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6 days ago · Norwegian incursions into Sweden in 1101 gave Inge the chance to unify his realm with an existential threat looming nearby. He beat back the Norwegians under King Magnus Barefoot, and a famous meeting of three kings – Inge, Magnus, and the Danish king Eric Evergood – took place at Kungahälla, Sweden, where the three negotiated a peace treaty.
4 days ago · The war ended in 1721 when an exhausted Sweden sued for peace with Russia. Peter acquired four provinces situated south and east of the Gulf of Finland, thus securing his coveted access to the sea. There, in 1703, he had already founded the city that was to become Russia's new capital, Saint Petersburg.
4 days ago · Stone Age, prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools.The Stone Age, whose origin coincides with the discovery of the oldest known stone tools, which have been dated to some 3.3 million years ago, is usually divided into three separate periods—Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period—based on the degree ...
5 days ago · Summarize This Article Joseph Stalin (born December 18 [December 6, Old Style], 1878, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire [see Researcher’s Note] —died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was the secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–53) and premier of the Soviet state (1941–53), who for a quarter of a century dictatorially ruled the Soviet Union and ...
4 days ago · The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England [b] from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War.
- August 1642 – September 1651
3 days ago · Xi Jinping (born June 15, 1953, Fuping county, Shaanxi province, China) is a Chinese politician and government official who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 2012 and as the president of the People’s Republic of China since 2013. Previously he served as China’s vice president (2008–13).
5 days ago · Hamid is a certified Google IT Support Professional. "Sus" is short for "suspect" or "suspicious" and can describe something or someone that feels untrustworthy or unsettling. It has been used since the 19th century but gained popularity in the 2020 game "Among Us." The term "sus" became widely popular through the game "Among Us," where players ...