (947–951)
Shailendra dynastyDynasty in Java from about 750 to 850 CE
Later Jin dynastyChinese dynasty (936–947)- AAsen dynastyDynasty in medieval Bulgaria, 1185–1280
Chera dynastyDynasty in ancient South India
AlidsDescendants of Ali, cousin of Muhammad
Arsacid dynasty of ParthiaIranian empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
Former Qin4th century state in northern China
Heraclian dynastyPeriod of Byzantine history from 610 to 711- Western Ganga dynastyRuling dynasty of ancient Karnataka in India
Kakatiya dynastySouth Indian dynasty (1163–1323)
Sajids889–929 Iranian Muslim dynasty of Azerbaijan and Armenia