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23 hours ago · Germanic peoples. Roman bronze statuette representing a Germanic man with his hair in a Suebian knot. Dating to the late 1st century – early 2nd century A.D. The Germanic peoples were historical groups of people who lived in Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.
- List of Germanic Peoples
The list of early Germanic peoples is a register of ancient...
- Germanic Languages
However, throughout the Viking Age, runic alphabets remained...
- Suebian Knot
The Osterby Head with Suebian knot. A battle scene from...
- Jastorf Culture
Archeological cultures of Central Europe in the Late...
- Limes Germanicus
The Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier), or...
- List of Germanic Peoples
23 hours ago · in Europe (green and dark grey) Location of the Faroe Islands (red; circled) in the Kingdom of Denmark (yellow) Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark Settlement early 9th century Union with Norway c. 1035 Kalmar Union 1397–1523 Denmark-Norway 1523–1814 Cession to Denmark 14 January 1814 Independence referendum 14 September 1946 Home rule 30 March 1948 Further autonomy 29 July 2005 Capital and ...
23 hours ago · – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green) – [Legend] Capital and largest city Tallinn 59°25′N 24°45′E / 59.417°N 24.750°E / 59.417; 24.750 Official language Estonian [a] Ethnic groups (2024) 67.8% Estonians 21.5% Russians 5.0% Ukrainians 5.7% other Religion (2021) 58.4% no religion 26.7% Christianity 12.7% undeclared 2.2% other Demonym(s ...
23 hours ago · Source: [1] [2] The demography of Scotland includes all aspects of population, past and present, in the area that is now Scotland. Scotland had a population of 5,463,300 in 2019. The population growth rate in 2011 was estimated as 0.6% per annum according to the 2011 GROS Annual Review. [3] Covering an area of 78,782 square kilometres (30,418 ...
23 hours ago · Switzerland had a population of 8.57 million as of mid-2019. Its population quadrupled over the period 1800 to 1990 (average doubling time 95 years). Population growth was steepest in the period after World War II (1.4% per annum during 1950–1970, doubling time 50 years), it slowed during the 1970s and 1980s but has since increased to 1% ...
- 10.5 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)
- 8,570,148 (30 June 2019 est.)
- 0.75% (2019 est.)
- 208/km² (48th), 539/sq mi
23 hours ago · Life and career 1965–1984: Early life and career beginnings. Björk was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader ...
23 hours ago · New Caledonia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ) is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, and 17,000 km (11,000 mi) from Metropolitan France.
