"Hadrian’s Wall of Denmark – Dannevirke Defensive Complex" Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 Oct 2018 3:56 p.m. PST |
"Beginning in the later part of what historians know as the "Nordic Iron Age," the pagan Danes built massive lines of fortifications along their border with what is now Germany. These are known as the "Dane-works" in English, the "Danewerke" in German, and the "Dannevirke" in Danish. The purpose of these earthworks was to keep out invaders from the south, beginning with the Franks under Charlemagne, and later the assorted kingdoms and governments of the Germans. The last times the forts were used was in 1864, when the Danes and the Germans fought the Second War of Schleswig during the wars of German unification. Today, the remains of the fortress system are in Germany – that tells you who won in 1864. There are a lot of myths and misinformation about Scandinavia during and immediately before the Viking Age (c. 790-1100). One of them is that the Northmen were isolated from the rest of Europe until they decided to burst out of their harbors to raid the rest of the Continent. Actually, the cultures of Scandinavia had pretty much always been in contact with the people to the south of them. They had traded, warred, inter-married, etc…"
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 Jeff Ewing  | 23 Oct 2018 4:29 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 24 Oct 2018 11:13 a.m. PST |
Yes… the article mention it. Amicalement
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| goragrad | 24 Oct 2018 11:53 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 25 Oct 2018 11:26 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile)
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