History
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Austrian history
Brief history of Austria summarized A brief review of the history of Austria, a country with certain links to Germany. Middle Ages From the fourth century BC the Celts lived in present-day Austria. At the end of the 1st century BC the Romans conquered the region up to the Danube and in 45 AD they created the province of Noricum. The Romans built cities like Vindobona (Vienna) in Austria. They also built roads and introduced the Roman way of life. However, beginning in the fourth century AD, waves of tribesmen, including Germans and Avars, invaded Austria. Then Charlemagne, King of…
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Australia
Australian history
Brief history of Australia summarized A brief review of the history of Australia, the sixth largest country in the world. Aborigines in Australia Aboriginal people are believed to have arrived in Australia around 40,000 BC during an ice age, when Australia was connected to Asia by a land bridge. Tasmania became isolated from Australia around 8,000 BC when the last ice age ended and sea levels rose. The Aborigines were a hunter-gatherer society. However, dingoes were domesticated around 4000-3000 BC Aborigines hunted with wooden spears and sometimes stone or bone blades. They also used nets. In addition to hunting mammals,…
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History of Argentina
Brief history of Argentina summarized A brief review of the history of Argentina, in a summarized way. Colonial Argentina Before the Europeans arrived in Argentina, it was sparsely populated. In the Northwest people grew potatoes and pumpkins. Sometimes they lived in walled towns and used metal and pottery. However, in most indigenous peoples they lived by hunting animals and gathering plants. They continued their hunter-gatherer lifestyle until the late 19th century. Europeans arrived in present-day Argentina in the 16th century. In 1516 Juan de Solís reached the Río de la Plata but was assassinated by the natives. He was followed…
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Zambia
Zambian History
Brief history of Zambia summarized A brief review of the history of Zambia, an African country, in a summarized way. Zambia in ancient times At the time of Christ, the people of Zambia were Bushmen, stone age hunters and gatherers. They hunted antelope with bows and arrows. They also caught smaller animals and gathered fruit and nuts and caterpillars and locusts. They led a semi-nomadic lifestyle and made windbreaks out of stones and branches, or if they stayed in one area for a while, they made huts out of bent poles and straw grass. Around the 4th century AD a…
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History of the Dominican Republic
Brief history of the Dominican Republic summarized A brief look at the summarized history of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic in its beginnings The Dominican Republic is part of the island of Hispaniola. Before the arrival of the Europeans, a people called the Arawaks lived there. However, on December 6, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the northwest and named the island Hispaniola. Spanish settlers founded San Domingo in 1596. However, a hundred years after Columbus discovered Hispaniola, European disease and warfare had all but wiped out the Arawaks. Meanwhile, the Spanish claimed ownership of the entire island, but settled…
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History of the Czech Republic
Brief history of the Czech Republic summarized A brief tour of the history of the Czech Republic, a European country, in a summarized way. The first Czechs Starting from the year 400 BC, the current Czech Republic was inhabited by a Celtic race. The Romans called them the Boii and gave their name to Bohemia. Around the year 100 AD a Germanic people called the Marcomanni conquered the area. The Romans traded with the Marcomanni and sometimes fought with them, but they never conquered this part of the world. In the 6th century a Slavic people entered what is now…
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History of Oman
Brief history of Oman summarized A look at the history of Oman, briefly. Oman Principles As early as 2,300 BC, Oman was recorded by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq as a rich source of copper. In ancient times, Oman was also a source of frankincense. After 500 BC, Oman was controlled by the Persian Empire based in what is now Iran. They were later ruled by other Iranian empires, the Parthians and the Sassanids. In the 7th century AD the people of Oman adopted Islam. At that point Iranian influence ended. In 1507 the Portuguese reached Oman by sea. The…
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Mozambican history
Brief history of Mozambique summarized We give a brief and simple overview of the history of Mozambique, an African country that was colonized by the Portuguese. Old Mozambican After 100 AD the Bantus arrived in what is now Mozambique. They lived from agriculture and made iron tools. They were organized in small kingdoms. In the 9th century, Arab merchants reached the coast of Mozambique. For centuries there was trade between Africans and Arabs. Then, in 1498, the Portuguese sailor Vasco Da Gama landed on the Ilha de Mocambique on his way to India. In 1511 a Portuguese named Antonio Fernandes…
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Latvia
History of Latvia
Brief history of Latvia summarized A brushstroke of the history of Latvia, to get to know the Baltic country a little better. Former latvia The first settlers in Latvia were stone age hunters and gatherers who arrived there after the last ice age, around 9000 BC However, the ancestors of today’s Latvians were Baltic tribes who migrated to the area around the year 2,000 BC In the 12th century AD some of the last pagans in Europe lived in Latvia. The Pope decided to convert them to Christianity by force. In 1201 he dispatched German crusaders commanded by the Bishop…
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History of Uruguay
Brief history of Uruguay summarized A brief brushstroke to the history of Uruguay, in a very summarized way. Uruguay in its beginnings In 1516 a Spaniard named Juan Díaz de Solís became the first European to arrive in Uruguay. In the 16th century the Spanish took Argentina while Portugal took Brazil. What is now Uruguay was among them, but its lack of mineral wealth meant that both nations took little interest in it for a long time. However, in 1726 the Spanish took Uruguay and founded Montevideo. In 1776 Uruguay became part of the royalty of La Plata. In 1811…
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