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  2. Timeline of Polish history - Wikipedia

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    Merchant Ibrahim ibn Yaqub mentions the city "Karako" (Currently Kraków) 966: April 14: Baptism of Poland. [3] 967: Battle of Mieszko I with Wichmann and Wolinians: 970: Denarius becomes the currency of Poland 972: 24 June: Mieszko I defeats Odo I at the Battle of Cedynia: 989: Lesser Poland is conquered 990: After a victory against Boleslaus ...

  3. History of the Uyghur people - Wikipedia

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    Uyghur historians view Uyghurs as the original inhabitants of Xinjiang, with a long history. Uyghur politician and historian Muhammad Amin Bughra wrote in his book A history of East Turkestan, stressing the Turkic aspects of his people, that the Turks have a 9,000-year history, while historian Turgun Almas incorporated discoveries of Tarim ...

  4. Uyghurs - Wikipedia

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    Uyghur historians viewed the Uyghurs as the original inhabitants of Xinjiang with a long history. Uyghur politician and historian Muhammad Amin Bughra wrote in his book A History of East Turkestan, stressing the Turkic aspects of his people, that the Turks have a continuous 9000-year-old history, while historian Turghun Almas incorporated ...

  5. Uyghur Khaganate - Wikipedia

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    After the fall of the Uyghur Khaganate, the Uyghurs migrated south and established the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom in modern Gansu [52] and the Kingdom of Qocho near modern Turpan. The Uyghurs in Qocho converted to Buddhism, and, according to Mahmud al-Kashgari , were "the strongest of the infidels", while the Ganzhou Uyghurs were conquered by the ...

  6. History of Poland - Wikipedia

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    Poland's top government officials and military high command fled the war zone and arrived at the Romanian Bridgehead in mid-September. After the Soviet entry they sought refuge in Romania. [164] [165] [166] Map of Poland following the German and Soviet invasions (1939)

  7. Polish historical regions - Wikipedia

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    Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska, Latin: Polonia Maior), in western and west-central Poland. Largest city: Poznań. The nucleus of Polish statehood with the earliest medieval Polish capitals of Gniezno and Poznań. One of the major historical regions of Poland since the Middle Ages.

  8. Äynu people - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the Äynu people are disputed. Some historians theorize that the ancestors of the Äynu were an Iranian-related nomadic people who came from Persia several hundred years ago or more, [6] while others conclude that the Persian vocabulary of the Äynu language is a result of Iranian languages being once the major trade languages of the region or Persian traders intermarrying with ...

  9. History of Poland (1795–1918) - Wikipedia

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    The Regency Kingdom was the fourth and last monarchy in Poland's history. As the war settled into a long stalemate, the issue of Polish self-rule gained greater urgency. Roman Dmowski spent the war years in Western Europe , hoping to persuade the Allies to unify the Polish lands under Russian rule as an initial step toward liberation.