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Viking Expedition to America

During the Viking Age (9th — 11th centuries), Scandinavian Vikings traveled from Ireland to Russia, engaging in trade, hunting, and robbery. Around 860, the...

The Medieval Kingdom of Hungary – Pt. 5 The Fall

In 1490, the Hungarian throne was occupied by the Czech king Vladislav II Jagiellon under the name of Vladislaus II (1490-1516). During the reign...

Viking Conquest in England

Early Attacks The attacks of the Scandinavian Vikings on the coast of Britain began at the end of the VIII century. Initially, these were the...

The Story of Danelaw

The territory in the north-eastern part of England, distinguished by special legal and social systems was inherited from the Norwegian and Danish Vikings who...

Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)

Causes Italy as a newly-formed power was looking for markets and tried to expand its colonial possessions. The Italians began to conduct diplomatic preparations for...

How Vikings Got Their Name – Etymology of the Vikings

Some researchers derive the word "Viking" from the Old Norse "víkingr", which means "man from the bay " or "man from the port". Earlier,...

The Colonial Italian Empire

The colonies of Italy are a combination of European and overseas territories of Italy in relation to Italy, which in the 19th and 20th...

First Italo-Ethiopian War (1894-96)

Introduction and War By 1895, the African continent was largely divided between the European powers, but Ethiopia, remained independent. Italy, which was late to the...

The Hungarian War of Independence

Background Based on the national guard created in the first days of the revolution, the Hungarian government began to create its own army. This caused...

Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Background By the middle of the XIX century, the system of absolutism, established during the Napoleonic wars in Hungary, ceased to meet the interests of...

The July Monarchy (1830-1848)

New Structure The main result of the revolution was the provision of parliamentarism, the rights of the individual, and minor expansion of the ruling class....

History and Formation of The Holy Alliance

The Holy Alliance is a conservative union of Russia, Prussia and Austria, created to maintain the international order established at the Vienna Congress (1815)....

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