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2 days ago · History of England. Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
1 day ago · The settlement of Great Britain by diverse Germanic peoples, who eventually developed a common cultural identity as Anglo-Saxons, changed the language and culture of most of what became England from Romano-British to Germanic. This process principally occurred from the mid-fifth to early seventh centuries, following the end of Roman rule in ...
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20 hours ago · Schleswig-Holstein (pronounced [ˌʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪn] ⓘ; Danish: Slesvig-Holsten [ˌsle̝ːsvi ˈhʌlˌste̝ˀn]; Low German: Sleswig-Holsteen; North Frisian: Slaswik-Holstiinj; English: Sleswick-Holsatia) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.
5 days ago · How did New Mexico get its name? New Mexico was called “New Mexico” when the Mexicans referred to the territory north and west of the Rio Grande in the 16th century. It may have been derived from the name of the Aztec war god, “Mexitli.” Still, another interpretation is that it means “habitation of the god of war.”
3 days ago · Constantine XI Palaeologus was the last Byzantine emperor (1449–53), killed in the final defense of Constantinople against the Ottoman Turks. He is sometimes referred to as Constantine XII, based on the erroneous idea that Constantine Lascaris was crowned in 1204. Constantine was the fourth son of
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5 days ago · Known to millions as the Queen of Domestic Arts, Martha Stewart is a successful entrepreneur who built a media empire from scratch out of the old adage "there is no place like home." Martha ...
3 days ago · The Biblical Origins of Israel. In the Bible, the name Israel originates from Abraham’s grandson, Jacob. According to biblical accounts, Jacob had a profound encounter with the Hebrew God, who renamed him “Israel.”. The name Israel is of Hebrew origin and means “wrestled with God” or “God contends.”. It is derived from the Hebrew ...
