Epic World History

Hangzhou city walls Hangzhou is situated near the West Lake and the coast in southern China. In 605 Emperor Yangdi (Yang-ti) of the Sui...

Hanseatic league port The Hanseatic League, or Hanse, was an association of German merchants, and later of towns, that dominated trade ...

Harsha kingdom map Harsha Vardhana was a king of northern India who reunited some of the small city-states that had become independent ...

Harun Al-Rashid - Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809) came to power as the fifth Abbasid caliph after his brother Musa al-Hadi d...

Hausa City-states The early origin of the Hausa people is shrouded in mystery. Some scholars believe they originally came from the Sahar...

Heian building The term Heian is derived from modern-day Kyoto’s previous name of Heian-kyo, a city founded in 794. The literal translat...

Henry II - King of England Henry II was the first of the Plantagenet kings of England, reigning from 1154 to 1189. He was born in 1133...