The History Files9 年
Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles
It was the Romans who coined the name 'Gaul' to describe the Celtic tribes of what is now France and Belgium, quite possibly based on an original form of the word 'Celt' itself (see feature link).
The History Files4 年
European Kingdoms
Incorporating the Adunicates, Agenisates, Agones, Agoni, Anesiates, Aneuniates, Antipolitani, Apauni, Bromanenses, Budenicenses, Decietae, Epanterii, Hercates ...
The History Files10 个月
Churches of the British Isles
Its congregation met up every Sunday in the village hall as part of the 'Atlantic Cluster' of churches on this stretch of the ...
The History Files5 年
General map of Sumer
The area which formed Sumer started at the Persian Gulf and reached north to the 'neck' of Mesopotamia where the two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates meander much closer to each other. To the east ...
The History Files9 年
European Kingdoms
The European political organisation which would become the late medieval 'first' German empire was created in part through a single act in AD 800. The powerful Frankish king, Charlemagne, had already ...
The History Files5 年
Near East Kingdoms
The Hurrians (or Khurrites) were neither Semitics nor Indo-Europeans, but their origins are obscure. They appear to have emerged in the Near East between 2500-2000 BC, probably from the European ...
The History Files5 年
Map of Anatolia and environs 2000 BC
The start of the second millennium BC saw the ancient Near East undergoing a period of collapse. Due to a mixture of failing harvests, population decline, and invasion, the Third Dynasty of Ur in ...
The History Files5 年
Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles
With the expulsion of Roman officials in AD 409 (see feature link), Britain again became independent of Rome and was not re-occupied. The fragmentation which had begun to emerge towards the end of the ...
The History Files9 年
Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles
The country of Wales (or Cymru in the Welsh language) did not exist as a concept until the unconquered British were eventually hemmed into the westernmost regions of the country by the invading Angles ...
The History Files6 年
Near East Kingdoms
The city of Ur or Urim (modern Tell el-Mukayyar) was located close to Eridu, near the mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris, close to the Persian Gulf (which is now several kilometres further to the south ...
The History Files12 年
Far East Kingdoms
From around this date, proto-Indo-Europeans emerge in Central Asia to form an homogenous people who all speak the same general language. In the third millennium BC, groups begin to migrate west and ...