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The Famous Medieval Arabic Conquests

The first invasion It began with the conquest of the Middle East. Byzantium lost the Levant, and the Sassanid state lost Mesopotamia. The confrontation with Byzantium...

Medieval and Modern History of Latvia

In the VII century, Scandinavian settlements appeared in western Latvia in Kurzeme. In the VIII century, the population of Latvia from dugouts moved to the...

Modern History of Estonia – Livonian War and Swedish Rule

In the 16th century, the Livonian Confederation, the Russian Kingdom, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL), the Swedish and Danish kingdoms entered into a...

Prehistory and Ancient History of Latvia

Mesolithic The territory of Latvia began to free itself from the glacier around 14000 B.C. however, only in about 9000 B.C. here the first settlers...

Estonia as Part of The Livonian Confederation – Terra Mariana

A feudal system was formed on the lands of the order. The feudal lords were German knights, bishops and a few Estonian elders who...

History of Estonia During the Medieval Period

The period of the spread of Christianity in the beginning of the XIII century to the Livonian War (1558) is considered to be the...

Early Middle Ages of Estonia & Early Christian Period

The name "Estonia" first mentioned by Cassiodorus in his Letters (Book. V, Letters 1-2). It is a controversial question about the territory inhabited by the...

Prehistoric and Ancient Estonia

Mesolithic Up to the end of the last glaciation, about 10 thousand years B.C., the territory of Estonia was not inhabited by people. The earliest traces...

Algeria Under French Rule

In 1848, Algeria was declared a territory of France, divided into departments headed by prefects and by the French governor-general. The February Revolution of 1848...

The Conquest of Algeria by France

In 1830, the French were equipped with a huge expedition of 100 military and 357 transport ships with a land force of 35,000 men...

Medieval History of Algeria

In the 7th century, Arabs invaded Algeria and the country's territory became part of the Arab Caliphate. Islamization occurred (and later - Arabization) of...

Prehistoric North Africa – Neolithic Period

The rock carvings of the Sahara, of which the most famous are the drawings from Tassilin-Adjer in Algeria, reflect living scenes of everyday life...

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