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Amur Annexation
Amur Annexation: the 1858 Treaty of Aigun (璦琿條約) and 1860 Treaty of Peking (中俄北京條約), by which Qing China ceded the left Amur bank and the Ussuri region to Russia, unequal treaties in Chinese memory.
Amur Expedition of Nevelskoy
The Amur Expedition of Nevelskoy (Амурская экспедиция Невельского) was a Russian exploring and annexing expedition of 1849–1855, led by Gennady Nevelskoy, that proved the Amur navigable and established that Sakhalin is an island.
Amur expeditions of Yerofey Khabarov
The Amur expeditions of Yerofey Khabarov (Походы Хабарова на Амур) were Russian campaigns into the Daur lands along the Amur river, where he imposed fur tribute and opened the region to administration.
Amur Governor-Generalship
The Amur Governor-Generalship (Приамурское генерал-губернаторство) was a unit of the Russian Empire governing the Russian Far East from 1884 until 1917, created by Alexander III and seated at Khabarovsk.
Amur leopard
Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), also Far East or Manchurian leopard, a critically endangered leopard subspecies of the Russia-China border forests; fewer than 30 in the 1970s, now roughly 130 in Russia plus about 30 in China, with joint censuses recording over 200.
Amur Oblast (Амурская область)
Amur Oblast (Амурская область), a Russian Far East federal subject with center Blagoveshchensk: 361.9 thousand km², 753,046 people (2025), founded 1858, GRP 1.03 trillion rubles (2024), major gas, hydropower, and cosmodrome projects.
Amurru (god)
Amurru (Sumerian Martu, dMAR.TU), the Mesopotamian god of the West and of the Amorites, worshiped in Babylonia especially in the Old Babylonian period; depicted with a crook and caprid on Old Babylonian cylinder seals.
Amurru (kingdom)
Amurru, also known as the Kingdom of Amurru, was a Late Bronze Age kingdom in western Syria and northern Lebanon, at times a Hittite vassal.
Amurru defection to the Hittites
The Amurru defection to the Hittites was King Aziru's abandonment of Egyptian overlordship for a vassal treaty with Šuppiluliuma I of Hatti, costing Egypt its main foothold on the northern Levantine coast.
Amursana
Amursana (Амарсанаа) was an Oirat prince who led an anti-Qing uprising for Dzungar independence, proclaimed khan in 1755 and dying of smallpox in Russian exile in 1757.
Amursana's rebellion
Amursana's revolt (1755–1757) was the rebellion of the Oirat prince Amursana against the Qing dynasty after they denied him rule over Dzungaria, ending with the Qing extermination of the Dzungars.
Amursky Cosmopark
Космопарк «Амурский» (Amursky Cosmopark) is an indoor space-themed entertainment and education center in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, opened November 2025 at Tribuna Hall; first such park in the Far East, founded by Tatiana Kapustina, with VR attractions and over 10,000 early visitors.
Amuse
アミューズ (Amuse, 株式会社アミューズ), Japanese pachinko hall operator founded 1993 in Osaka, HQ in Suita; runs Amuse and Dokiwaku Land halls, flagship Amuse Chiba (opened 2016, 1,125 machines), group revenue 120 billion yen, president Kazuma Iwaya.
Amuse (music company)
Amuse (Amuseio AB) is a Stockholm-based Swedish digital music distributor for independent artists, founded 2015, launched 2017. Subscription plans from $23.99/year with 100% royalties, 25% commission after lapse, Fast Forward royalty advances, and a label services arm; distinct from Japan's Amuse Inc.
Amuse (see Amuse Inc.)
Amuse, also known as Amuse Inc. (アミューズ), is a Japanese entertainment agency and production group founded in 1978 by Yokichi Osato, known for managing Southern All Stars, Fukuyama Masaharu, Perfume, and BABYMETAL.
Amuse-bouche
An amuse-bouche, also called amuse-gueule, is a bite-sized complimentary hors d'oeuvre chosen by the chef and served to seated guests in upscale restaurants, before or after they order.
Amused to Death
Amused to Death is Roger Waters' third solo album, released September 1992 on Columbia Records. Inspired by Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, it critiques television culture, war, and religion, featuring Jeff Beck, reached UK No. 8, and was remastered in 5.1 in 2015.
Amusement arcade
An amusement arcade, also known as a video or game arcade, is a commercial venue housing coin-operated machines, from seaside arcades to Japanese game centers and Dave & Buster's.
Amusement park
Amusement park: outdoor entertainment facility with rides, games, and attractions; origins in European pleasure grounds and Coney Island, defined also by theme-park strand after Disneyland 1955 and ASTM-based ride safety oversight.
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), Neil Postman's media ecology critique of television, argues TV turned public discourse into entertainment; Huxley's dystopia, not Orwell's, describes us.
Amut-pi'el II
Amut-pi'el II, also known as Amut-Pi-El, was a king of Qatna, a Middle Bronze Age kingdom in western Syria at Tall Mišrife, who reigned around 1720–1700 BC.
Amway
Amway is an American multi-level marketing company selling nutrition, beauty, and home products, founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos in Ada, Michigan.
Amway Arena
Amway Arena, also known as the Orlando Arena, TD Waterhouse Centre, and O-Rena, was an indoor arena in downtown Orlando that hosted the Orlando Magic from 1989 to 2010.
Amwell (company)
Amwell, formally American Well Corporation, is a Boston-based telehealth company founded by brothers Ido and Roy Schoenberg in 2006, whose Amwell Converge platform lets health systems and health plans deliver virtual care under their own brands.
AMX (company)
AMX is an American brand of audiovisual control and automation systems under HARMAN Professional, supplying control processors, touch panels, and signal distribution for conference rooms, classrooms, hotels, and command centers.
AMX International AMX
The AMX International AMX, nicknamed Ghibli, is a light attack jet developed by Italy and Brazil that served from 1989 until Italy retired it in 2024.
AMX-10 RC
The AMX-10 RC is a French six-wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle armed with a 105 mm gun, built by GIAT Industries and in service with the French Army since 1980.
AMX-13
The AMX-13 is a French light tank with an oscillating turret and automatic loader, built from 1952 and one of France's most successful armored exports.
AMX-30
The AMX-30 is a French main battle tank of the 1960s, the French Army's standard tank from 1967 until the Leclerc replaced it in the 1990s.
AMX-50
The AMX-50 was a series of French experimental heavy tank prototypes developed by AMX from 1945 to the late 1950s, canceled as too heavy and expensive; a preserved example sits at Saumur.