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    History of Latvia

    The history of Latvia began around 9000 BC with the end of the last glacial period in northern Europe. Ancient Baltic peoples arrived in the area during the second millennium BC, and four distinct tribal realms in Latvia's territory were identifiable towards the end of the first millennium AD. Latvia's principal river Daugava, was at the head of an important trade route from the Baltic region through Russia into southern Europe and the Middle East that was used by the Vikings and later Nordic and German traders. In the early medieval period, the region's peoples resisted Christianisation and became subject to attack through the Livonian Crusade. Latvia's capital city Riga, founded in 1201 by Germans at the mouth of the Daugava, became a strategic base in a papally-sanctioned conquest of the area by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. It was to be the first major city of the southern Baltic and, after 1282, a principal trading centre in the Hanseatic League. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Baltic bronze necklace from the village of Aizkraukle, Latvia dating to 12th century AD now in the British Museum. [1]The history of Latvia began around 9000 BC with the end of the last glacial period in northern Europe.Ancient Baltic peoples arrived in the area during the second millennium BC, and four distinct tribal realms in Latvia's territory were identifiable towards the end of the first ...
  3. britannica.com

    History of Latvia, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Latvia from ancient times to the present. The Latvians constitute a prominent division of the ancient group of peoples known as the Balts. The first historically documented connection between the Balts and the
  4. onlatvia.com

    It seemed that Latvian history reached its happy end. But nothing could have been farther from the truth. Ķemeri spa soon after it had been constructed in 1938. During the 1930s, much of Europe saw democracies overthrown by dictatorships. While the Latvian authoritarian regime of Kārlis Ulmanis that began in 1933 was relatively benign, much ...
  5. britannica.com

    3 days agoLatvia - Baltic State, Soviet Union, Independence: The Latvians constitute a prominent division of the ancient group of peoples known as the Balts. The first historically documented connection between the Balts and the civilization of the Mediterranean world was based on the ancient amber trade; according to the Roman historian Tacitus (1st century ce), the Aestii (predecessors of the Old ...
  6. This is the first English-language volume that brings the history of Latvia to the threshold of the twenty-first century. Until the re-establishment of Latvian independence in 1991, Soviet dominance served for nearly fifty years to hinder publication of any complete and objective historical record of the region. Plakans now places the evolution and formation of the Latvian nation in a balanced ...
  7. The Commission of the Historians of Latvia was established on 13 November 1998 following the initiative of the former State President Guntis Ulmanis. It assumed its work at the end of 1998 composed by eleven members of the Commission. The Commission included professional historians from the Institute of History and the Faculty of History and ...
  8. en.wikipedia.org

    This is a timeline of Latvian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Latvia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Latvia. See also the list of presidents of Latvia. 7th century. Year ...
  9. eca.state.gov

    Most of Latvian become Lutheran in the 16th century. Eastern Latvia, Latgale (Latgalia), has remained mainly Catholic to this day. Written Latvian language is developed by German clergymen in the 17th century, culminating in the Latvian translation of the Bible, which becomes a standard and the prime vehicle for literacy. HISTORY OF LATVIA
  10. localhistories.org

    During the 19th century, Latvia experienced rapid economic development. In 1800 Riga only had a population of 30,000 but by 1900 it had reached half a million. Meanwhile, in the 1810s the Latvian nobility ended serfdom. Furthermore, during the 19th century, nationalism in Latvia and interest in Latvian culture revived.
  11. history-maps.com

    Oct 22, 2024The war, however, came at a high cost, with thousands of casualties and widespread devastation. Latvia's independence would last until 1940, when it was forcibly annexed by the Soviet Union, but the success of the war remained a pivotal moment in Latvian history, cementing its national identity and independence.

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