Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The locus of wealth in the West shifted to Constantinople and to the ascendant Islamic civilization with its major cities Baghdad, [b] Cairo, and Córdoba. [ 38 ] From the 9th through the end of the 12th century, Constantinople , capital of the Byzantine Empire , was the largest and wealthiest city in Europe, with a population approaching 1 ...
Australia – The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early colonies period of Australia's history, from the arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Sydney to establish the penal colony of New South Wales in 1788 to the European exploration of the continent and establishment of other colonies and the beginnings of ...
A map showing Charlemagne's additions (in light green) to the Frankish Kingdom. After his reign, the empire he created broke apart into the kingdom of France (from Francia meaning "land of the Franks"), Holy Roman Empire and the kingdom in between (containing modern day Switzerland, northern-Italy, Eastern France and the low-countries).
This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was Tokyo with 26 million.
The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few ...
This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
This article lists historical urban community sizes based on the estimated populations of selected human settlements from 7000 BC – AD 1875, organized by archaeological periods.