GARTER substantive – Sort of ribbon, or strap, made of fabric and with which one’s stockings are held up, above or below the knee: elastic garters.
- Order of the Garter, the highest English order of chivalry. Some writers believe that this order date back to a tournament held in Windsor on …Read more »

GAZA (arab. Ghazza), city in Syria, on the road leading to Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the desert, about 4 km (2.5 miles) from the sea. Population about 15 000. Important entrepôt for caravan traffic between Egypt and Syria. Gaza has few remains of antiquity. The only building worthy of interest is a mosque, formerly …Read more »

GALLIPOLI (formerly Calliopolis), city in the European part of Turkey (vilayet of Edirneh) on a peninsula in the north-east of the Dardanelles, 180 km (112 miles) west-southwest of Constantinople, population about 30 000. It was taken by the Turks in 1357 …Read more »

HASTINGS town in Sussex (England), 75 km (47 miles) south-southeast of London; population 29 290. low trade activity. Many visitors come during the bathing season. The Battle of Hastings, between William of Normandy and Harold …Read more »

HERAT, fortified town in Afghanistan on the Hari River, 550 km west of Kabul, population approximately 50 000. It is located in a plain 835 m above sea level. The main public buildings are the citadel, several mosques and bazaars and the palace of the khan. The main items of trade are saffron and asafœtida. Carpet, coat …Read more »

HAM, Hametum, Hamum, county town and district, 25 kilometers southeast of Péronne (Somme), amid a swampy countryside ; pop 3 000. beet sugar factories. Castle with a …Read more »

HEBR0N (originally Kirjath-Arba, Arabic El Khulil) city of Palestine, 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) South of Jerusalem; approximately 5 000 inhabitants. It is located partly on the slopes of two hills and partly in the valley of Mamre. At the Southern end of …Read more »