ancient inhabitants of the baltic region of eastern europe
1Baltic religion — Ancient beliefs and practices of the Balts of Eastern Europe. They are believed to give evidence of a common source with Vedic and Iranian religion. The most important Baltic divinities were sky gods: Dievs (the sky), Perkons (the thunderer),… …
2German exodus from Eastern Europe — Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after World War II (demographic estimates) Background …
3Occupation of the Baltic states — Part of a series of articles on the Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states …
4Baltic Finns — The Baltic Finns [also referred to as Baltic Finnic or Balto Finnic people] are a historical group of peoples of northern Europe whose descendants include the Finns proper, Karelians (including Ludes and Olonets), Ingrians, Veps, Votes, Livonians …
5Ethnic history of the Vilnius region — Following is a list of censuses that have been taken in the city of Vilnius/Vilna/Wilno/Wilna and its region since 1897. The list is incomplete. Data are at times fragmentary.Ethnic and national backgroundFollowing the decline of the Polish… …
6Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
7Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… …
8Europe — • The conception of Europe as a distinct division of the earth, separate from Asia and Africa, had its origin in ancient times Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Europe Europe …
9The Slavs — The Slavs † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Slavs I. NAME A. Slavs At present the customary name for all the Slavonic races is Slav. This name did not appear in history until a late period, but it has superseded all others. The… …
10The Holocaust — Holocaust and Shoah redirect here. For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). Selection on …
