Schleswig , historical and cultural region in the southern part of Jutland Peninsula north of the Eider . It includes the northern half of Schleswig-Holstein Country (state) in north Germany and Sønderjylland region in southern Denmark . Schleswig became a Danish
Fontéchevade , a southwest cave site France , known in 1947 for the discovery of ancient human remains and tools likely dating from 200,000 to 120,000 years ago. The fossils are composed of two skull fragments. In contrast to the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens the frontal skull f
Strathclyde , in British history, the native British kingdom spanning the River Clyde and adjacent western coastal counties, formerly County Ayr. The capital was Dumbarton , Fortress of the Britons, then known as Alclut. The name Strathclyde was not used until the 9th or 10th century
Pamphylia , an ancient sea area Southern Anatolia , originally a narrow strip of land stretching along the Mediterranean Sea between Cilicia and Lycia crooked, but under Roman administration large parts of Pisidia north. Britannica Quiz The Middle East:Fact or Fiction?
The Wolof Empire , also Ouolof (fl. 14th - 16th centuries), indicates that it in the early stages of European contact with West Africa today Senegal in Inland ruled . Founded shortly after 1200 Wolof- State was ruled by a king or Burba rules, whose duties were both political
Vinland , the land of wild grapes in North America visited and named by Leif Eriksson on the year 1000 ce . The exact location is not known, but it was probably the area around Gulf of Saint Lawrence in present-day East Canada . The most detailed information about Viking
Kingdom of Jerusalem , a state formed in 1099 from territory of Palestine wrested from the Muslims by the Muslim Christians during the First became Crusade and lasting until 1291 when the kingdoms two surviving cities Attacks by Muslim armies succumbed . Britannica Quiz The Middle East:
Koguryŏ , the largest of the three kingdoms to which the ancient Korea to 668. Koguryŏ is traditionally said to be 37 v. In the Tongge Basin of North Korea, the area may have been founded by Chu-mong, the leader of one of the tribes native to Puyŏ , but modern historians believe it is mo
ʿAbdali Sultanate , former semi-independent state on the South Arabian Peninsula in todays Yemen . It lies north of the city of Aden and was one of the most important tribal areas of the Aden Protectorate, which was the forerunner of independent Yemen (Aden). The capital was Laḥij. The sultanate use
Dmanisi , site of paleoanthropological excavations in South Georgia , where a human jaw and teeth were discovered in 1991 that shared anatomical similarities with Homo erectus . There is a in Dmanisi medieval village about 85 km southwest of Tbilisi on a promontory at conflu
Río de la Plata Viceroyalty , Spanish Virreinato del Río de la Plata , the finale of the four vicequess Spain emerged during his colonization of Central and South America. Including the area now includes Argentina , Uruguay , Paraguay and Bolivia , the new viceroyalty (e
Belgica , full Gallia Belgica , one of three Gaulish provinces organized by Julius Caesar; It became one of the four provinces Gauls under the Roman Empire. As from Augustus (27 v. ), Belgica, extended from the Its after east to the Rhine and included the Netherlands in
Kandy , important independent monarchy in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at the end of the 15th and last century Sinhala Kingdom is to be subdued by a colonial power. Kandy survived the attacks of Ceylons first two colonizers - the Portuguese and the Dutch - and succumbed finally the third and l
Sultanate of Malacca (1403? –1511), Malay Dynasty thats the big company Malacca (Melaka) and its dependencies ruled and the golden age of Malay history granted still in Idioms and institutions. The founder and first ruler of Malacca, Paramesvara (d. 1424, Malacca), a Sumatran
Murcia , independent Muslim (Moorish) kingdom centered on the city of Murcia (Arabic:Mursīyah), Spain . It arose twice:first in the 11th century after the fall of the Spanish Umayyad Caliphate; and again in the 12th century as part of the Spanish Muslim response to North African Almoravid r
Khanate of Crimea , one of the successor states of the Mongol Empire . Founded in 1443 and in Bakhchysaray centered Khanate in Crimea occasionally conducted raids against rising Moscow, but was no longer the threat to Russias independence that its mother state, the Golden Horde , ev
Granada , Arabic Gharnāṭa , kingdom that emerged in the early 13th century from the remnants of Almoravid power in Spain was founded by Abu ʿAbd Allah ibn Yūsuf ibn Naṣr al-Aḥmar, the king was named Muḥammad I. (r. 1232–73) and founded the Naṣrid dynasty . The Kingdom included
Nassau , historical region Germany , and the Noble family that provided their hereditary rulers for centuries. The present-day royal heads of the Netherlands and Luxembourg descend from this family, known as the House of Nassau. The Nassau region is located in what is now the western pa
Qafzeh , also Kafzeh written , paleoanthropological site south of Nazareth , Israel, where some of the oldest remains of modern humans in Asia have been found. More than 25 fossil Skeletons dating from about 90,000 years ago have been recovered. The site is a rock shelter first exc
Lazio , old Midwest area of Italy , originally limited to the area around the Alban Hills, but extends by about 500 bc south of the Tiber to the cape of Monte Circeo . It was found in north-west Etruria, south-east of Campania , bounded by Samnium to the east and by Sabini,
Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Boy Browning (20 December 1896 – 14 March 1965) was a British Army officer, considered the father of British airborne forces. He was Commander of the British 1st Airborne Corps and Deputy Commander of the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden. While plann
Mona Lisa , originally La Gioconda (in Italian), is one of the most famous paintings in the world and the most celebrated work of Leonardo da Vinci. It was produced in the 16th century and is currently on display at the Louvre Museum in France. Because the Mona Lisa is so famous, there are many rep
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Isaac de Portau dit Porthos is a French soldier born in Pau on February 2, 1617 and died on an unknown date. He inspired Alexandre Dumas with the fictional character of Porthos in the novel The Three Musketeers. He comes from a Protestant family from Béarn, originally from Audaux (Pyrénées-Atlantiq