The Penguin Atlas of Medieval HistoryHere in forty maps, each with its own detailed commentary, is the story of the great nomadic conquerors : Huns, Avars, Mongols, and Turks; of Europe's last pagans, the Vikings, and the Christian offspring, the Normans; of Caliphs and Crusaders, Popes and Emperors; of the birth of the powers of today. This is a reference book which provides the framework for those fragments of history we all know but cannot place in context. |
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Abasgians Abbasid Alans AMALFI Anatolia annexed Arabs Aragon Armenia army Avars Baltic Basques became Berbers Burgundians Burgundy Buwayhids Caliphate Castile century Christendom Christian Church conquered conquest Constantinople CORN Crusade CUMANS D.of Danes Danube defeat Denmark Duchy dynasty E.of East EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Egypt Emirate Emperor England Europe Fatimids feudal Frankish Franks Frisians frontier Genoa Gepids GERMAN EMPIRE Ghuzz Golden Horde Goths Hamadan Hungary Huns Iberia Imperial independence Irish Islam Italy K.of Khan Khazar King Kingdom land Lazica Lombards Magyars Mamluks medieval period Mediterranean Mongol Moslem Murabits Naples Navarre nomad Norman North Ostrogoths Ottoman P.of Papacy Papal Patzinaks Persian Picts Picts Swedes Poland Pope Principality provinces raids Roman Empire Rome Russia Saxons Seljuk Seljuk Sultanate Serbia Sicily SLAVES Slavs Spain Spice Route steppe Teutonic Knights tion towns trade Trebizond tribes Turkestan Turkish Turks Umayyads Vandals vassal Venetian Venice victory Viking Visigoths Volga Bulgars West Western Zirid