List: historical term

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• women's volunteer corps, groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Halifax Explosion (December 6, 1917)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Holy Roman Empire (800-1806)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• judge (of ancient China)
• judge (leader of ancient Israel)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• secret society of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Gunpowder Plot (of 1605)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)