Majapahit Empire , the last Indianized kingdom in Indonesia; It was to the east of Java and existed between the 13th and 16th centuries. The founder of Rich was Vijaya, a prince of Singhasāri ( see there ), who escaped when Jayakatwang, the ruler of Kaḍiri , captured the p
Galatia , old quarter in the center of Anatolia , occupied early in the 3rd century bc by Celtic Tribes whose bands of marauders ravaged the neighboring Hellenistic states. The ones from Europe to participate in a Bithynian civil war (278 v. ) Invitees Gallic horde plagued we
Swabia , German Swabia , historical region of southwestern Germany, including the , which is now the southern part of Baden-Württemberg Country (state) and the southwest part of Bavaria Country in Germany and Eastern Switzerland and Alsace . The name Swabia is deriv
Mercia (from Old English Merce, People of the Marches), one of the most powerful kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England; Despite the power struggles within the ruling Dynasty had them held a dominant position during much of the period from the mid-7th to early 9th centuries . Mercia included
Franconia , German- Franconia , one of the five major stems, or Root Duchies - the other four are Sachsen, Lotharingia (Lorraine), Swabia and Bavaria - des early medieval Germany . Today is divided into between Rheinfranken, is now into the countries (states) from Rhi
Malwa , Sanskrit Malava , historical province and physio region of midwest India , includes much of the western and central Madhya Pradesh State and parts of the Southeast Rajasthan and North Maharashtra States. Strictly speaking, the name is limited to the hilly plateau
Koro Toro , site of paleoanthropological excavations in the central Chad , known for a fossilized fragment of a Discovered in 1995 Australopithecus- type . The Fossil , a fragment of the mandible, was found in sediments estimated to be 3.5 to 3 million years old. It has been mapped
Singhasari , an in east Java resident kingdom in first half of 13th century after the decline of the kingdom Kadiri was born . Singhasaris first king, Ken Angrok (or Ken Arok) defeated the king of Kadiri, Kertajaya, in 1222. The Last King of Singhasari, Kertanagara (r. 1268–92) tem
German South West Africa , German German South West Africa , a former German colony (1884–1919), who todays nation Namibia in south-west Africa. In 1883 Franz Adolf Lüderitz , a merchant from Bremen, Germany , a trading post in Southwest - Afrika founded in Angra Pequena, wh
Aramis , site of paleoanthropological excavations in the Awash River Valley in the Afar region in Ethiopia , known for its 4.4-million-year-old fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus was found in 1992 and named in 1994. Britannica Quiz Destination Africa:Fact or Fiction? Is Africas north
Bambara States , two separate West African states, one based on the city Ségou , between the rivers Sénégal and Niger, and the other further Kaarta , along the middle Niger (both in present-day Mali). According to tradition, the Segu Kingdom was founded by two brothers, Barama Ngolo and
Lan Xang , also Lan Chang , Laotian kingdom that flourished from the 14th century until in the 18th century divided into two separate kingdoms, Vien Chang and Luang Prabang . The conflict with its neighbors in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand (Siamese) forced the rulers of the kingdom
Athabaska District , part of the original Northwest Territories in Canada . The district was founded in 1882 and expanded to the east in 1895. It was abolished in 1905. Its Territory included the northern parts of todays Alberta and Saskatchewan as well as a small part of the
Golden Horde , also Called Kipchak Khanate , Russian Label for the Ulus Juchi, the western part of the Mongolian Rich , which flourished from the mid-13th century to the late 14th century. The people of the Golden Horde were a mix of Turks and Mongols, with this one in the Rule
Lunda Reich , historical Bantu speaking African state founded in the 16th century in the Upper region Kasai River (Northeast today) Angola and Western Democratic Republic of the Congo ). Although the The Lunda had lived in the area from the start, you rich was founded by inva
Banat , ethnically mixed historical region of Eastern Europe; It will be to the east of Transylvania and Wallachia, to the west of the Tisza, north of Mures River and to the south from the Danube limited . After 1920 the Banat was transferred to the States Romania , Y
Middle Anglia , a province of Anglo-Saxon England, lies between East Anglia and Mercia and is inhabited by a variety of races. It included definitely the cymbals of Nene, Welland and Great Ouse with the districts west of the Fen and probably extended into what is now Oxfordshire. P
Septimania , French Septicemia , ancient area in present-day Southwest France , between the rivers Garonne and Rhône and between the mountains of the Pyrenees and the Cevennes. During the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus, it was settled by a colony of veterans of the Seventh Legion (
Inverness-Shire , also Called Inverness , historic county Northern Scotland . It is Scotlands largest historic county and includes part of central Highlands , Glen Mor , and part of the Highlands to the north. It also includes multiple islands of inner and Outer Hebri
Navajo National Monument , a complex of three prehistoric cliff dwellings near the town of Tonalea in northeast Arizona , USA The three locations are in Navajo reserve. Betatakin (Navajo:Ledge House), Keet Seel (Broken Pottery) and Inscription House - are among the best preserve
On the night of September 7, 1914, the northeast of France became the improvised scene of an unusual spectacle:that of hundreds of taxis that flowed incessantly and hurriedly from Les Invalides in Paris towards the Marne Valley, full of soldiers and each vehicle Following the taillights of the one i
August 17, 1768 (Ayat castle, Puy-de-Dôme) - June 14, 1800 (Marengo) Portrait of Desaix Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (August 17, 1768[1] in Saint-Hilaire dAyat, today Ayat-sur-Sioule, † June 14, 1800 in Marengo in Italy) was a French general who distinguished himself during the revolutionary wa
In 1867 the situation in Italy was once again tense. In 1866 the Italian kingdom of Piedmont was defeated by the Austrians but thanks to the Prussian victory at Sandova (Königgratz) they won Mantua and Venice. At the same time, the Italian kingdom placed under its patronage the papal state that unti
On the evening of the 12th and during the day of the 13th, the divisions of Oran and Algiers push towards the east strong detachments which will complete the liaison with the British and French forces of the Armed City.At the Algiers division, General Conne launched, on the 12th, on the Zriba - Bou-