The Pocket Guide to World History

Heisenberg, Werner. 1901-76. German quantum physicist: Uncertainty Principle 1927. [Read more ...]

Hel. Norse goddess of death. [Read more ...]

Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War. [Read more ...]

Helgoland Bight, Battle. 1914. British defeat Germans in first WWI naval battle. [Read more ...]

Helicon. Greek mountain dedicated to the Muses and Apollo. [Read more ...]

Heliocentricity. Revolution of the earth around the sun. Once considered heretical. Galileo. Copernicus. [Read more ...]

Heliopolis. 1800. Egyptian battle. Kléber defeats Mameluks. Original site of Cleopatra’s Needles. [Read more ...]

Helios. Greek sun god before Apollo. [Read more ...]

Hellen. Mythical ancestral king of Greeks. [Read more ...]

Hellenic Art. 1500-300BC. Prehistoric, Archaic, and Classical periods in Greece. [Read more ...]

Hellenic League. 338~322BC. Philip of Macedonia. All Greek city-states except Sparta. [Read more ...]

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