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History Smiltyne (former Sandkrug) This village was set up on the transit road between Karaliaucius (Konighsberg) and Klaipeda. The settlement was called Sandberg, which in German means sand hill. It was mentioned for...

History Juodkrante (former Schwarzort or Schattenort) For the first time Juodkrante was mentioned in the tax records in 1429, though then it was closer to the sea and approximately 2,5 km to the north from its present...

NIda History Grobstas Horn for the first time was mentioned in 1366. There is a suggestion that it was the very first settlement on the Spit. Locations named Noyken or Noyden were described in the Teutonic chronicles ...

Although I had a myriad of interesting experiences in my ancestral Baltic homeland, three general impressions seemed to prevail. The first involved a widespread sadness related to the historical victimization of Lithu...

Introduction . The Great Pyramid of Giza . The Hanging Gardens of Babylon . The Statue of Zeus at Olympia. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. The Colossus of Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Al...

The brilliant British economist David Ricardo was one the most important figures in the development of economic theory. He articulated and rigorously formulated the "Classical" system of political economy. The legacy ...

Rock & roll wild child Avril Lavigne hit big in summer 2002 with her spiky–fun debut song "Complicated," shifting pop music into a different direction. Lavigne, who was 17 at the time, didn't seem concerned with the g...

Speciality The new thing that this store has is minimal inventory. Most probably many have said this before but they all still work under the old idea that all the records have to physically be in the store when the c...

Introduction. Ways of everyday life. Traditions and parliament. Pageantry. Traditions of university life. Scottish traditions. Welsh traditions. Traditions of Northern Ireland. Conclusion. Glossary. Literature.

The USA is a federal union of 50 states. The basic law is the constitution, adopted in 1787, which prescribes the structure of national government and lists its rights and fields of authority. Each state has its gover...