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| ARTICLES RELATED TO szlachta | | | | |  szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Crown land - PolandIn Poland, the Crown lands were known as królewszczyzny (sing. królewszczyzna). Since 15th cnetury they have been leased or gifted to the members of nobility (szlachta). Those nobles who had received the privilege of administering the Crown lands (and thus keeping most of its profits) had the title of starosta. Once given a Crown land, one had the right to keep it 'for life'.
Ruch egzekucyjny (execution movement) of the late 16th century, led by kanclerz Jan Zamoyski, put one of its goals the 'execution of lands', i.e. ...
See also:Crown land, Crown land - United Kingdom and its predecessors, Crown land - Anglo-Saxon and Norman, Crown land - England Britain UK, Crown land - Crown Estate, Crown land - The Commonwealth of Nations, Crown land - Australia, Crown land - Tasmanian Crown Lands Act 1976, Crown land - Canada, Crown land - Austro-Hungary, Crown land - Poland, Crown land - Reference, Crown land - Internal links, Crown land - External link Read more here: » Crown land: Encyclopedia II - Crown land - Poland |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Silesia - Demographics Modern Silesia is inhabited mostly by Poles and Silesians, but also by minorities of Germans, Czechs, and Moravians. The last Polish census of 2002 showed that the Silesians are the largest ethnic minority in Poland, Germans being the second — both groups are located mostly in Silesia. The Czech part of Silesia is inhabited by Czechs, Moravians, and Poles.
Before the Second World War, Silesia was inhabited by Germans, Poles, and Czechs. In 1905, a census showed that 75% of the population was German and 25% Polish. During and after W ...
See also:Silesia, Silesia - Name of the region, Silesia - History, Silesia - Early people, Silesia - Middle Ages, Silesia - Early Modern Period, Silesia - Silesia in Germany, Silesia - Between the wars, Silesia - Silesia after WWII, Silesia - Natural resources, Silesia - Demographics, Silesia - Major cities in Silesia Read more here: » Silesia: Encyclopedia II - Silesia - Demographics |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world Anti-Semitism within Islam is discussed in the article on Islam and anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in the Arab World is discussed in the article on Arabs and anti-Semitism
The Qur'an, Islam's holy book, accuses the Jews of corrupting the Hebrew Bible. Muslims refer to Jews and Christians as a "People of the book"; Islamic law demands that when under Muslim rule they should be tolerated as dhimmis - from the Arab term ahl adh-dhimma. The writer Bat Ye'or introduced the modern word Dhimmitude as a generic indication o ...
See also:Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage, Anti-Semitism - Definitions of the term, Anti-Semitism - Earliest Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Religious Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament, Anti-Semitism - Early Christianity, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages, Anti-Semitism - Disabilities and Restrictions, Anti-Semitism - The Crusades, Anti-Semitism - The expulsions from England France Germany and Spain, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism and the Reformation, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in 19th and 20th century Catholicism, Anti-Semitism - Passion plays, Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - The rise of racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Elites and the use of Anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism - Dreyfus Affair, Anti-Semitism - Pogroms, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Jewish Legislation, Anti-Semitism - The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world, Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries, Anti-Semitism - United States, Anti-Semitism - Europe, Anti-Semitism - Asia, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism - New anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century Read more here: » Anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism Racial anti-Semitism replaced the hatred of Judaism with the hatred of Jews as a group. In the context of the Industrial Revolution, following the emancipation of the Jews, Jews rapidly urbanized and experienced a period of greater social mobility. With the decreasing role of religion in public life tempering religious anti-Semitism, a combination of growing nationalism, the rise of eugenics, and resentment at the socio-economic success of the Jews led to the newer, and more virulent, racist anti-Semitism.
An ...
See also:Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage, Anti-Semitism - Definitions of the term, Anti-Semitism - Earliest Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Religious Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament, Anti-Semitism - Early Christianity, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages, Anti-Semitism - Disabilities and Restrictions, Anti-Semitism - The Crusades, Anti-Semitism - The expulsions from England France Germany and Spain, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism and the Reformation, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in 19th and 20th century Catholicism, Anti-Semitism - Passion plays, Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - The rise of racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Elites and the use of Anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism - Dreyfus Affair, Anti-Semitism - Pogroms, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Jewish Legislation, Anti-Semitism - The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world, Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries, Anti-Semitism - United States, Anti-Semitism - Europe, Anti-Semitism - Asia, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism - New anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century Read more here: » Anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Crown land - Australia In Australia, Crown land comprises approximately half of all land even in well-populated New South Wales. Most of the Crown land management functions, which are undertaken by the DPIWE's Crown Land Services Branch, are governed by the Crown Lands Act 1976.
Crown land - Tasmanian Crown Lands Act 1976.
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See also:Crown land, Crown land - United Kingdom and its predecessors, Crown land - Anglo-Saxon and Norman, Crown land - England Britain UK, Crown land - Crown Estate, Crown land - The Commonwealth of Nations, Crown land - Australia, Crown land - Tasmanian Crown Lands Act 1976, Crown land - Canada, Crown land - Austro-Hungary, Crown land - Poland, Crown land - Reference, Crown land - Internal links, Crown land - External link Read more here: » Crown land: Encyclopedia II - Crown land - Australia |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries
Anti-Semitism - United States.
Jews were often condemned by populist politicians alternately for their left-wing politics, or their perceived wealth, at the turn of the century. Anti-semitism grew in the years leading up to America's entry into World War II, Father Charles Coughlin, an anti-Semitic radio preacher, as well as many other prominent public figures, condemned "the Jews," and Henr ...
See also:Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage, Anti-Semitism - Definitions of the term, Anti-Semitism - Earliest Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Religious Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament, Anti-Semitism - Early Christianity, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages, Anti-Semitism - Disabilities and Restrictions, Anti-Semitism - The Crusades, Anti-Semitism - The expulsions from England France Germany and Spain, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism and the Reformation, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in 19th and 20th century Catholicism, Anti-Semitism - Passion plays, Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - The rise of racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Elites and the use of Anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism - Dreyfus Affair, Anti-Semitism - Pogroms, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Jewish Legislation, Anti-Semitism - The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world, Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries, Anti-Semitism - United States, Anti-Semitism - Europe, Anti-Semitism - Asia, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism - New anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century Read more here: » Anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - State organization and politics
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Commonwealth military.
Commonwealth armies were commanded by four hetmans. The armies comprised:
Wojsko kwarciane: Regular units with wages paid from taxes (these units were later merged with the wojsko komputowe)
Wojsko komputowe: Semi-regular units created for times of war (in 1652 these units were merged with the wojsko kwarciane into a new permanent army)
Pospolite ruszenie: Szlachta levée en masse
Piechota łanowa and pie ...
See also:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - History, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - State organization and politics, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Commonwealth military, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Golden Liberty, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - The political players, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Shortcomings of the Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Late reforms, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Culture, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Szlachta and Sarmatism, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Demographics and religion, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Provinces and geography, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Voivodships of the Commonwealth Read more here: » Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia II - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - State organization and politics |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century According to the 2005 U.S. State Department Report on Global Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism in Europe has increased significantly in recent years. Beginning in 2000, verbal attacks directed against Jews increased while incidents of vandalism (e.g. graffiti, fire bombings of Jewish schools, desecration of synagogues and cemeteries) surged. Physical assaults including beatings, stabbings and other violence against Jews in Europe increased markedl ...
See also:Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage, Anti-Semitism - Definitions of the term, Anti-Semitism - Earliest Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Religious Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament, Anti-Semitism - Early Christianity, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages, Anti-Semitism - Disabilities and Restrictions, Anti-Semitism - The Crusades, Anti-Semitism - The expulsions from England France Germany and Spain, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism and the Reformation, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in 19th and 20th century Catholicism, Anti-Semitism - Passion plays, Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - The rise of racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Elites and the use of Anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism - Dreyfus Affair, Anti-Semitism - Pogroms, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Jewish Legislation, Anti-Semitism - The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world, Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries, Anti-Semitism - United States, Anti-Semitism - Europe, Anti-Semitism - Asia, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism - New anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century Read more here: » Anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism Anti-Zionism is a term that has been used to describe several very different political and religious points of view (both historically and in current debates) all expressing some form of opposition to Zionism. A large variety of commentators - politicians, journalists, academics and others - believe that criticisms of Israel and Zionism are often disproportionate in degree and unique in kind, and attribute this to anti-Semitism. In turn, critics of this view believe that associating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism is intended to stifle debat ...
See also:Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage, Anti-Semitism - Definitions of the term, Anti-Semitism - Earliest Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Religious Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament, Anti-Semitism - Early Christianity, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages, Anti-Semitism - Disabilities and Restrictions, Anti-Semitism - The Crusades, Anti-Semitism - The expulsions from England France Germany and Spain, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism and the Reformation, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in 19th and 20th century Catholicism, Anti-Semitism - Passion plays, Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - The rise of racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Elites and the use of Anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism - Dreyfus Affair, Anti-Semitism - Pogroms, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Jewish Legislation, Anti-Semitism - The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world, Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries, Anti-Semitism - United States, Anti-Semitism - Europe, Anti-Semitism - Asia, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism - New anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century Read more here: » Anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy The economy of the Commonwealth was dominated by feudal agriculture based on exploitation of agricultural workforce (serfs). Typically a nobleman's landholding comprised a folwark, a large farm worked by serfs to produce surpluses for internal and external trade. The peasantry's situation worsened from the late 17th century on, when the landed szlachta sought to compensate for falling grain prices by increasing the peasants' workload, thus leading to the creation of second serfdom, ...
See also:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - History, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - State organization and politics, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Commonwealth military, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Golden Liberty, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - The political players, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Shortcomings of the Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Late reforms, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Culture, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Szlachta and Sarmatism, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Demographics and religion, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Provinces and geography, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Voivodships of the Commonwealth Read more here: » Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia II - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage
The word antisemitic (antisemitisch in German) was probably first used in 1860 by the Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider in the phrase "antisemitic prejudices" (German: "antisemitische Vorurteile"). Steinschneider used this phrase to characterize Ernest Renan's ideas about how "Semitic races" were inferior to "Aryan races." These pseudo-scientific theories had become quite widespread in Europe in the second half of the 19th century, ...
See also:Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage, Anti-Semitism - Definitions of the term, Anti-Semitism - Earliest Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Religious Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament, Anti-Semitism - Early Christianity, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages, Anti-Semitism - Disabilities and Restrictions, Anti-Semitism - The Crusades, Anti-Semitism - The expulsions from England France Germany and Spain, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism and the Reformation, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in 19th and 20th century Catholicism, Anti-Semitism - Passion plays, Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Nationalism and Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - The rise of racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Elites and the use of Anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism - Dreyfus Affair, Anti-Semitism - Pogroms, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Jewish Legislation, Anti-Semitism - The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world, Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries, Anti-Semitism - United States, Anti-Semitism - Europe, Anti-Semitism - Asia, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism - New anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century Read more here: » Anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century According to the 2005 U.S. State Department Report on Global Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism in Europe has increased significantly in recent years. Beginning in 2000, verbal attacks directed against Jews increased while incidents of vandalism (e.g. graffiti, fire bombings of Jewish schools, desecration of synagogues and cemeteries) surged. Physical assaults including beatings, stabbings and other violence against Jews in Europe increased markedl ...
See also:Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage, Anti-Semitism - Definitions of the term, Anti-Semitism - Earliest Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Religious Antisemitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament, Anti-Semitism - Early Christianity, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages, Anti-Semitism - Disabilities and Restrictions, Anti-Semitism - The Crusades, Anti-Semitism - The expulsions from England France Germany and Spain, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism and the Reformation, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in 19th and 20th century Catholicism, Anti-Semitism - Passion plays, Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Nationalism and Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - The rise of racial anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Elites and the use of Anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism - Dreyfus Affair, Anti-Semitism - Pogroms, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Jewish Legislation, Anti-Semitism - The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world, Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries, Anti-Semitism - United States, Anti-Semitism - Europe, Anti-Semitism - Asia, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism - New anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century Read more here: » Anti-Semitism: Encyclopedia II - Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Sarmatians - Name Not many serious linguists are willing to take on the name of the Sarmatians professionally, the main problem being the difference between Greek Sauro- and Latin Sar-. One can always find proponents of the hypothesis that two distinct peoples existed, the Sauromatae and the Sarmatae. This is not a popular hypothesis, as both peoples would have to be using many of the same tribal names. Moreover, Jordanes, a churchman of mixed Gothic and Sarmatian backgrou ...
See also:Sarmatians, Sarmatians - Name, Sarmatians - History, Sarmatians - Herodotus, Sarmatians - Strabo, Sarmatians - Tacitus, Sarmatians - Pliny the elder, Sarmatians - Pausanias, Sarmatians - Pontic inscriptions, Sarmatians - Ptolemy, Sarmatians - Ammianus Marcellinus, Sarmatians - End, Sarmatians - Sarmatian tribes, Sarmatians - Archaeology and ethnology, Sarmatians - The Polish idea of Sarmatians, Sarmatians - Recent research, Sarmatians - Trivia Read more here: » Sarmatians: Encyclopedia II - Sarmatians - Name |
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| | | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Sarmatians - Sarmatian tribes Below is a list of tribes considered by some ancient writer respected as an authority to be among the people called Sarmatian, or to be in territory considered Sarmatian. Note that the political and ethnic affiliations of the Sarmatians as well as their territory varied somewhat over the centuries. Some of the ethnic groups or tribal entities listed by one author may be considered part of some other group by another. Moreover the Sarmatians were not always everywhere distinct from other groups, most notabl ...
See also:Sarmatians, Sarmatians - Name, Sarmatians - History, Sarmatians - Herodotus, Sarmatians - Strabo, Sarmatians - Tacitus, Sarmatians - Pliny the elder, Sarmatians - Pausanias, Sarmatians - Pontic inscriptions, Sarmatians - Ptolemy, Sarmatians - Ammianus Marcellinus, Sarmatians - End, Sarmatians - Sarmatian tribes, Sarmatians - Archaeology and ethnology, Sarmatians - The Polish idea of Sarmatians, Sarmatians - Recent research, Sarmatians - Trivia Read more here: » Sarmatians: Encyclopedia II - Sarmatians - Sarmatian tribes |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Sarmatians - Archaeology and ethnology There is an archaeology of the Alans, which has been labeled the archaeology of the Sarmatians. In 1947 B.N. Grakov defined a culture apparent in late kurgan graves, sometimes reusing part of much older kurgans. It is a nomadic steppe culture ranging from the Black Sea to beyond the Volga, and is especially evident at two of the major sites at Kardaielova and Chernaya in the trans-Uralic steppe.
The date of the culture: from the 7th century BC to the 4th century AD, and the location, is right for the Sarmatians. Accordingly Grakov def ...
See also:Sarmatians, Sarmatians - Name, Sarmatians - History, Sarmatians - Herodotus, Sarmatians - Strabo, Sarmatians - Tacitus, Sarmatians - Pliny the elder, Sarmatians - Pausanias, Sarmatians - Pontic inscriptions, Sarmatians - Ptolemy, Sarmatians - Ammianus Marcellinus, Sarmatians - End, Sarmatians - Sarmatian tribes, Sarmatians - Archaeology and ethnology, Sarmatians - The Polish idea of Sarmatians, Sarmatians - Recent research, Sarmatians - Trivia Read more here: » Sarmatians: Encyclopedia II - Sarmatians - Archaeology and ethnology |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Elective monarchy - Current Currently, the world's only true "elective monarchies" are:
Vatican City, where the Pope is elected to a life term by (and usually from) the College of Cardinals
Malaysia, where the King or Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected to a five-year term. Nine hereditary rulers form a Council of Rulers who will determine the next King. They use a system of rotation, originally based on seniority, and varied by the council and the decision is made via a secret ballot amongst the council members.
Samoa, where the eventual su ...
See also:Elective monarchy, Elective monarchy - Some examples from History, Elective monarchy - When it was usual, Elective monarchy - Current, Elective monarchy - Elective monarchies in fiction Read more here: » Elective monarchy: Encyclopedia II - Elective monarchy - Current |
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| | | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Silesia - Name of the region One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, which most likely were a Vandalic people, who supposedly lived south of the Baltic Sea along the Elbe, Oder, and Vistula rivers in the 2nd century. When the Silingi moved from the area during the Migration Period, they left remnants of their society behind.
The most evident remnants are in the names of places, which were adopted (in Slavic form) by the new inhabitants, who were in fact Slavic (Polish Śląsk, Old Polish Śląžsk [-o], Old Slavic *Sьlьąžь ...
See also:Silesia, Silesia - Name of the region, Silesia - History, Silesia - Early people, Silesia - Middle Ages, Silesia - Early Modern Period, Silesia - Silesia in Germany, Silesia - Between the wars, Silesia - Silesia after WWII, Silesia - Natural resources, Silesia - Demographics, Silesia - Major cities in Silesia Read more here: » Silesia: Encyclopedia II - Silesia - Name of the region |
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| | | | | szlachta: Encyclopedia II - Silesia - Demographics Modern Silesia is inhabited mostly by Poles and Silesians, but also by minorities of Germans, Czechs, and Moravians. The last Polish census of 2002 showed that the Silesians are the largest ethnic minority in Poland, Germans being the second — both groups are located mostly in Silesia. The Czech part of Silesia is inhabited by Czechs, Moravians, and Poles.
Before the Second World War, Silesia was inhabited by Germans, Poles, and Czechs. The 1905, a census showed that 75% of the population was German and 25% Polish. During and after ...
See also:Silesia, Silesia - Name of the region, Silesia - History, Silesia - Early people, Silesia - Middle Ages, Silesia - Early Modern Period, Silesia - Silesia in Germany, Silesia - Between the wars, Silesia - Silesia after WWII, Silesia - Natural resources, Silesia - Demographics, Silesia - Major cities in Silesia Read more here: » Silesia: Encyclopedia II - Silesia - Demographics |
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