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  2. Teutons - Wikipedia

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    The ethnonym is attested in Latin as Teutonēs or Teutoni (plural) or, more rarely, as Teuton or Teutonus (singular). [2] It transparently derives from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) stem *tewtéh₂-('people, tribe, crowd') attached to the suffix -ones, which is commonly found in both Celtic (Lingones, Senones, etc.) and Germanic (Ingvaeones, Semnones, etc.) tribal names during the Roman era.

  3. Teutonic Order - Wikipedia

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    Some Teutonic Knights were sent to battle the invaders but were defeated by the Bohemian infantry. The Knights also sustained a defeat in the Polish-Teutonic War (1431–1435). Map of the Teutonic state in 1466. In 1440, the Prussian Confederation was founded by gentry and burghers of the State of the Teutonic Order.

  4. State of the Teutonic Order - Wikipedia

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    The Teutonic Order's annexation and possession of Gdańsk (Danzig) and the surrounding region was consistently disputed by the Polish kings Władysław I and Casimir III the Great – claims that led to the Polish–Teutonic War (1326–1332) and, eventually, lawsuits in the papal court in 1320 and 1333, which ruled in favor of Poland, however ...

  5. Teutonic - Wikipedia

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    Teutons, a Germanic tribe or Celtic tribe mentioned by Greek and Roman authors Furor Teutonicus, a Latin phrase referring to the proverbial ferocity of the Teutons; Having qualities related to classical Germanic peoples (dated) regnum Teutonicorum, "Kingdom of the Germans" rex Teutonicorum, "King of the Germans"

  6. Germanic peoples - Wikipedia

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    Germanic mythology and religious practice is of particular interest to Indo-Europeanists, scholars who seek to identify aspects of ancient Germanic culture—both in terms of linguistic correspondence and by way of motifs—stemming from Proto-Indo-European culture, including Proto-Indo-European mythology. The primordial being Ymir, attested ...

  7. List of early Germanic peoples - Wikipedia

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    This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The list of early Germanic peoples is a register of ancient Germanic cultures, tribal groups, and other alliances of Germanic tribes and civilisations in ancient times. This information comes from various ...

  8. Lithuanian Crusade - Wikipedia

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    The Teutonic Order initially planned to incorporate all of Lithuania into the Teutonic State, as it had with Prussia, but those plans faced strong Lithuanian resistance. [13] The Teutonic Order's principal objective was to conquer the Lithuanian lowland region, Samogitia, and build fortresses there to solidify their control.

  9. Prussia - Wikipedia

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    The land that the Teutonic Knights occupied was flat and covered with fertile soil. The area was perfectly suited to the large-scale raising of wheat. [5] The rise of early Prussia was based on the raising and selling of wheat. Teutonic Prussia became known as the "bread basket of Western Europe" (in German, Kornkammer, or granary).