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Early History of Italy – Apennine peninsula

Prehistoric Italy The territory of Italy began to be settled about 50,000 years ago, that is, at the end of the Lower Paleolithic. It was...

Norman Conquest of Southern Italy

In 999, Norman pilgrims, returning from the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, landed in Salerno, where they were hospitably received by Prince Guaimar III. At...

The Religion of Carthage

Carthage inherited the foundations of religion from Phoenicia. The supreme pair of gods were Tanit and Baal Hammon, they are considered the most typical figures...

History of The Genoese Republic

The Genoese republic had possessions in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region, which it used as trading points. Of these were the islands...

The Great Famine (1315-1317)

The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (sometimes the period of 1315–1322 is given) is the first in a series of large-scale disasters of the late...

The Life of Hamilcar Barca

Hamilcar belonged to the highest Carthaginian aristocracy and built his ancestry to Elissa, the legendary founder of Carthage. Nothing is known about his parents;...

Early History of Carthage

Carthage was founded by immigrants from the Phoenician city of Tire in the late IX century B.C. According to legend, the city was founded...

Prelude of The Hun-Chinese War

The Hunno-Chinese Wars ( 202 BC - approximately 181 AD, with interruptions) - a series of military conflicts between the Hunnish and Han China...

History of The East Frankish Kingdom

The Eastern Frankish Kingdom is a state created as a result of the Treaty of Verdun (843) of the Frankish Empire as the hereditary...

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

The transition from the republic to the imperial form of government led to a gradual erosion of the institutions of civil society. The Senate...

The Firsts Known Battle in European History – Tollense Valley Battle

The clash in the Bronze Age on the banks of the Tollense River in Mecklenburg - Vorpommern is called a battle in the valley...

Prehistoric Germany – Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age

In the Neolithic period there was a final transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture and animal husbandry. Settlements instead of seasonal, attached...

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