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    Ancient Estonia refers to a period covering History of Estonia from the middle of the 8th millennium BC until the conquest and subjugation of the local...
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    Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across...
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    The history of Estonia forms a part of the history of Europe. Human settlement in what is now Estonia became possible 13,000–11,000 years ago, after the...
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    (1200 hides), was an ancient county in what would now be the Republic of Estonia . around Varbola around Lohu around Kose Danish Estonia Harju County Rapla...
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    military Christianisation campaigns in medieval Livonia – modern Latvia and Estonia – during the Papal-sanctioned Northern Crusades in the 12th–13th century...
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    and the area of Ancient Estonia was divided among loosely allied regions. It was preceded by the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in Estonia, during which an...
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    Estonian (eesti keel [ˈeːsʲti ˈkeːl] ) is a Finnic language of the Uralic family. Estonian is the official language of Estonia. It is written in the Latin...
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    The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Estonian SSR), Soviet Estonia, or simply Estonia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union (USSR), covering the...
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    people who prior to the Northern Crusades in the 13th century lived in the Estonian island of Saaremaa (Ösel) – the Baltic Sea island was also referred as...
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  • Traditional Estonian cuisine has substantially been based on meat and potatoes, and on fish in coastal and lakeside areas, however now bears influences...
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  • The history of Estonia from 1918 to 1940 spanned the interwar period from the end of the Estonian War of Independence until the outbreak of World War II...
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    Mõhu (category Ancient counties of Estonia)
    landlocked ancient Estonian county in the central part of the territory of Estonia. It was later conquered by the Teutonic Order during the Estonian Crusade...
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    Virumaa (category Ancient counties of Estonia)
    German: Wierland; Old Norse: Virland) is a former independent county in Ancient Estonia. Now it is divided into Ida-Viru County or Eastern Vironia and Lääne-Viru...
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    Estonia are flags, coat of arms, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Estonia or Estonian...
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    The Duchy of Estonia (Swedish: Hertigdömet Estland; Estonian: Eestimaa hertsogkond; German: Herzogtum Estland), also known as Swedish Estonia (Swedish: Svenska...
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    inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their resettlement in 1945 after the end of World War...
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    Tallinn (redirect from Capital of Estonia)
    Tallinn (/ˈtælɪn/, Estonian: [ˈtɑlʲːinː] ) is the capital and most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf...
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    is a list of military conflicts in which Estonians participated on a larger scale or took place on Estonian territory. Items in bold are the wars most...
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  • This article covers the architecture of Estonia. A distinguishing feature of early Estonian architecture are the many strongholds and hill-forts found...
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    Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany invaded Estonia in July–December 1941, and occupied the country until 1944. Estonia had gained independence in 1918 from...
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    Revala (category Ancient counties of Estonia)
    Revele, by Danish Census Book Revælæ) was an Ancient Estonian county. It was located in northern Estonia, by the Gulf of Finland and corresponded roughly...
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    The Estonian War of Independence, also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably...
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  • The recorded history of music in Estonia dates as far back as the 12th century. The earliest mentioning of Estonian singing and dancing dates back to Saxo...
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    Estonia under Swedish rule (1561–1710) signifies the period of time when large parts of the country, and after 1645, entire present-day Estonia, were...
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    500 BC). In the 6th to 3rd century BC, the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman...
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    Caucasus shows ancient Iranian Zoroastrian influence, involve battles with ancient Goths, Huns and Khazars, and contain many connections with ancient Indian,...
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    Independence". In Gerald Onn (ed.). The Baltic States: Years of Independence – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, 1917–40. C. Hurst & Co. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-903983-00-1...
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    Baltic states (category Articles containing Estonian-language text)
    Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European...
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    The Governorate of Estonia, also known as the Esthonia (Estland) Governorate, was a province (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian...
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    Czech resistance against German occupation 1945-1948 1989-1992)) Estonia (Ancient Estonia Livonian Crusade Danish conquest Terra Mariana Swedish rule Estophile...
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