A Brief History of Poland
A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND
Copyright 1994 - AngloPol Corporation -- Distributed by the Polonia Media Network
|Part 1 |
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|The Polish State Emerges |
|10th-12th Centuries |
|The name of Poland comes from the name of the Polanie tribe or people tilling land. That tribe settled down in the Warta |
|River basin, an area which was later called Wielkopolska [Great Poland]. The center of authority was in Gniezno. |
|Archaeological excavations permit an examination of the development of the Gniezno castle and its powerful fortifications,|
|dating back to the 8th century. The tribal rulers of the Polanie who later resided in the castle were called the Piasts, |
|from the name of their legendary ancestor. |
|Throughout the 10th century, the Polanie and their Piast princes conquered and consolidated their rule over other Lecithic|
|tribes living between the Odra and Bug Rivers, the Baltic coast and the Carpathian Mountains. The Polanie conquered |
|successively the Kujawianie tribe, whose main castle was in Kruszwica, the Mazowszanie tribe and their castle of Plock, |
|the Ledzianie tribe and Sandomierz, and the Pomeranian tribe and their castles of Gdansk and Wolin. Toward the end of the |
|century they seized the Wislanie tribe with their castle of Krakow, as well as the Silesian tribes with Wroclaw, Opole and|
|Legnica.
Copyright 1994 - AngloPol Corporation -- Distributed by the Polonia Media Network
|Part 1 |
| |
|The Polish State Emerges |
|10th-12th Centuries |
|The name of Poland comes from the name of the Polanie tribe or people tilling land. That tribe settled down in the Warta |
|River basin, an area which was later called Wielkopolska [Great Poland]. The center of authority was in Gniezno. |
|Archaeological excavations permit an examination of the development of the Gniezno castle and its powerful fortifications,|
|dating back to the 8th century. The tribal rulers of the Polanie who later resided in the castle were called the Piasts, |
|from the name of their legendary ancestor. |
|Throughout the 10th century, the Polanie and their Piast princes conquered and consolidated their rule over other Lecithic|
|tribes living between the Odra and Bug Rivers, the Baltic coast and the Carpathian Mountains. The Polanie conquered |
|successively the Kujawianie tribe, whose main castle was in Kruszwica, the Mazowszanie tribe and their castle of Plock, |
|the Ledzianie tribe and Sandomierz, and the Pomeranian tribe and their castles of Gdansk and Wolin. Toward the end of the |
|century they seized the Wislanie tribe with their castle of Krakow, as well as the Silesian tribes with Wroclaw, Opole and|
|Legnica.