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2. Norman conquest of southern Italy - Wikipedia

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   The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1194, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130, the territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily, which included the island of Sicily, the southern third of the Italian Peninsula (including Benevento, which was briefly held twice), the archipelago of Malta, and parts of North Africa.

3. Viking expansion - Wikipedia

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   Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries.

4. List of cruise ships - Wikipedia

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   Aranui 3: Aranui Cruises: 1959: 3,800: Operated as a cruise line to the Marquesas Islands from Tahiti in addition to providing freight services to the Marquesas. Aranui 3 began cruising in 2003 and was replaced by Aranui 5 in early 2016. Aranui 3 in the Marquesas, 2009: Aranui 5: Aranui Cruises: 2015: 7,500: Operating Arcadia: P&O Cruises: 2004 ...

5. Viking raids in the Rhineland - Wikipedia

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   On 3 August 881, the West Francian king Louis III with his army also won victory over the Normans at Saucourt-en-Vimeu in central France. [3] The Vikings then turned their aggression eastwards towards the Rhineland. Charles III was residing in Italy at this time, his imperial coronation having taken place on 12 February 881 in Rome. For the ...

6. Italo-Normans - Wikipedia

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   Palazzo dei Normanni, the palace of the Norman kings in Palermo. Bronze lion attributed to an Italo-Norman artist (Metropolitan Museum of Art).The Italo-Normans (Italian: Italo-Normanni), or Siculo-Normans (Siculo-Normanni) when referring to Sicily and Southern Italy, are the Italian-born descendants of the first Norman conquerors to travel to Southern Italy in the first half of the eleventh ...

7. Norwegian Crusade - Wikipedia

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   The Norwegian Crusade, led by Norwegian King Sigurd I, [2] was a crusade or a pilgrimage (sources differ) [3] that lasted from 1107 to 1111, in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The Norwegian Crusade marks the first time a European king personally went to the Holy Land .

8. Hastein - Wikipedia

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   Hastein in Luna, Italy ca 859. Histoire Populaire de la France 1st edition (1862), author: Ch. Lahure. Hastein (Old Norse: Hásteinn, also recorded as Hastingus, Anstign, Haesten, Hæsten, Hæstenn or Hæsting [1] [2] and alias Alsting [3]) was a Viking chieftain of the late 9th century who made several raiding voyages.

9. The Travels of Marco Polo - Wikipedia

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   Book of the Marvels of the World (Italian: Il Milione, lit. 'The Million', possibly derived from Polo's nickname "Emilione"), [1] in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Venetian explorer Marco Polo.