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Why Was Hedeby An Important Town

Hedeby (Danish pronunciation: [ˈheːð̩byːˀ], Old Norse Heiðabýr, German Haithabu) was an important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement near the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula, now in the Schleswig-Flensburg district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the most important archaeological site in Schleswig-Holstein. Viking houses in… 

Why Was Henry Ellis Most Likely Remembered As The Second Founder Of Georgia

Henry Ellis, the second royal governor of Georgia, has been called “Georgia’s second founder.” Georgia had no self-government under the Trustees (1732-52), and the first royal governor, John Reynolds (1754-57), failed as an administrator. Henry Ellis (1721-1806) Georgia had no self-government under the Trustees (1732-52), and the first royal governor,… 

Why Was Hong Kong Colonized

In 1839, Britain invaded China to crush opposition to its interference in the country’s economic and political affairs. One of Britain’s first acts of the war was to occupy Hong Kong, a sparsely inhabited island off the coast of southeast China. Hong Kong, former British colony and semi-autonomous region of…