by Faun Rice
Amazonia, 18, 20, 39, 128, 225
Australian Aboriginals, the, 17, 24, 27,
see the Achuar
45, 47, 59
see the Amuesha
Avongara, the, 193, 198
see Tupí-Guraní people
Ayutthaya kingdom, the or the
Amerindian peoples, 37, 52
Ayudhya kingdom, 235, 354, 357,
see North American indigenous
358, 362, 363
peoples
Azande, the, 153, 164, 193, 196, 198
see South American indigenous
Azande kingdom, the
peoples
see the Avongara
see Mesoamerican peoples
see the Wasangari
Amuesha, the, 389
Aztec, the, 239
Angkor Wat, 234, 354, 358
Angola, 202
Bachwezi, the, 225, 226, 366
see the Mbwela
Baffin Islanders, the, 33
Ankole kingdom, the, 153
Baghdad, 148, 169
Antananarivo, 283, 302–304, 306, 309,
BaKongo, the, 155–157, 176, 177, 186,
324, 325, 327–332, 451–453
187, 189, 190, 201, 203–205, 210, 216,
Arabs, the, 88, 95, 103, 104, 306, 464
219, 220, 399, 413, 414, 416
530
ON KINGS
Baktaman, the, 38
Bussa kingdom, 199
Bambara, the, 177
Bwilile, the or the Bwilie, 197, 198
Bankanu, the, 203
Bari, the, 78–80
Cahokia, 443, 460
Bariba, the, 193, 199
Californian Aboriginals, 4, 353,
Barura, the, 56
381–384, 386–389, 397, 459
Bashu, the, 157, 161, 194, 196
see the Maidu
Bemba, the or the Shilla, 167, 193, 197,
see the Patwin
198
see the Pomo
Benin, 6, 149, 161, 168, 185, 237, 290,
see the Wappo
407, 415, 443–445, 456
see the Wintu
see the Bariba
Cambodia, 234, 358, 359, 363
see the Dahomey kingdom
see Angkor Wat
Bering Strait, the, 28
see the Funan kingdom
Biak Islanders, the, 360, 361
see the Khmer
Bito, the, 177
Central African Republic
Boina kingdom, the, 260, 262
see Azande kingdom
Bolia, the, 187–189
Ceramese, the, 361
Borgu Empire, the, 148–149, 153, 164,
Chad, 192, 231
169, 185, 193, 198–201, 206
see the Mundang
see the Bariba
Chambri, the, 349
see Bussa kingdom
Chewong, the, 25–27, 29, 31, 36, 41, 57
see the Wasangari
Cheyenne, the, 351
Borneo, 363, 368
Chichimecs, the, 226, 227, 229, 234,
see the Iban
238, 240, 242–246
see Kalimantan
China, 234, 341, 354, 362, 368, 369, 371,
Bornu Empire, the, 148, 163–164, 199
374, 404, 416, 417, 419, 431, 436, 443,
Pabir sultanate, the, 163
447, 456, 458, 462
Buganda kingdom, 133–134, 164, 166,
Chinese emperors, 8, 234–235, 341,
226, 400, 443–444
349, 362–364, 367–369, 417, 432,
see the Ganda, 8, 74, 133, 134, 149,
447
153, 166, 400, 401, 435, 437, 445
see the Han
Bunyoro kingdom, the, 147, 161,
Chukchee, the, 30, 34
164–165, 225–226
Congo, 131, 146, 154, 155, 164, 178,
see Kitara
180–182, 184, 186, 187, 191, 201–208
see the Nyoro
see the Democratic Republic of
Burma, 13, 235, 358, 371
the Congo
see the Kachin
see the Kongo kingdom
see the Karen
see the Republic of the Congo
see the Kayah
Culhua, the, 239, 240, 244–246
see the Pagan kingdom
Culhuacan, 228, 229, 237–239, 241, 246
see the Pegu kingdom
see the Shan
Dagbon kingdom, the, 151
ETHNONYM INDEX
531
Dagomba, the, 151
Hageners, the, 43, 58
Dahomey kingdom, the, 149, 159, 443
Han, the, 237, 360, 363–365, 371, 432,
Dai Viet, the, 369
464
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Hawai’i, 3, 63, 140, 218, 220
the, 187
Hidatsa, the, 246
see the Bemba
see the Bolia
Iatmul, the, 248, 349, 350, 369
see the Bwilile
Iban, the, 145, 224, 373
see the Lendu
Igala, the, 159, 160, 191
see the Luba
Iglulik, the, 28, 31, 33, 35
see the Lunda
Imerina kingdom or the Merina
Dinka, the, 70, 83, 84, 88–90, 95, 98,
kingdom, 250, 251, 258, 265, 266,
100, 101, 103, 108, 109, 118, 124–126,
273, 274, 277, 292, 305, 307, 308, 335,
129, 131, 176
339, 340, 395, 447, 451, 452
Dogon, the, 197, 200
see Antananarivo
Duna, the, 56
Arivonimamo, 252, 282, 454, 455
the Imamo region, 252, 254, 259,
Ecbatana, 423
260–261, 263, 282, 295, 336
Egypt, 64, 66, 72, 83, 406, 426, 428,
see the Manendy republic
442, 443, 458, 459, 462
see the Merina
Egyptian pharaohs, the, 72, 81,
Valalafotsy, 252, 260–265, 308
426, 428, 438, 459
India, 327, 359, 417, 423, 424, 443–445,
Ekie, the, 160
462
England, 8, 279, 401, 442
Indonesia, 363, 450
Ethiopia, 66, 423, 424
see the Malukans
Ewe, the, 406
Inka, the, 145, 351, 428–431, 437, 442,
448, 456
Feramin, the, 46, 49
Inuit Aboriginals
Fiji Islands, 224
see the Baffin Islanders
see Lau Islands
see the Chukchee
Fipa, the, 160
see the Iglulik
Funan kingdom, the, 358, 363–364
see the Netsilik
Iran
Ganda, the or the Baganda, Lugan-
see the Median Empire
da, 8, 74, 133, 134, 149, 153, 166, 366,
see the Parthian Empire
400, 401, 435, 437, 445
Ireland, 128
Gauls, the, 366, 374
Ixlilxochiti, the, 246
Ghana
see the Mamprusi
Japan, 416, 417, 419, 436, 443
see Taleland
shoguns, 8, 419
Goba, the, 162
Java, 352, 359, 363, 368
Greenland, 28, 30
see the Madjapahit kingdom
532
ON KINGS
Jukun, the, 159, 406–409, 412, 456
321, 322, 324–326, 328, 329, 334, 339,
341, 342, 434, 445, 457
Kachin, the, 13, 235, 369, 370
see the Boina kingdom
Kalimantan, 373
see the Imerina kingdom
see the Iban
see the Malagasy
Kaluli, the, 41
see the Sakalava
Karen, the, 371
see the Vazimba
Kayah, the, 371, 372
Madi, the, 162
Khartoum, 89, 105
Madjapahit kingdom, the, 354,
Khmer, the, 234, 358, 359, 363, 369,
358–359
374
Mae Enga, the, 37
Kitara, 62, 147, 161, 164, 165, 177, 225,
Maidu, the, 383, 384
226, 366, 369
Mainty Enin-Dreny, the, 277, 307
see the Bachwezi
Malagasy, the, 65, 253–255, 261,
Kongo kingdom, the, ix, 139, 145, 181,
264–268, 270, 273, 276, 278, 280,
183, 184, 187, 201, 202, 205–207, 209
283, 284, 287, 293, 296, 305, 310, 312,
Afonso, 156, 157, 183
316, 318, 320, 336–338, 340, 434, 435,
see the Bankanu
437, 449, 454, 457, 463
the Congobella principality, 186
Malay Peninsula, the, 168, 235, 357, 361
Diego, 183
see Borneo
Joao II, 159, 180
coastal Malay, 27
see the Mbata kingdom
the Melaka sultanate, 235, 361–362
the Mpangu province, 204
Malaysia, 25, 448
the Mpemba province, 181, 204
see Borneo
Kuskusmin, the, 56
see the Chewong
Kwaio, the, 40, 52, 53, 59
Mali
Kwakiutl, the, 4, 60, 385–387, 398
see the Bambara
see the Dogon
Lalakai, the, 40
Malukans, the, 360, 361
Lau Islands, the, 145
Mamprusi, the, 150, 151, 171, 172
Lendu, the, 162
Manambu, the, 54, 349, 350
Loango kingdom, the, 413
Mandan, the, 246
Lovedu, the or the Lobedu, 62, 167,
Mandingo, the, 199, 200
196, 259, 405
Manendy, the, 260–264, 277, 302, 307,
Luapulu, the, 148, 197, 210, 220, 441
308, 340
Luba, the, 142, 143, 149, 154, 155, 157,
Manisotra, the, 277, 302–305, 307, 308
160, 185, 190–192, 197
Maori, the, 140–142, 146, 210, 220, 440
Lunda, the, 17, 142–144, 149, 154, 164,
Mauritius, 258, 260, 308, 309
170, 185, 197, 198, 210
Maya, the, 145, 351, 435
Mbata kingdom, the, 169, 186,
Madagascar, x, 12, 249–251, 255, 256,
204–210
258, 261, 267, 274–276, 284, 290,
Mbowamb, the, 37, 44, 141
293, 306, 308, 313, 315, 316, 318, 319,
Mbwela, the, 170
ETHNONYM INDEX
533
Mecca, 13, 148, 168, 290, 366, 406
see the Tifalmin
Median Empire, the, 375, 426
see the Urapmin
see Ecbatana
Mixtec, the, 245
Melpa, the, 55, 56
Mongols, the, 374, 464
Merina, the, 11, 71, 250, 251, 256–260,
Mossi kingdoms, the, 170
263, 265, 266, 268, 273, 274, 277,
Mossi peoples, the
290–296, 298, 301, 305, 307, 308,
the Ouagadougou Mossi, 193
310, 316, 318, 332, 335, 337, 339, 340,
the Yatenga Mossi, 148, 170, 171,
395, 430, 435, 447, 448, 451–455
194, 197
Merina kingdom, the,
Mundang, the, or the Moundang,
see the Imerina kingdom
192, 196, 231
Meroe, 66
Myanmar
Mesoamerican peoples, 235, 238, 240,
see Burma
248
see the Aztec
Naskapi, the, 39
see the Maya
Natchez, the or Théoloël, 390–395,
see the Mixtec
397, 398, 416, 430, 435, 443, 456,
see the Toltec
460
see the Zapotec
Ndembu, the, 17, 142–144, 147, 149,
Mesopotamia, 63, 72, 458
170, 171, 210
Anu, 63, 64
Nepal, 2
Assyria, 82, 440
Nepali kings, 81
Babylon, 418, 422, 423
Netsilik, the, 27, 33, 34
Enlil, 64
New Zealand, 141
Marduk, 64
Ngapuhi, the, 141
Sumer, 345
Nigeria, 151, 163, 198, 406
Mexica, the, x, 6, 145, 223, 225–231,
see the Borgu empire
233, 234, 236–241, 243–246, 248, 351,
see the Bornu empire
366, 399, 416, 435, 445, 448, 464
see the Igala
see the Chichimecs
see the Jukun
see the Culhua
see the Nupe
see the Otomi
Nile Valley, the, 442
Mianmin, the, 38, 41, 46, 51
see Nilotic peoples
Micronesia, 225
the White Nile, 83, 175
Ponape, 225
Nilotic peoples, the, 65, 68, 82, 84, 87,
Truk, 225
89, 91–92, 118, 124, 126, 128, 137, 147,
Min peoples, the, 27, 46, 47
176–177, 226, 347, 369
Afek, 46–48, 50, 51, 57
see the Bari
see the Feramin
see the Bito
see the Kuskusmin
see the Dinka
Magalim, 27, 46–51, 57
Nilotic cosmology, 82
see the Mianmin
see the Nuer
see the Telefolmin
see the Shilluk
534
ON KINGS
Nkole, the, 226
see the Maring
North American indigenous peoples
see the Mbowamb
see the Algonkians
see the Melpa
see the Assiniboine
see the Min peoples
see the Californian Aboriginals
see the Simbari Anga
see the Cheyenne
Parthian Empire, the, 376, 440
see the Hidatsa
Patwin, the, 353
see the Inuit Aboriginals
Pegu kingdom, the, 358
see the Kwakiutl
Persian Empire, the, 422
see the Mandan
Peru, 351, 440, 442, 443
see the Naskapi
see the Inka
see the Natchez
Piaroa, the, 51, 59
see the Ojibwe
Pintupi, the, 45, 140
see the Pueblo
Polynesia, 128
see the Teton Dakota
see the Maori
Nuba, the, 84, 122
Tonga, 331
Nuer, the, 18, 44, 80, 83, 88, 89, 95, 108,
Pomo, the, 353, 383, 384
118, 124–126, 129, 131, 390, 435, 437
Pueblo, the, 384, 385, 387
Nupe, the, 143, 144, 155, 184
Nyakyusa, the, 149, 167, 185, 196, 231
Republic of the Congo, 187
Nyoro, the or the Banyoro, the Bu-
see the Loango kingdom
nyoro, 15, 62, 147, 149, 161, 164, 165,
Rift Valley, the, 225, 226
177, 193, 225, 226, 232, 236, 366, 369
see the Ankole kingdom
see the Buganda kingdom
Ojibwe, the 43, 140
see the Bunyoro kingdom
Otomi, the, 229, 240
see the Sogo kingdom
Ottoman Empire, the, 88–89, 418
Roman Empire, the, 226
Romans, the, 202, 359, 374, 464
P
agan kingdom, the, 354, 358, 370
Papua New Guinea
Sakalava, the, 260, 263, 288, 303, 304,
see the Abelam
320
see the Baktaman
Sandwich Island kingdom, the, 373
see the Baruya
Saudi Arabia, 2
see the Biak Islanders
Seljuks, the, 419
see the Ceramese
Sengele, the or the BaSengele, 188,
see the Chambri
189
see the Duna
Shambala, the, 147, 154, 155, 158, 160, 167
see the Hageners
Shan, the, 13, 235, 368, 369, 371, 372
see the Iatmul
Shilluk, the, ix, 2, 3, 11, 62, 65–70,
see the Kaluli
76–78, 81–89, 92, 95–97, 99–109,
see the Lalakai
111–113, 117, 118, 120–126, 128–131,
see the Mae Enga
133–135, 140, 153, 167, 171, 175, 176,
see the Manambu
196, 291, 318, 380, 390, 395–401,
ETHNONYM INDEX
535
403, 404, 409, 416, 435, 437, 441,
see the Tallensi
456, 463
Tallensi, the, 150, 151, 161, 185, 193, 196,
Shilluk kingdom, the or Shillukland,
210, 435
65–67, 89, 87, 95–97, 100, 101, 110,
Tanganyika state, the, 154
111, 113, 120, 133, 175
see the Shambala
Sierra Leone
Tanzania
see the Mandingo
Bumbuli, 167
Soga, the, 166, 167
see the Fipa
Sogo kingdom, the, 161, 226
see the Nyakyusa
Solomon Islands, the, 40
see the Tanganyikan state
see the Kwaio
the Ufipa plateau, 161
Malaita, 40
Vugha, 167
Tikopia, 145
Telefolmin, the, 46–48, 50
South Africa, 405
Tenochca, the, 238
see the Lovedu
Tenochtitlan, 230, 236, 238–241, 243,
South American indigenous peoples,
244
31, 36, 39, 382, 434
Teotihuacan, the, 226
see the Achuar
Tepanec, the, 236, 238–240, 246
see the Inka
Teton Dakota, the, 351
see the Piaroa
Texcoco, 239, 244–246
see Tierra del Fuego
see the Ixlilxochiti
see the Tupí-Guaraní peoples
Thailand, 357–358
South Sudan, 78
see the Ayutthaya kingdom
see the Madi
see the Sukhothai kingdom
Southeast Asian kingdoms, the, 5,
Tierra del Fuego, 4, 43, 459
36, 61, 162, 226, 231, 233–234, 345,
Tifalmin, the, 46, 47, 50, 53
354–355, 357–359, 362, 365–366, 368,
Tlateloco, 238
370–371, 373, 375
Togo, the, 406
see the Ayutthaya kingdom
see the Ewe
see the Madjapahit kingdom
see the Mamprusi
see the Pagan kingdom
Tollan, 145, 225, 228, 234, 238, 240, 245
see the Srivijaya kingdom
see the Toltec
see the Sukhothai kingdom
Toltec, the, 145, 228–231, 233, 236–242,
Srivijaya kingdom, the, 354, 359, 362
