I recently read the book The Soviet Polish Peace of 1921. In it the writer mentions that the Polish peace delegation had some thoughts about asking...
Today the Vatican City State is just a new name for the Papal States. Italy never occupied the territory that
The art of understanding Italian languages and dialects is difficult - for me anyway. Throw Italy’s hand language into the mix and it’s nigh impossible for an outsider.
This article clarifies the methodology I use to represent the linguistic situation in Ukraine in my linguistic maps, such as the map of the
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Because of Germany's long history as a non-united area of different tribes and kingdoms before January 1871, there are countless broadly different names of Germany in various languages, possibly more so than for any other European country.
The Franks have fascinated alternate historians for a long time. You always see a few alternate histories where Charlemagne's empire stays...
With a laurel crown upon his head and the Grande Armee at his command, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, led his sovereign proto-nation down a path diverging from the Republican principles it fought so long to uphold, espousing devotion to the spirit of the revolution under autocratic rule - his rule.
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Una versión anterior de este artículo fue publicada en 2016. Imagina que te entregan un mapa político de Europa en blanco. Tienes la oportunidad de ordenarlo...
The British Empire had 35.5 mln sq km under her rule and is the biggest empire ever built. Today Great Britain has a little 0.21 mln sq km which brings the ratio between the largest extent and current territory to 0.59%. Mongols lost 93.6% of their territory, and Spaniards - 96.7%.
The emergence of Thai kingdoms in the 13th century changed the power configuration of mainland Southeast Asia. Angkor and Pagan both felt...
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