Ancient peoples Ancient peoples The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom covered the areas of Bactria and Sogdiana, comprising today's northern Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, the easternmost area of the Hellenistic world, from 250 to 125 BCE. The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into northern India from 180 BCE established the Indo-Greek Kingdom, which was to last until around 10 CE. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greco-Bactrian Kingdom"
The Grovii were an ancient Celtiberian tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians and Calaicians or Gallaeci, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Minho, around the Minho river, and spreading into modern day Galicia (Spain). ...more on Wikipedia about "Grovii"
Guanches (also: Guanchis or Guanchos) were the ...more on Wikipedia about "Guanches"
Gujjar (also Gujar, Gurjar, or Gurjara, the Sanskrit form found in some literature) is a member of a South Asian ethnic group mainly located in eastern Pakistan, Kashmir, Gujarat and northwestern India. Gurjars traditionally belonged to the Kshatriya caste, and formerly ruled the Gurjara-Pratihara Kingdom, which included much of northern India during the 8th and 9th centuries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gujjar"
Habiru or Hapiru was the name given by various Sumerian, Egyptian, Akkadian, Hittite, Mitanni, and Ugaritic sources (dated, roughly, from before 2000 BC to around 1200 BC) to a group of people living in the areas of Northeastern Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent from the borders of Egypt in Canaan to Iran. Depending on the source and epoch, these Habiru are variously described as nomadic or semi-nomadic, rebellious, outlaws, raiders, mercenaries, servants or slaves, migrant laborers, etc.. ...more on Wikipedia about "Habiru"
The Hamaxobians, also or Amaxobii or Amaxobians, in ancient geography, were a kind of people who had no houses or tents, but lived together in chariots. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hamaxobian"
Hatti is the reconstructed ancient name of a region in Anatolia inhabited by the Hattians between the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC, and later by the Hittites, who were at the height of their power ca 1400 BC– 1200 BC. The capital city of both peoples was Hattusa (modern Bogazköy) in what is now central-northern Turkey. The term is derived from the Assyrian designation of "Hatti-Land" for the areas to the west of the Euphrates. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hatti"
The Hattians were an ancient people who inhabited the land of Hatti in Asia Minor in the 3rd to 2nd millennia BC. They spoke a non-Indo-European language of uncertain affiliation called Hattic (now believed by some to be related to the Northwest Caucasian language group). They eventually merged with or were replaced by the Hittites, who spoke the Indo-European Hittite language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hattians"
The Hayato ( Japanese: 隼人) were a people of ancient Japan, believed to have lived in the south of Kyushu until at least the Nara period. It has been suggested that the Hayato people were closely related to Malay/Polynesian people. The Kumaso seem to be their distant cousin as well. The Kagoshima dialect could be the result of mixture of the Japanese language and the language of the Hayato. It is widely belived that the majority of the Hayato people have migrated to modern day Shimizu, ward of the city of Shizuoka. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hayato (people)"
The Helvetii (in Latin) were the Celtic inhabitants of modern Switzerland. In the first century BC, they migrated from Southern Germany to Switzerland. They were described by Julius Caesar in his De Bello Gallico. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helvetii"
The Heruli (spelled variously in Latin and Greek) were a nomadic Germanic people, who were subjugated by the Ostrogoths, Huns, and Byzantines in the 3rd to 5th centuries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heruli"
Heth (חֵת, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ) the second of the eleven biblical Canaanite nations. After a misidentification of the land beyond the Euphrates (which the Assyrians called Hatti) with Nesili- Hittite, the Hittite nation was named after him — the name sticking before the identification could be reversed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heth"
“Hittites” is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (Hittite Hattushash) where today is the village of Boğazköy in north-central Turkey, through most of the second millennium BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hittites"
Hohokam is the name of one of the four major prehistoric archaeological traditions of the American Southwest. Variant spellings in current, official usage include Huhugam and Huhukam. The culture was differentiated from others in the region in the 1930s by archaeologist Harold S. Gladwin, who applied the existing O'odham term, to classify the remains he was excavating in the Lower Gila Valley. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hohokam"
Horites (Egyptian Khar) were cave-dwellers mentioned in the Bible inhabiting areas around Petra. They have been identified with Egyptian references to Khar which concern a southern region of Canaan. This location and the similarity of the biblical term Hori to the Egyptian term Khar, formerly translated as Harri, has connected the Biblical Horites. Their most famous ancestor is called Seir but no genealogy is given for him. Despite the widespread sphere of Hurrian influence these might not be synonymous. While in history Hurrians had close relations with so-called Hattians, biblical Horites are closely associated, through Seir's son Zibeon, with the Hivites. It may be that rather than being a nation, the biblical term Hori may simply refer to a lifestyle common among Hivites which if a meaning is derived from their name makes them a "cave-dwelling" people - Troglodytes. They were infiltrated by the Edomites and subsequently assimilated. Another location associated with them is the volcanic region of Hauran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horites"
(Huaguo) Húagúo(py) or 滑国; is the name of a country mentioned in the Liang chih-kung-t'u (梁职贡图) from Henan ...more on Wikipedia about "Huaguo"
The Huns were a group of Central Asian nomadic tribes, who appeared in Europe in the 4th century. It has also become a more general term for any number of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads. Most of these peoples are recorded by neighboring peoples to the south, east, and west as having occupied Central Asia roughly from the 2nd century to the 6th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Huns"
The Hurrians were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia and areas to the immediate east and west, beginning approximately 2500 BC. They probably originated in the Caucasus and entered from the north, but this is not certain. Their known homeland was centred in Subar, the Khabur River valley, and later they established themselves as rulers of small kingdoms throughout northern Mesopotamia and Syria. The largest and most influential Hurrian nation was the kingdom of Mitanni, which lasted from ca. 1450 BC until its destruction by Assyria in ca. 1270 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hurrians"
The Hyksos ( Egyptian heka khasewet) were an ethnically mixed group of Southwest Asiatic or Semitic people who appeared in the eastern Nile Delta during the Second Intermediate Period. They rose to power during the Second Intermediate Period, and ruled Lower and Middle Egypt for over one hundred years, forming the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Dynasties of Egypt, (ca. 1674-1548 B.C.E. See Egyptian chronology). ...more on Wikipedia about "Hyksos"
The Iberians arrived in Spain sometime in the third millennium B.C., although their arrival has been dated as early as 4000 B.C. Most scholars believe the Iberians came from a region farther east in the Mediterranean, although some have suggested that they originated in North Africa while others believe the Iberians were a culture that evolved from native groups. The Iberians first settled along the eastern coast of Spain, and possibly spread throughout the rest of the Iberian Peninsula later on. The Iberians lived in isolated communities based on a tribal organisation. They also had a knowledge of metal working, including bronze, and agricultural techniques. In later years, the Iberians evolved into a more complex civilization with urbanized communities and social stratification. They traded metals with the Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Iberians"
The Ilercavones were an ancient Iberian (Pre- Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to be of Iberian language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ilercavones"
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The Ilergetes were an ancient Iberian (Pre- Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to be of Iberian language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ilergetes"
Illyrians has come to refer to a broad, ill-defined group of peoples who inhabited the western Balkans (from northern Epirus to southern Pannonia) and even perhaps parts of Southern Italy in Classical times into the Common era. It is, however, unclear whether in reality there was such a broad group that identified as Illyrians, and some argue that the ethnonym Illyrioi came to be applied to this large group of tribes by the ancient Greeks, Illyrioi having perhaps originally designated only a single tribe that came to be widely known to the Greeks due to proximity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Illyrians"
The Indigetes were an ancient Iberian (Pre- Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to be of Iberian language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indigetes"
The Indo-Aryans are the ethno-linguistic descendents of of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-Iranians. The earliest records of Indo-Aryans are in the Rigveda, and in references to the Mitanni rulers. The Indo-Aryans inhabiting northern India, the bearers of the Vedic civilization are sometimes called Vedic Aryans. The term derives from the Sanskrit word " Arya". ...more on Wikipedia about "Indo-Aryans"
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