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Balhae–Japan relations
Balhae–Japan relations were diplomatic and commercial exchanges between Balhae (698–926) and Japan, conducted chiefly through official envoy missions from 727 to 919 that combined diplomacy with trade.
Balhae–Tang conflict and the Malgal campaigns
The Balhae–Tang conflict and Malgal campaigns were a 732–733 war in which Balhae under King Mu attacked Tang's Dengzhou in Shandong and repelled a failed Silla attack.
Bali
Bali (Pulau Bali, Pulau Dewata), an Indonesian province between Java and Lombok; capital Denpasar, 9 regencies, about 5,636 km2, 4.4 million people, tourism-driven economy with a 2023 foreign tourist levy.
Bali Green Surf
Bali Green Surf (Bali Green Surf School) is a surf school on Bali's southwest coast, based at Jalan Drupadi No. 9 in Seminyak, offering lessons for all skill levels.
Bali Kingdom
The Bali Kingdom was a Hindu court-centered polity on Bali, Indonesia, beginning with the Majapahit conquest of 1343 and ending under Dutch colonization from 1846.
Bali Metro
The Bali Metro, also known as Bali MRT or Bali Urban Subway, is a series of planned urban rail systems for southern Bali, Indonesia, none yet built.
Bali myna
Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), also Bali starling or jalak Bali: a white crested starling endemic to Bali, Indonesia, Critically Endangered with 1-49 wild mature individuals, kept alive by captive breeding, releases, and anti-poaching work.
Bali Nine
The Bali Nine: nine Australians arrested in Bali in April 2005 smuggling over 8 kg of heroin; ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran executed in 2015; five survivors repatriated December 2024.
Bali Pulendran
Bali Pulendran is a Sri Lanka-born immunologist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and director of its Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection since 2024.
Bali Road Map
The Bali Road Map is a set of UN climate decisions adopted at COP13 in Bali in December 2007, launching two-year negotiations toward a post-2012 climate agreement.
Bali Sea
Bali Sea: IHO-delimited sea (1953 S-23, MRGID 4340) of the Pacific Ocean north of Bali Island, Indonesia; 39,916 km², over the Bali Basin deepening from 200 m to 1,300 m toward Lombok Strait; Sunda Arc tectonics, sardine fisheries.
Bali Strait
Bali Strait (Selat Bali): 80-km strait between Java and Bali linking the Indian Ocean and Java Sea; funnel-shaped, mixed tides, strong currents, Ketapang–Gilimanuk ferry crossing, fisheries, and tidal-energy potential.
Bali tiger
Bali tiger (Panthera tigris balica), extinct tiger subspecies endemic to Bali, Indonesia, described by Schwarz in 1912. Smallest tiger subspecies, males under 100 kg; last one shot 27 September 1937; closest living relative the Sumatran tiger.
Bali United F.C.
Bali United F.C. (Serdadu Tridatu) is an Indonesian professional football club in Gianyar, Bali, founded 15 February 2015 from Persisam Putra Samarinda; two-time Liga 1 champion and first Indonesian club listed on the stock exchange (PT Bali Bintang Sejahtera Tbk, 2019 IPO).
Bali Wake Park
Bali Wake Park, Bali Wake Park Denpasar: cable wakeboarding park on a five-hectare lake near Benoa Harbour, opened 2015 by Kimo Rusna, with Aqualand inflatables; paused since February 2025 over Benoa land-use issues.
Balian of Ibelin
Balian of Ibelin (c. 1143–1193), also Balian Ibn Barzan, lord of Ibelin and Nablus, baron of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; married Maria Comnena, defended Jerusalem in 1187, and negotiated its surrender to Saladin on 2 October 1187.
Baliancheng Site
八连城遗址 (Baliancheng), also Banlacheng, is the walled city site at Hunchun, Jilin, identified as Dongjing Longyuan Prefecture, the Eastern Capital of Bohai, with two concentric earthen walls, a 2,894 m outer perimeter, and excavations from 1937 and 2004–2009.
Balibo Five
Balibo Five: Shackleton, Stewart, Rennie, Peters, Cunningham, Australia-based TV journalists killed 16 October 1975 at Balibo, East Timor, during Indonesian incursions; 2007 coroner found deliberate killing, war crime; no one charged.
Balicheng Site
Balicheng Site (八里城遗址) is the remains of a Jin-dynasty walled town in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang, China, identified with the Jin-era prefecture of Zhaozhou; its rammed-earth walls span nearly eight li.
Balih
Balih (Baliḥ) is a legendary king of Kish named in the Sumerian King List, where he appears as the son and successor of Etana with a reign of 400 years.
Balija
Balija: Telugu trading caste of southern India, also called Naidu, Vadugan, or Kavarai; historically merchant-warriors who became Vijayanagara Nayaka rulers of Madura and Tanjore.
Balika Vadhu
Balika Vadhu is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera on Colors TV from 2008 to 2016, following Anandi, a child bride in rural Rajasthan, across 2,248 episodes.
Balikatan
Balikatan, meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder" in Tagalog, is the largest annual military exercise between the United States and the Philippines, held since 1981 and expanded by 2026 to include five more nations.
Balikpapan
Balikpapan is a coastal oil-refining city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, founded around the 1897 Mathilda oil well, with about 503 km², six districts, an HDI of 82.24, and proximity to the new capital Nusantara.
Balin (Middle-earth)
Balin, son of Fundin, is a Dwarf of Durin's Folk in Tolkien's Middle-earth: a member of Thorin's Company in The Hobbit, Bilbo's closest Dwarf friend, later Lord of Moria, killed by an Orc arrow in T.A. 2994 and found entombed in the Chamber of Mazarbul by the Fellowship.
Balin Miller
Balin Scott Miller (2002–2025), Alaskan alpinist and first soloist of Denali's Slovak Direct, also soloed Reality Bath and the French Connection; died at 23 rappelling off the end of his rope on El Capitan's Sea of Dreams.
Balinese architecture
Balinese architecture is the traditional building tradition of Bali, Indonesia, in which temples, houses, and villages follow cosmological principles, with tiered Meru shrines and split gates.
Balinese cat
Balinese cat, longhaired variety of the Siamese named after Balinese dancers; developed in the US from 1940s, CFA championship 1970, Javanese merged 2008; single silky coat, blue eyes, vocal.
Balinese Hinduism
Balinese Hinduism, known in Indonesia as Agama Hindu Dharma, is the form of Hinduism practiced in Bali, centered on one supreme God, Sanghyang Widhi Wasa, and village temple ritual.
Balinese literature
Balinese literature is the body of writing associated with Bali, spanning traditional palm-leaf (lontar) manuscripts in Balinese and Old Javanese, and modern literature in Balinese and Indonesian.