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Prussia (/ˈprʌʃə/, German: Preußen [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying...

Antwerp (/ˈæntwɜːrp/ ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ; French: Anvers [ɑ̃vɛʁs] ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is...

Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (/ɛərˈnɑːn kɔːrˈtɛs/ air-NAHN kor-TESS; Spanish: [eɾˈnaŋ koɾˈtes ðe...

Serbo-Croatian (/ˌsɜːrboʊkroʊˈeɪʃən/ ) – also called Serbo-Croat (/ˌsɜːrboʊˈkroʊæt/), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and B...

The politics of the United Kingdom functions within a constitutional monarchy where executive power is delegated by legislation and social conventions...

Colchester (/ˈkoʊltʃɛstər/ KOHL-cheh-stər) is a city in northeastern Essex, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the county, with a population...

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter...

The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years. Jews in Russia have historically constituted...

County Wexford (Irish: Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the...

The history of Bulgaria can be traced from the first settlements on the lands of modern Bulgaria to its formation as a nation-state, and includes the history...

Boulogne-Billancourt (French pronunciation: [bulɔɲ bijɑ̃kuʁ] ; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, [bulɔɲ syʁ sɛn])...

Ancient Celtic religion, commonly known as Celtic paganism, was the religion of the ancient Celtic peoples of Europe. Because there are no extant native...

The history of Slovenia chronicles the period of the Slovenian territory from the 5th century BC to the present. In the Early Bronze Age, Proto-Illyrian...

Derbent (Russian: Дербе́нт; Lezgian: Кьвевар, Цал; Azerbaijani: Дәрбәнд, romanized: Dərbənd; Avar: Дербенд), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in...

The culture of Cornwall (Cornish: Gonisogeth Kernow) forms part of the culture of the United Kingdom, but has distinct customs, traditions and peculiarities...

The Holstein Friesian is an international breed or group of breeds of dairy cattle. It originated in Frisia, stretching from the Dutch province of North...

Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the hypothetical ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It...

Warfare occurred throughout the history of Ancient Greece, from the Greek Dark Ages onward. The Greek 'Dark Ages' drew to an end as a significant increase...

Kreuzberg (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɔʏtsbɛʁk] ) is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of...

The Football Federation of Kosovo (Albanian: Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës; FFK) is the governing body of football in Kosovo, with headquarters in Pristina...