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2 days ago · Kievan Rus', [a] [b] also known as Kyivan Rus ', [c] [7] [8] was a state and later an amalgam of principalities [9] in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. [10] The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, [11] [12 ...
3 days ago · The tribes were united and ruled under the leadership of Rurik, a leader of a group of Varangians. Rurik's successors conquered Kiev and established control of the trade route extending from Novgorod to the Black Sea through the Dnieper river. This Rurik Dynasty went on to maintain their control over the Kievan Rus', and later, Muscovy until 1598.
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3 days ago · Alexander the Great (born 356 bce, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessaloníki, Greece]—died June 13, 323 bce, Babylon [near Al-Ḥillah, Iraq]) was the king of Macedonia (336–323 bce ), who overthrew the Persian empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms.
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2 days ago · The reunited Hungary came under Habsburg rule at the turn of the 18th century, fighting a war of independence in 1703–1711, and a war of independence in 1848–1849 until a compromise allowed the formation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1867, a major power into the early 20th century.
4 days ago · Prof. M. Berg (Istorič. Věstník 1883 p. 376) says that in 1878 a good acquaintance of his asked Turgenev in Paris if one could find in France all that an educated Russian needed, if he did not wish to be in Russia for some time.
4 days ago · Seleucid Empire (306 - c.150 BCE) By: Jens Jakobsson, 2004. The Hellenistic period is one of the most controversial in the history of Iran. The Greek or Macedonian dynasties were never fully accepted as more than occupants, and in hindsight their reign has been neglected. In the West, where the Hellenistic kings were defeated by Rome, most ...
6 days ago · In India, the ban in 2020 was swift. TikTok and other companies were given time to respond to questions on privacy and security, and by January 2021, it became a permanent ban. But the situation ...
