Medieval Britain
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
English monks began the manuscripts that comprise the Chronicles during the reign of King Alfred (871-899). The Chronicles are unusual because they were written...
Medieval Germany
Normans and Normandy (793-1203)
The term Normans (latin Normanni) in Middle Ages used for members of Germanic tribes that coming from the "north" especially from Scandinavia. In 8 and 9...
Interesting facts
Black death or black plague – short facts
Black Death or Black Plague (latin: mors atra) is the name for one of the most pandemics in the history. A highly infectious disease...
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian cities Thinis and Thebes
Tjenu or as it was also known by its Greek variations, Thinis or This, is related of the Archaic Period of Egyptian history. Thinis...
Ancient Rome
Short about Greek cities in Italy and Sicily
In the VIII century began Greek colonization, which ended in the VI century BC. After 480 BC and after the battle of Himera, in...
Medieval Britain
Northumbria 600-768
Æthelfrith († 616) was the king of Bernicia (from 592/593) and Deira, which merged into Northumbria. Æthelfrith was the son of Æthelric and the...
Italian city-states
Venetian trade (XI – XIII century)
During the Middle Ages, the Venetians held both religious and commercial power; a combination which allowed them to influence western Europe considerably. The Venetians...