Library of Congress Classification:Class D -- History, General and Old World
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Class D: History, General and Old World is a classification used by the Library of Congress classification
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Library of Congress Classification
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system. This article outlines the subclasses of Class D
D Library of Congress Classification:Class D -- General HistorySubclass D: General History is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass D.-Contents:D...History HistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
General
DA Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DA -- History of Great BritainSubclass DA: History of Great Britain is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DA.- Contents :DA...History of Great Britain - History of Ireland History of IrelandThe first known settlement in Ireland began around 8000 BC, when hunter-gatherers arrived from continental Europe, probably via a land bridge. Few archaeological traces remain of this group, but their descendants and later Neolithic arrivals, particularly from the Iberian Peninsula, were...
- History of the British IslesHistory of the British IslesThe history of the British Isles has witnessed intermittent periods of competition and cooperation between the people that occupy the various parts of Great Britain, Ireland, and the smaller adjacent islands, which together make up the British Isles, as well as with France, Germany, the Low...
DAW History of Central Europe
- 1001-1051..........History of Central Europe
- 1001-1028..........General
- 1031-1051..........History
DB History of Austria History of AustriaThe history of Austria covers the history of the current country of Austria and predecessor states, from the Iron Age, through to a sovereign state, annexation by the German Third Reich, partition after the Second World War and later developments until the present day...
- LiechtensteinHistory of LiechtensteinPolitical identity came to the territory now occupied by the Principality of Liechtenstein in 814, with the formation of the subcountry of Lower Rhaetia...
- HungaryHistory of HungaryHungary is a country in central Europe. Its history under this name dates to the early Middle Ages, when the Pannonian Basin was colonized by the Magyars, a semi-nomadic people from what is now central-northern Russia...
- CzechoslovakiaHistory of CzechoslovakiaWith the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy at the end of World War I, the independent country of Czechoslovakia was formed, encouraged by, among others, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson...
DC Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DC -- History of France, Andorra, and MonacoSubclass DC: History of France, Andorra, and Monaco is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World...History of France History of FranceThe history of France goes back to the arrival of the earliest human being in what is now France. Members of the genus Homo entered the area hundreds of thousands years ago, while the first modern Homo sapiens, the Cro-Magnons, arrived around 40,000 years ago...
- AndorraHistory of AndorraAndorra is the last independent survivor of the Marca Hispanica, the buffer states created by Charlemagne to keep the Islamic Moors from advancing into Christian France. Tradition holds that Charlemagne granted a charter to the Andorran people in return for their fighting the Moors...
- Monaco
DD Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DD -- History of GermanySubclass DD: History of Germany is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DD.-Contents:DD...History of Germany History of GermanyThe concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul , which he had conquered. The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the...
DE History of the Greco-Roman World
- 1-100..........History of the Greco-Roman World
- 1-15.5..........General
- 23-31..........Geography
- 46-73.2..........Antiquities. Civilization. Culture. Ethnography
- 80-100..........History
DF Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DF -- History of GreeceSubclass DF: History of Greece is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DF.-Contents:DF...History of Greece GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
DG Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DG -- History of Italy and MaltaSubclass DG: History of Italy and Malta is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DG.-Contents:DG...History of Italy History of ItalyItaly, united in 1861, has significantly contributed to the political, cultural and social development of the entire Mediterranean region. Many cultures and civilizations have existed there since prehistoric times....
- MaltaHistory of MaltaMalta has been inhabited since it was settled around 5200 BC from Sicily. It was settled by the Phoenicians and later the Greeks who named the island Μελίτη meaning "honey sweet" in reference to Malta's endemic variety of bee.-B.C.:*5000 First Human settlers...
DH Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DH -- History of the Low Countries and BeneluxSubclass DH: History of the Low Countries and Benelux is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World...History of Low Countries Low CountriesThe Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....
- BeneluxBeneluxThe Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...
Countries
DJ Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DJ -- History of the NetherlandsSubclass DJ: History of the Netherlands is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DJ.DJ...History of the Netherlands History of the NetherlandsThe history of the Netherlands is the history of a maritime people thriving on a watery lowland river delta at the edge of northwestern Europe. When the Romans and written history arrived in 57 BC, the country was sparsely populated by various tribal groups at the periphery of the empire...
(Holland)
DJK History of Eastern Europe (General)
- 1-77..........Historty of Eastern Europe (General)
- 26-28..........Ethnography
- 27..........Slavic people (General)
- 30-51..........History
- 61-77..........Local history and description
- 61-66..........Black Seas region
- 71-76..........Carpathian Mountain region
- 76.2-76.8..........Danube River Valley
- 77..........Pannonia
- 26-28..........Ethnography
DK History of Russia History of RussiaThe history of Russia begins with that of the Eastern Slavs and the Finno-Ugric peoples. The state of Garðaríki , which was centered in Novgorod and included the entire areas inhabited by Ilmen Slavs, Veps and Votes, was established by the Varangian chieftain Rurik in 862...
; Soviet UnionHistory of the Soviet UnionThe history of the Soviet Union has roots in the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, emerged as the main political force in the capital of the former Russian Empire, though they had to fight a long and brutal civil war against the Mensheviks, or Whites...
; Former Soviet Republics - History of PolandHistory of PolandThe History of Poland is rooted in the arrival of the Slavs, who gave rise to permanent settlement and historic development on Polish lands. During the Piast dynasty Christianity was adopted in 966 and medieval monarchy established...
DL History of Northern Europe; Scandinavia History of ScandinaviaThe history of Scandinavia is the history of the region of northern Europe known in English as Scandinavia, particularly in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.- Pre-historic age :...
DP Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DP -- History of Spain and PortugalSubclass DP: History of Spain and Portugal is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DP.-Contents:DP...History of Spain History of SpainThe history of Spain involves all the other peoples and nations within the Iberian peninsula formerly known as Hispania, and includes still today the nations of Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain...
- Portugal
DQ Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DQ -- History of SwitzerlandSubclass DQ: History of Switzerland is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DQ.-Contents:DQ...History of Switzerland History of SwitzerlandSince 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a federal state of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics. For the time before 1291, this article summarizes...
DR Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DR -- History of the Balkan PeninsulaSubclass DR: History of the Balkan Peninsula is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DR.DR...History of the Balkan Peninsula
DS Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DS -- History of AsiaSubclass DS: History of Asia is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DS.-Contents:DS...History of Asia History of AsiaThe history of Asia can be seen as the collective history of several distinct peripheral coastal regions such as, East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East linked by the interior mass of the Eurasian steppe....
DT Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DT -- History of AfricaSubclass DT: History of Africa is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DT.DT...History of Africa History of AfricaThe history of Africa begins with the prehistory of Africa and the emergence of Homo sapiens in East Africa, continuing into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. Agriculture began about 10,000 BCE and metallurgy in about 4000 BCE. The history of early...
DU Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DU -- History of OceaniaSubclass DU: History of Oceania is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class D -- History, General and Old World. This article describes subclass DU.-Contents:DU...History of Oceania History of OceaniaThe History of Oceania is the history of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and other Pacific island nations.-First settlement:Australia was settled by the Indigenous Australians between 40,000 and 125,000 years ago...
(South Seas)
DX History of Gypsies
- 101-301..........History of Gypsies
- 1001-1051..........History of Central Europe