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How the Vikings Worked
The Vikings were bloodthirsty raiders outfitted with armor and dragon boats, pillaging the coasts. Or was there more to the Age of Vikings?
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Anglo-Saxons, the name given the Germanic, or Teutonic, peoples who invaded and occupied Britain beginning in the fifth century.
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British Empire, in history, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the lands and peoples under its control.
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Byzantine Empire, the great empire that had its origin in the founding of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Constantine in 330 A.D.
See more »Commonwealth and Protectorate
Commonwealth and Protectorate, The, the republican government in England from the beheading of Charles I in 1649 to the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II in 1660.
See more »Etruscans
Etruscans , an ancient people of Italy. The Etruscans inhabited a region known as Etruria, consisting of 12 city-states.
See more »Franks
Franks , an ancient Germanic people. They are believed to have originated in Pomerania on the southern Baltic coast.
See more »Gaul
Gaul (Latin: Gallia), an ancient region of western Europe. Gaul in Julius Caesar's time included most of northern Italy (Cisalpine Gaul), which was occupied by the Romans, and the vast extent of territory from the Rhine River to the Pyrenees called Transalpine Gaul (Gaul beyond the Alps), which was largely inhabited by Celts.
See more »Helvetians
Helvetians, the ancient Celtic inhabitants of what is now western Switzerland. In 102 B.C.
See more »History of Czechoslovakia
A country in central Europe that existed from 1918 - 93. The country consisted of the Czech lands (Bohemia and Moravia) and Slovakia.
See more »Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire, a realm in medieval and early modern times that consisted primarily of Germany and that part of Italy governed by the German ruler.
See more »Huguenots
Huguenotsthe common name of French Protestants during the Reformation. The name is still sometimes applied to French Protestants, especially French Calvinists.
See more »Kingdom of Sardinia
Sardinia, Kingdom of, a former Italian kingdom founded in the 18th century. In the 19th century, it was the leading state in the Italian unification movement and was largely instrumental in creating the Kingdom of Italy.
See more »Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Sicilies, Kingdom of the Two , a former kingdom consisting of the island of Sicily and southern Italy.
See more »Lombards
Lombards, an ancient Germanic people. In the first century A.D. they were living along the lower Elbe River.
See more »Merovingian Dynasty
Merovingian Dynasty the first dynasty of Frankish kings in Gaul. The name is derived from Merowig, a legendary chief of the Salian Franks.
See more »Normans
Normans, in modern times, persons from the French province of Normandy. Originally “Norman,” was the softened pronunciation of “Norsemen,” the name for the Viking raiders (Norwegians and Danes) who conquered the lower Seine region.
See more »Norsemen
Norsemen, or Northmen, a name given to Scandinavians of ancient and medieval times, especially the late eighth through mid-eleventh century.
See more »Picts
Picts, a name given during the late Roman Empire to the tribes of the northern part of Caledonia (Scotland).
See more »Prussia
Prussia, formerly a state of Germany. From 1867, when Austria was excluded from the German confederation, until the end of World War II, Prussia was the largest of the German states, and dominated German affairs.
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