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Azeris: 3308.
Azes, Indian ruler: 130.
Azes II, Indian ruler: 130.
Azes dynasty: 130.
Azikiwe, Nnamdi, Nigerian leader: 2559, 4367.
Azilises, Indian ruler: 130.
Azione Cattolica, youth organization: 1950.
Aziz Ali al-Masri, Egyptian leader: 2612.
Azm dynasty: 806.
Aznar, José María, Spanish leader: 2887, 2908, 2908, 2910, 2911.
Azores Islands: 281, 281, 281, 572, 572, 605, 727, 906, 1936, 1940, 2608, 2710, 2913, 2914.
Azov, fortress: 631, 659, 784, 785, 787, 805, 805, 806, 807, 808, 2067.
Aztecs: 8, 41, 53, 55, 281. See Mexicas.
Azuchi castle, Japan: 857.
Azuchi-Momoyama period, Japan: 857.
Azuela, Mariano, writer: 2241.

Baader-Meinhof Gang: 3007.
Baalbek: 246.
Baalmazzar I, king of Tyre: 109.
Baalmazzar II, king of Tyre: 109.
Baalu: 109.
Baasha, king of Israel: 104, 104.
Ba'ath Party, Iraq: 3882.
Bab, the: 1350, 1350.
Babaeski: 433.
Baba'i ben Lutf, Jewish writer: 816.
Baba Ishak, Baba Resul: 303.
Babak, Abbasid challenger: 294.
Babangida, Ibrahim, Nigerian leader: 4369, 4369, 4370, 4370, 4371.
Babar, Indian emperor: 830, 831.
Babbage, Charles, mathematician: 985, 1039.
Babcock, Orville E., U.S. official: 1595.
Babemba, African leader: 1511.
Babenbergs: 484, 493.
Babington, Anthony, conspirator against Elizabeth I: 588.
Babism: 1349, 1350, 1350.
Babius, Edward, Polish leader: 3100.
Babri Masjid mosque, Ayodhya: 3977, 3979, 3984.
Babullah, sultan of North Maluku: 843.
Babur, Mughal leader: 575, 3977.
baby boom: 2700, 3390, 3390, 3408, 3443.
Babylon: 87.
Babylonia: 82, 83, 85, 85, 85, 85, 86, 86, 86, 86, 86, 86, 87, 87, 87, 87, 87, 87, 87, 87, 88, 88, 88, 88, 95, 105, 105, 106, 109, 109, 109, 113, 122, 122, 122, 123, 124, 124, 124, 127, 171, 206, 207, 207, 208, 209, 209, 213, 216, 253, 271.
Babylonian Captivity: See Avignonese papacy.
Bacan: 843.
Bacu: 3256.
Bacchiadae, rulers of Corinth: 178, 178.
Bacchylides, Greek poet: 176.
Bach, Alexander, Austrian leader: 1238.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, German composer: 624.
Bacha-i Saqao: See Habibullah Ghazi, claimant of Afghanistan throne.
Bachofen, Johann J., anthropologist: 1143.
Bach system, Austria: 1238, 1239.
Bachwezi Empire: 883.
Backhurst Park, Suva: 4283.
Backward Classes, India: 3977, 3977, 3983.
Backwards Classes Commission, India: 3960.
Baclé, battle of: 1419.
Bacon, Francis, English writer: 590, 594.
Bacon, Nathaniel, leader of Virginia revolt: 937, 937.
Bacon, Nicholas: 588.
Bacon, Roger, scholar: 446, 513.
Bacon's Rebellion: 937.
Bac Son: 2527, 2528.
Bactra: 217.
Bactria: 123, 130, 207, 207, 213, 214, 216, 216, 217, 217, 217, 217, 324.
Badajoz: 480, 1929.
Badakhshan: 833.
Badame: 2694, 4394.
Badami: 326.
Baden: 652, 659, 753, 1009, 1096.
Badeni, Casimir: 1242.
Badeni Language Ordinances: 1243.
Baden-Würtemburg: 3002.
Badi’ al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, writer: 301.
Badibu: 359.
Badoglio, Pietro, Italian leader: 1960, 1960, 1960, 1961, 2608, 2617, 2617.
Badr: 286, 286.
Badrinath: 327.
Sayyid, Badr Shakir al-, poet: 3882.
Baekeland, Leo H., discoverer of Bakelite: 984, 990.
Baer, Karl von, embryologist: 1043.
Baetis (Guadalquivir) River: 228, 233.
Báez, Buenaventura, Latin American leader: 1695, 1695.
Báez, Cecilio, Latin American leader: 1666.
Baffin Bay: 995.
Baffin Land: 923.
Bagamoyo, German East Africa: 1529, 1530, 1768.
Bagaudae, uprising against Rome: 266.
Baghdad: 82, 281, 285, 291, 292, 292, 293, 294, 294, 294, 294, 295, 296, 296, 297, 297, 297, 297, 298, 298, 299, 300, 300, 300, 300, 300, 301, 301, 302, 302, 303, 303, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 307, 317, 318, 319, 331, 375, 411, 419, 432, 473, 474, 488, 793, 795, 799, 800, 801, 805, 807, 809, 812, 815, 815, 970, 1140, 1331, 1331, 1331, 1336, 1347, 1750, 1751, 1752, 2339, 2399, 2406, 2591, 2641, 2879, 3783, 3843, 3879, 3880, 3881, 3884, 3885, 3887.
Baghdad Pact: 2654, 3770, 3771.
Baghdad Railway: 970, 1133, 1134, 1136, 1140, 1346, 1347.
Bagratian, Hrand, Armenian leader: 3308.
Bagyidaw, king of Burma: 1402, 1402.
Baha' al-Din al-Multani, Sufi leader: 303.
Bahadur, sultan of Bijapur: 830.
Bahadur Shah, Mughal ruler: 831, 834.
Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor: 1396.
Baha'I, sheik, Iranian scholar and religious leader: 814.
Baha'ism, mystical movement: 1350, 1350, 1352, 3817.
Bahamas: 572, 906, 907, 938, 2587, 2599, 2774.
Baharlu (Barani) family: 307.
Bahawalpur: 4011.
Bahia: 914, 914, 915, 915, 916, 918, 918, 918, 918, 1656.
BaHima: 883.
Bahmani dynasty: 333, 333, 333, 333, 334.
Bahman Shah, ruler of India: 333.
Bahrain: 296, 812, 820, 820, 1358, 1360, 1361, 1362, 2339, 2410, 2413, 2413, 2636, 3772, 3780, 3785, 3897, 3898, 3898, 3898, 3899; and Great Britain, 3897.
Bahr al-Ghazal: 1370, 1525.
Bahram (Varahran) I, king of Persia: 258.
Bahram (Varahran) II, king of Persia: 272.
Bahram III, king of Persia: 272.
Bahram IV, king of Persia: 273.
Bahram V, king of Persia: 273, 273.
Bahram V Gor, Sassanian king: 324.
Bahram VI, Persian general and ruler: 275, 275.
Bahriyya sultanate: 319.
Bahunar, Muhammad Javad, Iranian leader: 3822.
Bai Chongxi, Chinese leader: 2470.
Baikonur space center: 3333.
Bailly, Jean Sylvain, French leader: 1001, 1001, 1006.
Bailundo: 1543.
Bairam Khan, guardian of emperor Akbar: 831.
Baird, John L., inventor: 1736.
Baird v. Eisenstadt: 3423.
Baireuth: 759.
Bait Act, Newfoundland: 1641.
Baja California: 903, 903, 904, 910, 3706, 3709.
Bajío: 911, 1653.
Bajuk, Andrej, Slovenian leader: 3194.
Bakelite: 984.
Bakenref, king of Egypt: 95.
Baker, James, U.S. leader: 3255.
Baker, Josephine, entertainer: 1816.
Baker, Samuel: 1508, 1508.
Bakewell, Robert, English agriculturist: 647.
Bakhtiari, Persian people: 977.
Bakhtiyar, Shahpur, Iranian leader: 3821, 3821, 3827.
Bakhtiyaris: 1352, 2338.
Baki, Ottoman poet: 799.
Bakin, Takizawa, writer: 1437.
Bakke, Allan, activist: 3426.
Bakke v. University of California: 3390, 3426.
BaKongo: 351, 869, 1506, 1545, 2568.
Bakr Sidqi, Iraqi leader: 2405, 2406.
Bakr Subashi, Janissary leader: 800.
Baksar, battle of: 835.
Baku: 1349, 1753, 1753, 2067, 3313.
Bakunin, Mikhail A., Russian leader: 1143, 1143, 1258, 1260.
Balaguer, Joaquín, Dominican leader: 3735, 3736, 3736, 3740, 3740, 3741, 3741, 3742, 3742, 3742, 3742, 3742, 3742, 3743, 3743.
Balaiada: 1677.
Balai Pustaka, Indonesian publishing house: 2456.
Balambangan: 841.
balance of power: 535; in Europe, 1102.
Balaputradeva, Sumatran king: 324.
Balash, king of Persia: 273, 273.
Balassa, Valentine, Hungarian poet: 636.
Balban, ruler of India: 331, 331, 333.
Balbinus, Roman emperor: 257.
Balbo, Cesare: 1069, 1091, 1210.
Balbo, Italo, Italian Fascist leader: 1815, 1945.
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, Spanish explorer: 281, 573, 865, 895, 895.
Balcerowicz, Leszek, Polish leader: 3113.
Baldomir, Alfredo, Uruguayan leader: 2253, 2253.
Baldwin, count of Flanders: 508.
Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem: 505, 505, 505.
Baldwin I, Latin emperor: 496, 508, 508, 508.
Baldwin II, Latin emperor: 495, 497, 509, 510, 564.
Baldwin, Stanley, earl: 1822, 1839, 1841, 1844, 1849, 1850, 1851.
Baldwin Iron-Arm, count of Flanders: 413, 417, 454, 507.
Balearic Islands: 412, 479, 1131.
Balev, Milko, Bulgarian leader: 3239.
Balewa, Abubakar Tafawa, Nigerian leader: 4367, 4367.
Balfour, earl, Arthur James, English leader: 1155, 1162, 1163, 1710, 1784, 2389.
Balfour Declaration: 2385, 2388, 2391, 2393, 2396.
Balgimbayev, Nurlan, Kazakh leader: 3338.
Bali: 133, 837, 1412, 1414.
Balijas: 830.
Balikh River: 82.
Baling: 4113.
Baliol, Edward, king of Scotland: 517, 517, 517.
Baliol, John, claimant to the Scottish throne: 447, 512.
Balkan Committee: 3208.
Balkan confederation: 1287.
Balkan conference: 1829.
Balkan defense alliance: 3167, 3167, 3168, 3168.
Balkan league: 1304.
Balkan Mountains: 18, 430, 437, 439, 496, 503, 1108, 1299.
Balkan Pact: 1723, 1829, 1831, 2170, 2332.
Balkan Peninsula: 31, 46, 168, 183, 228, 257, 257, 261, 262, 262, 264, 264, 265, 281, 299, 310, 310, 311, 313, 315, 374, 406, 427, 428, 429, 430, 439, 488, 494, 498, 498, 500, 501, 501, 503, 504, 510, 532, 560, 562, 562, 563, 563, 564, 567, 575, 578, 791, 806, 811, 955, 957, 959, 962, 979, 999, 1099, 1100, 1105, 1107, 1110, 1112, 1114, 1114, 1114, 1114, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1136, 1136, 1140, 1225, 1235, 1243, 1256, 1260, 1271, 1271, 1271, 1271, 1271, 1271, 1279, 1280, 1284, 1284, 1286, 1327, 1332, 1333, 1340, 1341, 1341, 1342, 1342, 1344, 1344, 1345, 1348, 1348, 1826, 1831, 1836, 1991, 2127, 2163, 2165, 2169, 2174, 2718, 3037, 3250, 3273; and Austro-Russian agreement, 789; and Ottoman Empire, 1328; WWI, 1742, 1742, 1742, 1743, 1746, 1758; WWII, 2590, 2590, 2592, 2593, 2597.
Balkan States: See Balkan Peninsula.
Balkan Wars: 980, 1136, 1138, 1138, 1138, 1225, 1244, 1266, 1266, 1281, 1282, 1293, 1294, 1297, 1308, 1309, 1309, 1318, 1318, 1324, 1326, 1346, 1348, 1348, 1348, 1348, 2160.
Balkars: 3271.
Balkh: 302, 305, 833.
Ball, Albert, British pilot: 1766.
Ball, Hannah, founder of first English Sunday school: 688.
Ball, John, religious leader: 513, 514.
Balladur, Edouard, French leader: 2881, 2881.
Ballance, John, New Zealand leader: 1504.
Ballarat: 1490.
Ballard, John, conspirator against Elizabeth I: 588.
Balli Kombetar, Albanian party: 2143.
Ballilla, Italian Fascists: 1948.
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy: 1617.
Balliol College, Oxford: 446.
Balliván, Hugo, Bolivian leader: 3538, 3538.
Ballivián, Adolfo, Latin American leader: 1668.
Ballivián, José, Latin American leader: 1668.
Ballot Act, England: 1160.
Ballymoney: 2815.
Balmaceda, José Manuel, Latin American leader: 1663, 1663, 1664.
Balochistan: 3990, 4004, 4011.
Balodis, Jnis, Latvian leader: 2100.
Balsha family, Serbia: 562.
Balta, José, Latin American leader: 1670.
Balta Liman, convention of: 1312.
Balthas, Visigoth royal house: 403.
Baltic convention: 1132.
Baltic duchy, German efforts to organize: 2096.
Baltic Islands: 1803.
Baltic Pact: 2092, 2100, 2106.
Baltic region: 281, 402, 460, 461, 486, 511, 544, 548, 548, 548, 548, 548, 550, 550, 551, 555, 555, 556, 557, 557, 620, 627, 628, 628, 628, 628, 629, 629, 632, 644, 657, 659, 703, 761, 761, 762, 766, 776, 780, 786, 955, 1774, 1821, 1822, 1831, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1992, 2051, 2056, 2067, 2080, 2084, 2084, 2084, 2084, 2084, 2096, 2097, 2101, 2103, 2637, 2685, 2687, 3300; WWI, 1774; WWII, 2597; and Russia, 3298, 3303, 3304, 3346.
Baltic Sea: 29, 31, 482, 486, 488, 1623, 3349; pollution reduction, 2735.
Baltimore: 1565, 1572, 1594, 3413, 3432, 4266.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: 1574.
Balts: 402, 482.
Baluchistan: 272.
Bamako: 1511, 1511, 4362.
Bamangwato: 2572.
Bambara: 870, 871, 2555.
Bambara people: 1510, 1510.
Bambatha, African leader: 1558.
Bamberg: 417.
Bambudye: 885.
Bambuk: 878.
Bamiyan: 129.
Bana, poet: 324.
Banaras: 835, 1394, 1398.
Banat: 1742, 1760, 1779.
Banat of Temesvar: 758, 1787, 2128.
Banavasi: 132, 133, 326.
Ban Biao, Chinese historian: 156.
Ban Chao, Chinese leader: 155.
Ban Chiang: 64.
Banda, Hastings Kamuzu, Malawian leader: 4456, 4456, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4460.
Band Aid Fund: 2681.
Banda Oriental: 915, 917, 1644, 1644, 1644, 1644, 1646, 1647, 1658, 1658, 1665, 1677; independence of, 1658. See Uruguay.
Bandar Abbas: 814, 814, 817, 821, 1360.
Bandaranaike, Anura, Sri Lankan leader: 4036, 4037.
Bandaranaike, Mrs. Sirimavo, Sri Lankan leader: 4028, 4029, 4032, 4033, 4035, 4037.
Bandaranaike, Sirimavo, Sri Lankan leader: 4026, 4028, 4032, 4036, 4039.
Bandkeramik Complex: 37.
Bandung: 2681.
Bandung Conference: 2637, 2654, 3906, 3907, 4147.
Baner, Johann, Swedish commander: 620, 622.
Banggai: 843.
Bangkok: 848, 849, 1406, 1409, 1409, 2485, 2626, 4067, 4068, 4109, 4110, 4133.
Bangladesh: 2636, 2644, 2668, 2686, 3971, 3971, 3976, 4003, 4003, 4003, 4016, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4023, 4025; civil war, 4016; declaration of independence, 4016; economy and society, 4017; floods, 4018, 4023, 4025; cyclone, 4024.
Bangladesh Flood Alteration Plan: 4023.
Bangladeshis: 3971, 4021.
Bangladesh Krishak-Sramik Awami League: 4018.
Bangladesh National Party, BNP: 4022, 4023.
Bangor: 425.
Ban Gu, Chinese historian: 156.
Bangui, Central African Republic: 4334, 4334.
Bangweolu: 1509.
Banias oil terminal: 3842.
Bani Sadr, Abu al-Hasan, Iranian leader: 3822.
Banishment Act, England: 698.
Bank Bill, U.S.: 1576.
Bank Charter Act, England: 1049.
Bank Deposit Insurance Act, U.S.: 2202.
Bank for International Settlements: 1718, 1721, 1829.
banking: 1049, 1056, 1077, 1080, 1087, 1096, 1700, 1700, 1720, 2231; Great Britain, 1156; Belgium, 1171, 1171; France, 1178; Italy, 1221, 1221; Germany, 1231, 1235; Russia, 1261, 1261; Poland, 1267; Serbia, 1288; Bulgaria, 1301, 1304, 1306; Ottoman Empire, 1335; Iran, 1351; Morocco, 1376; Algeria, 1382; Tunisia, 1387; Libya, 1393; Japan, 1452; U.S., 1565, 1573, 1576, 1576, 1588, 1620; Nicaragua, 1619; Canada, 1625, 1625, 1641.
Banking Act, Australia: 4297, 4298.
Banking Act of 1933, U.S.: 2202.
Banking Acts, Ireland: 699.
Bank Melli Iran: 2339.
Bank Misr, Egypt: 2353, 3909.
Bank of Canada Act: 2231.
Bank of Credit and Commerce International: 2684.
Bank of England: 680, 685, 1049, 1720, 1829, 2691, 2759, 2800.
Bank of Finland: 3075.
Bank of France: 1720, 1829, 1905, 1912.
Bank of Greece: 3226.
Bank of Korea: 2488.
Bank of Lisbon: 1064.
Bank of New Zealand: 4314.
Bank of Poland: 2118.
Bank of Santa Teresa, Lombardy: 742.
Bank of Thailand: 4074.
Bank of the United States: 1565; second, 1573; proposal for third, 1576.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd: 4249.
Bankruptcy of the Two-Thirds, France: 1009.
Banks, Joseph: 878.
Bannockburn, battle of: 512, 512, 517.
Bano, Shah, Indian divorcee: 3978.
Banque de France: 2839.
Banque Générale, France: 715.
Banque Royale, France: 715.


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