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The extent of Estonian territory in early medieval times is disputed but the nature of their religion is not. They were known to the Scandinavians as experts in wind-magic, as were the Sámi (known at the time as Finns) in the North. [11] The name Estonia was first mentioned by Cassiodorus in his book V. Letters 1–2 dating from the 6th ...
Parishes were typically governed by local nobles referred to as kings (Estonian: kuningas). [62] Ancient Estonia had a professional warrior caste [63] while the nobles' wealth and prestige was based on international trade. [64] The parishes were commonly centered around hill forts, though occasionally multiple forts existed within a single parish.
The Swedish Empire. The Duchy of Estonia (Swedish: Hertigdömet Estland; Estonian: Eestimaa hertsogkond; German: Herzogtum Estland), also known as Swedish Estonia (Swedish: Svenska Estland), [1] was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1561 until 1721 during the time that most or all of Estonia was under Swedish rule.
Fragments of the Wanradt–Koell Catechism (1535), the first book printed in Estonian. The history of Estonia forms a part of the history of Europe.Human settlement in what is now Estonia became possible 13,000–11,000 years ago, after the ice from the last glacial era had melted, and signs of the first permanent population in the region date from around 9000 BCE.
The population of Ancient Estonia in the late Iron Age, circa 1100 AD, is estimated to have been 150,000, with upper estimates around 180,000. [16] This is a five-fold increase from the approximately 30,000 inhabitants of the same area during the Roman Iron Age, circa 400 AD. [ 16 ]
Estonia hosted the first Eurovision Song Contest in a former Soviet republic. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit in Prague: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia were invited to join NATO. 2003: Estonia approved joining the European Union in a referendum with 66% agreed with joining and 34% were against it ...
Estonia under Swedish rule signifies the period of time between 1561 and 1710, when present-day Estonia was under the rule of the Swedish Empire.In the wake of the breakup of the State of the Teutonic Order, the Baltic German local nobility in the areas of Harrien and Wierland (), as well as the city of Reval in June 1561 (and somewhat later Jerwen ()) asked for and were granted protection by ...
The island is called Saaremaa in modern Estonian and Saarenmaa in Finnish — literally "land of the isle" or "land of the island", [3] i.e. the same as the ancient Scandinavian name for the island. The old Scandinavian name is also the origin of the island's name in Danish Øsel, German and Swedish Ösel, Gutnish Oysl, and in Latin, Osilia.