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Ancient Persia
The Ancient Persian Empire
After the fall of the earliest Mesopotamian civilizations, the Persian Empire rose to become the greatest military force in the ancient world
Ancient Portugal
The Ancient Lusitanian World
The Lusitanians are the ancestors of the Portuguese, and were the last Celtiberian tribe to submit to Roman rule, and were considered among the most rebellious tribes in Iberia
Ancient Ethiopia
The Ancient Kingdoms of Abyssinia
The Ancient Ethiopians lay claim to
having the oldest continuous Kingdom in the world, starting over four thousand years ago with the Kingdom of Axum
Ancient Netherlands
The Ancient History of Holland
The lands that make up the modern day Netherlands were a culturally distinct area in ancient times that straddled both Celtic and Germanic lands, resulting in a unique cultural admixture of people
Ancient Denmark
The Ancient World of the Vikings
Denmark is one of the oldest kingdoms in the world and was the ancestral birthplace of the ancient seafaring warriors known as the Vikings
Ancient Norway
The Ancient Norse World
The Norwegian Vikings were the first Europeans to set foot in North America many centuries before Columbus, and were known as perhaps the greatest seafarers of the Ancient World
Ancient Germany
The Ancient Teutonic World
Though ancient Germania was much more then one tribe united by language, the Teutonic migrations into the crumbling Roman Empire set the stage for the transformation of Europe
Ancient Japan
The Ancient Japanese Empire
The Japanese people are the custodians of the land of the rising sun, the name they give their ancient island kingdom that straddles the far eastern edges of Asia and the north Pacific
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Under founding of denmark the picture of a statue is not gorm the old, but holger danske/ ogier the dane.
Holger Danske is normally regarded as a Danish national symbol. He is first mentioned in literature as one of the French king Charlemagne’s warriors in La Chanson de Roland from around 1060. In this Chanson he is called Oger le Danois, his name being the only link to Denmark. In the later epos La Chevalerie d’Ogier de Danemarche (1200-1215) he is portrayed as the main character and is described as a son of the Danish king Gudfred (d. 810), an enemy of Charlemagne.
His first appearance in Nordic literature is in the saga Karlemagnússaga from the latter part of the 1200s, which in the main consists of passages translated from French texts. His name here is given as Oddgeir danski. This saga was translated into Danish during the 1400s and thereafter Holger Danske became part of Danish folklore with several accounts in the Danish Chronicle first published around 1509.
The Danish national writer Hans Christian Andersen in 1845 wrote the fairytale Holger Danske, where he is described as sitting fast asleep in the casemates of the Castle of Kronborg, with his beard having grown into the table in front of him and his sword in his lap, prepared to wake up to action in case of Denmark being threatened from outside forces. Today his statue can be seen in the casemates of Kronborg as described by Hans Christian Andersen.
During the German occupation of Denmark in 1940-45 one of the principal partisan organizations was named after Holger Danske.
in Ancient Denmark
A nice article full of facts about the Netherlands, but not very usefull as a realistic representation of the history of this area. Moreover, a disproportionate share of this article is about the history of the ancient Frisians (who are different from the modern Frisians) and the more internationaly political, military and religious developments and not particulary about the Netherlands (Holland is just a part of the Netherlands, just like Friesland). There is so much more to tell about the ancient history of the Netherlands! I hope you will find this feedback usefull, and if you need/like to have any help, you can contact me.
p.s.: Pier Gerlofs Donia is not a national hero of the Dutch, but a regional hero to some Frisians. He’s also not someone who could count as an ‘ancient’ hero, as he was born in 1480…
in Ancient NetherlandsThis is a fascinating subject. I’ve been interested in Native American civilization for years. I’ve read an account of one tribe of people who came to America about 600 BC from the Israel area and set up a civilization under the Law of Moses. It’s called the Book of Mormon and gives some background into the formation of the Native American tribes, ancient military history on the continent, and some of the ruins found in MesoAmeria. It’s quite interesting.
in Ancient America