Search results for "Settlement of Iceland" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Born around 970 C.E. in Iceland, Ericson was the son of Erik the Red ... Ericson established a settlement in a place he called Vinland, which ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland, is a country of northwestern ... Iceland has been inhabited since about the year 874 when, according ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- Hrafnkels saga (ˈr̥apncɛls ˌsaːɣa) is one of the Icelanders ... as a test case in the dispute on the origins of the Icelandic sagas. ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- Palestine near the Jordan River. The history of Jericho goes back to the end ... record confirms the Biblical story of the Battle of Jericho. The ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:27, 1 August 2022
- The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic ... Eurasia and Africa to the east. A component of the all-encompassing World ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- or Helsinki Declaration, was the Final Act of the Conference on Security ... human rights and to non-violent resolution of disputes. Analysts identify ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 17:19, 6 February 2022
- is a geological depression in the Horn of Africa, where it overlaps Eritrea ... below sea level. Dallol, Ethiopia is also part of the Depression, ...11 KB (1,699 words) - 05:57, 16 June 2023
- Viking refers to a member of the Scandinavian seafaring traders, warriors ... ferocity and pillaging raids, the voyages of the Vikings also linked different ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's ... and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- Ellesmere Island is the largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in ... More than one-fifth of the island has been turned into a national ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- Spassky in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland. The match was widely publicized ... authorities for nine months under threat of extradition. He was then granted ...53 KB (7,890 words) - 08:45, 16 November 2023
- to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae ... The Atlantic halibut is native to the temperate waters of the northern ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- A longhouse or long house is a type of long, narrow, single-room building ... In North America two types of longhouse were developed: The Native ...35 KB (5,411 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest and southernmost ... the North Sea on the west, and a majority of its land mass lies on a peninsula ...38 KB (5,763 words) - 21:28, 5 March 2024
- Manitoba is one of Canada's 10 provinces; it is the easternmost ... or Ojibwe languages and means "strait of the Manitou (spirit)." ...41 KB (6,242 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- quot;many islands") is a large grouping of over one thousand islands scattered ... Island. A Polynesian island group outside of this great triangle is Tuvalu ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- meaning "island") are a chain of more than 150 mostly volcanic ... The islands, including their 57 volcanoes, are in the northern part ...24 KB (3,659 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- Danelagen), is a name given to a part of Great Britain, now northern ... held predominance over those of the Anglo-Saxons. Its origins lie ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- The Kingdom of Norway, commonly known as Norway, is a Nordic country ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...44 KB (6,442 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions ... eventually developed into a mythic warrior of heroic legend, eventually evolving ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
