Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia - Danube
The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian; Дунав/Dunav in Serbian; Дунав in Bulgarian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Modern Navigation
The Danube is navigable by ocean ships from the Black Sea to Brăila, in Romania and by river ships to Kelheim; smaller craft can navigat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Economics Of The Danube
Danube - Drinking water. Along its path, the Danube is a source of drinking water for about ten million people. In Baden-Württemberg, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Váh: Encyclopedia - Váh
The Váh (-Slovak, German: Waag, Hungarian: Vág) is the most important river in Slovakia. A left tributary of the Danube river, the Váh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abensberg: Encyclopedia - Abensberg
Abensberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It used to be a spa town located at 48°49′N 11°51′E, on the Abens, a tributary of the Danu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bistriţa River Moldavia: Encyclopedia - Bistriţa River Moldavia
The Bistriţa River is a river in the Romanian region of Moldavia. Near Bacău it flows into the Siret River, which is a tributary of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drava: Encyclopedia - Drava
The Drava or Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian, Croatian and Italian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe. It ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abnoba: Encyclopedia - Abnoba
In Celtic mythology, Abnoba was a forest and river goddess, worshipped in the Black Forest and surrounding areas. An altar at the Roman b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia - River
A river is a large natural waterway. The source of a river may be a lake, a spring, or a collection of small streams, known as headwaters...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basil Ii: Encyclopedia - Basil Ii
Basil II "Bulgaroktonus" (in Greek Basilios Bulgaroktonos, written Βασίλειος Βουλγαροκτόνος, (en) "The Bulgar-Slay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baden: Encyclopedia - Baden
Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany. It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Württemberg: Encyclopedia - Württemberg
Württemberg (often spelled Wurttemberg in English) refers to an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in south-western Germany. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bucharest: Encyclopedia - Bucharest
44°25′N 26°06′E Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti /bu.ku'reʃtʲ/) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Roman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Justinian I: Encyclopedia - Justinian I
Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus or Justinian I (May 11, 483–November 13/14, 565), was Eastern Roman Emperor from August 1, 527 unt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vlad Iii Dracula: Encyclopedia - Vlad Iii Dracula
Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Ţepeş IPA: /'tsepeʃ/ in Romanian or Vlad the Impaler) (November/December, 1431 – December 1476)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oberallgäu: Encyclopedia Ii - Oberallgäu - Geography
Oberallgäu is the southernmost district of Germany. "Oberallgäu" literally means "Upper Allgäu". The term Allgäu is applied to the pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bucharest: Encyclopedia Ii - Bucharest - Geography And Climate
Bucharest - Geography. Bucharest is situated on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River, which flows into the Argeş River, a tributary of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transylvania - Geography
The territory known today as Transylvania, consists of a region of 16 counties (Romanian: judeţ), which cover nearly 103 600 km² in cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transylvania - Geography
The territory known today as Transylvania, consists of a region of 16 counties (Romanian: judeţ), which cover nearly 103 600 km² in ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhine: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhine - Prehistory
Rhine - The Palaeolithic. During the Middle Palaeolithic, ca 100,000-30,000 BP (the dates vary a geat deal) western Europe, including...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transylvania - Geography
The territory known today as Transylvania, consists of a region of 16 counties (Romanian: judeţ), which cover nearly 103 600 km² in cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transylvania - Geography
The territory known today as Transylvania, consists of a region of 16 counties (Romanian: judeţ), which cover nearly 103 600 km² in cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dnieper River: Encyclopedia Ii - Dnieper River - Navigation
The Dnieper river is important for the transport and economy of Ukraine: the river's reservoirs have all been equipped with large ship lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Bulgaria - Drainage
The Balkan Mountains divide Bulgaria into two nearly equal drainage systems. The larger system drains northward to the Black Sea, mainly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swabian Alb: Encyclopedia Ii - Swabian Alb - Geology
The Swabian Alb is mostly limestone, which formed the seabed during the Jurassic era. 50 million years ago, the sea receded. Three layers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Austria - Landform Regions
Geographic coordinates: 47°20′N 13°20′E Austria may be divided into three unequal geographical areas. The largest part of Austria (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Romania - Topography
Romania's natural landscape is almost evenly divided among mountains (31 percent), hills (33 percent), and plains (36 percent). These var...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tisza: Encyclopedia Ii - Tisza - Navigation
Tisza is navigable over much of its course. The river opened up for international navigation only recently; before, Hungary distinguished...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbia: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbia - Geography
Main article: Geography of Serbia Serbia is located in the Balkans (a historically and geographically distinct region of southeastern Eur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbia: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbia - Geography
Main article: Geography of Serbia Serbia is located in the Balkans (a historically and geographically distinct region of southeastern Eur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Topography
A river conducts water by constantly flowing perpendicular to the elevation curve of its bed, thereby converting the positional energy of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huns: Encyclopedia Ii - Huns - History
Huns - 3rd-5th centuries. Dionysius Periegetes talks of people who may be Huns living next to the Caspian Sea in second century AD. Thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Nicopolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Nicopolis - Preparations
The plan was for John of Gaunt, Louis of Orleans, and Philip the Bold to leave in 1395, with Charles and Richard following them the next ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers By Length: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers By Length - Definition Of Length
The length of a river is not always easy to calculate. It depends on the identification of the source, the identification of the mouth, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basil Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Basil Ii - Later Years
Basil returned in triumph to Constantinople, then promptly went east and attacked the Persians over control of Armenia, which had become ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huns: Encyclopedia Ii - Huns - Avars
Chaotic conditions followed the rise of Avar power in Europe in the 550s. The Avar Onoghur dynasty (580s-685) had mixed Avar-Bulgar herit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Württemberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Württemberg - Manufactures
The old-established manufactures embraced linen, woollen and cotton fabrics, particularly at Esslingen and Göppingen, and paper-making, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tisza: Encyclopedia Ii - Tisza - Control Of The Tisza
The length of the Tisza in Hungary used to be 1419 km. It flowed through the Great Hungarian Plain, which is one of the largest flat area...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slovak Cuisine: Encyclopedia Ii - Slovak Cuisine - Dishes And Recipes
Slovak cuisine - Pasta. Halušky varieties: Bryndzové halušky (the main Slovak national dish) Strapačky široké rezance s tvaro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - River Lists
River - The world's ten longest rivers. It is difficult to measure the length of a river, mainly because rivers have a fractal property...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - River Lists
River - The world's ten longest rivers. It is difficult to measure the length of a river, mainly because rivers have a fractal property...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Management
In its natural state a river may be inconvenient to man in a variety of ways. Rivers in inhabited areas have therefore been managed or co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Rivers In Myth And Fiction
River - Real rivers. The Thames in Edward Rutherfurd's London. The Thames in Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. The Thames and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers By Length: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers By Length - List Of Rivers Longer Than 1000 Km
This list should be merged into the list above. 6,690 km - Nile, Africa 6,387 km - Amazon, South America 6,380 km - Yangtze (Chang Jiang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Justinian I: Encyclopedia Ii - Justinian I - Military Activities And The Campaigns Of Belisarius
Like his Roman predecessors and Byzantine successors, Justinian initially engaged in war against Sassanid Persia. However, his primary mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huns: Encyclopedia Ii - Huns - History
Huns - 3rd-5th centuries. Dionysius Periegetes talks of people who may be Huns living next to the Caspian Sea in second century AD. Pto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huns: Encyclopedia Ii - Huns - Historiography
The term "Hun" has been used to describe peoples with no historical connection to what scholars consider "Hun". On July 27, 1901, during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhine: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhine - Geologic History
Rhine - Alpine Orogeny. Since the Rhine flows from the Alps, a precondition of its existence is the uplifting of the Alps, which began ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhine: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhine - Geography
Rhine - Switzerland. The Rhine's origins are in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, where its two main initial tributaries are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhine: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhine - Geography
Rhine - Switzerland. The Rhine's origins are in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, where its two main initial tributaries are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Navigation
The Rhine is the busiest river in the world for transport ships. Inland vessels use the river to reach the major cities in Germany, Easte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Flooding
Flooding is a natural part of a river's cycles. Human activity, however, has upset the natural way flooding occurs by walling off rivers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers By Length: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers By Length - List Of Rivers Longer Than 2000 Km
One should take the aforementioned discussion into account when using the data in the following table. For most rivers, different sources...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers By Length: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers By Length - Longest Rivers That Have Probably Existed In The Past
List of rivers by length - Nile. The Virunga Volcanoes started to form in the Miocene period, blocking the African Rift Valley. Before ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hungary Before The Magyars: Encyclopedia Ii - Hungary Before The Magyars - The Age Of Migrations 375 - Ca. 800 Ad
In 375 AD, the nomadic Huns, a Mongolian or Turkic people, began invading Europe from the eastern steppes, instigating the Great Age of M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baden: Encyclopedia Ii - Baden - Geography
The Grand Duchy had an area of 15,081 km² (5823 mi²) and consisted of a considerable portion of the eastern half of the fertile valley ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huns: Encyclopedia Ii - Huns - Origins And Research
Ever since Joseph de Guignes in the 18th century identified the Huns with the Xiongnu or (H)siung-nu, the research and debate about the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khazars: Encyclopedia Ii - Khazars - Extent Of Influence
The Khazar Khaganate was, at its height, an immensely powerful state. The Khazar heartland was on the lower Volga and the Caspian coast a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linear Pottery Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Linear Pottery Culture - Variants
Linear Pottery culture - Early or Western Linear Pottery culture. The term, Linear Band Ware, is a mnemonic of the pottery's decorative...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Black Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted west (Istanbul) to east (Sochi). In Romania: Danube (in Sulina)- Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hunga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khazar Correspondence: Encyclopedia Ii - Khazar Correspondence - Text Of The Correspondence
Khazar Correspondence - Hasdai's Letter to King Joseph. I, Hasdai, son of Isaac, son of Ezra, belonging to the exiled Jews of Jerusalem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - History
Main article: History of Moldova Moldova's territory was inhabited in ancient times by Dacians. Strategical location due to the situation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Atlantic Ocean
List of rivers of Europe - On Iceland. Jökulsá á Fjöllum (north coast) Þjórsá (south coast) List of rivers of Europe - Norweg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Baltic Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from Helsingborg (south Sweden). In Sweden: Motala ström (in Norrköping) Dal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Caspian Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted west to north-east. In Russia: Terek (near Kizlyar) Volga (near Astrakhan) Volga Samara (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - English Channel
List of rivers of Europe - North coast. The rivers in this section are sorted west (Lizard Point, Cornwall) to east (Ramsgate). In Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Irish Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from the (Mull of Kintyre). In Scotland: Clyde (near Glasgow) Clyde at Gla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Mediterranean Sea
List of rivers of Europe - Western Mediterranean. This section includes the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The rivers are sorted ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Barents Sea And White Sea Arctic Ocean
The rivers in this section are sorted east (Novaya Zemlya) to west (North Cape, Norway). In Russia: Pechora (north-east of Naryan-Mar) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vlad Iii Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Vlad Iii Dracula - The Life Of Vlad Iii
Vlad was born in the Transylvanian city of Sighişoara, during the winter of 1431. Although his native country was Wallachia to the sout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vlad Iii Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Vlad Iii Dracula - The Life Of Vlad Iii
Vlad was born in the Transylvanian city of Sighişoara, during the winter of 1431. Although his native country was Wallachia to the sout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Provinces And Geography
The lands that once belonged to the Commonwealth are now largely distributed among several Central and East European countries: Poland, L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - North Sea
The rivers in this section are given clockwise along the North Sea coast, starting from Bergen, Norway. In Norway: Nidelva (in Arendal) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Life
Much of what is known of Charlemagne's life comes from his biographer, Einhard, who wrote a Vita Caroli Magni (or Vita Karoli Magni), whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Cultural Significance
The Danube is mentioned in the title of a famous waltz by Austrian composer Johann Strauss, An der schönen, blauen Donau (By the Beautif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Geology
Although the headwaters of the Danube are relatively small today, geologically, the Danube is much older than the Rhine, with which its c...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - D
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - D . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article