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Post by Jaga on May 27, 2010 9:38:09 GMT -7
We already know that Poland reached the territories of present Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine. I guess, probably Czech and Slovakia, but I am not sure about Romania, Moldova, Germany (maybe our current boarder is the furthest reach to the West"?
Who can check, how far did we ever reached with the boarders? Did we ever reached to the Black Sea? Like in this famous saying "Polska od morza do morza".
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Post by justjohn on May 27, 2010 10:25:37 GMT -7
We already know that Poland reached the territories of present Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine. I guess, probably Czech and Slovakia, but I am not sure about Romania, Moldova, Germany (maybe our current boarder is the furthest reach to the West"? Who can check, how far did we ever reached with the boarders? Did we ever reached to the Black Sea? Like in this famous saying "Polska od morza do morza". The land now known as Poland was sparsely populated in prehistoric times. Slavic tribes are believed to have begun settling Poland more than 2,000 years ago, but by AD 800, the population was probably no more than one million. Rulers of the Piast dynasty united the Polish tribes of the Vistula and Oder basins about the middle of the 10th century. In 966, Mieszko I, a member of this dynasty, was baptized, and consequently Poland became a Christian nation. Thirty-three years later, his eldest son and successor, Boleslaw I ("the Brave"; r.992–1025), secured recognition of Polish sovereignty from Holy Roman Emperor Otto III. During the next three centuries, Poland was continually embroiled in conflicts with the Germans to the west and with the Eastern Slavs and the Mongol invaders to the east, while developing cultural relations with the Western civilizations. Foreign penetration and internal difficulties led to the division of Poland among members of the Piast dynasty. Under Casimir III ("the Great"; r.1333–70), the last of the Piast rulers, Poland was restored to unity and greatness. Casimir made peace with the Teutonic Knights, added Galicia to the realm, and welcomed Jewish refugees from the west; internally, law was codified, administration centralized, and a university was established at Cracow in 1364. In 1386, a Polish-Lithuanian federal union was created through a dynastic marriage, which also gave birth to the Jagellonian dynasty, named for Jagello, grand duke of Lithuania, who ruled Poland as Ladislas II (1386–1434). The union extended from the Baltic to the Black Sea and held control over other territories in Central Europe, notably West Prussia and Pomerania. The combined forces of the union annihilated the Teutonic Knights in 1410, in the Battle of Grunewald. In order to preserve the union during the reign of Sigismund II (1548–72), the last of the Jagellonians, provisions were made for an elective monarch to be chosen by a single parliament (Sejm) for Poland and Lithuania. Read more: History - Poland - tax, issues, growth, system, infrastructure, power, policy, sector www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Poland-HISTORY.html#ixzz0p9SywMGP
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Post by Nictoshek on May 27, 2010 17:32:07 GMT -7
The important thing to know, is that Poland had Pope John Paul who was instrumental in smashing communism....as well as laying the foundation for the new coming resurrected Holy Roman Empire. ;D
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