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Eridu

History; World history

Sumerian city south of Ur, referred to in ancient king lists as the first city. Founded in the mid-6th millennium BC, Eridu was one of Mesopotamia's leading cities by the Early ...

Erik the Red

History; World history

Norse colonizer. Erik settled in Iceland as a child, and in about 980, while exiled for manslaughter, explored the southwest coast of Greenland, establishing a colony in 982. His ...

Eritrea

History; World history

Independent state on the shores of the Red Sea north of Ethiopia. Part of the ancient Ethiopian empire, it was occupied by Italy and became a colony in 1890. Occupied by British ...

Erlitou culture

History; World history

The first bronze-using culture of China (c.1900-1650 BC), named after the city of Erlitou on the Yellow river in the heartland of the later Shang state. The Erlitou culture is ...

Ermanaric

History; World history

Ostrogoth king (d.c.AD372) who ruled in the Ukraine region. He died when the Huns invaded the region.

Ertebolle culture

History; World history

Late Mesolithic hunter-gatherer-fisher culture of Denmark (c.6000-3500 BC). It is characterized by its distinctive stone tools, massive shell middens at coastal sites, cemeteries ...

Esarhaddon

History; World history

King of Assyria (r.680-669 BC), who re-established peaceful dominion over Babylonia but lost control of the northern provinces due to Scythian and Cimmerian invasions. He also ...