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Name: Lithuanian Tribes

Type: Polity

Start: 962 AD

End: 1253 AD

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Lithuanian Tribes

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Was a loose tribal confederation Lithuanian Tribes. It is unclear how organized the polity was, or even whether it was a polity.

Establishment

February 962: Territorial change based on data about the borders of the tribes of Lithuania in 962.

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.

1.1.Incoronation of Otto I

East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.

2. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

2.1.Mongol Invasions of Germany

Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.

2.1.1.First Mongol Invasion of Germany

Was a Mongol raid in the Holy Roman Empire.

May 1241: The Mongols invaded the Holy Roman Empire without major clash of arms.The army invaded eastern Germany, and crossed the March of Moravia in April-May 1241.

June 1241: The Mongols left eastern Germany and Moravia.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 981: Expansion of the Kievan Rus' by 981 AD.

January 1001: Expansion of the Kievan Rus' by 1000 AD.

January 1238: Lithuania, taking advantage of the conflict between the Teutonic and Livonian Orders, launched an attack on Ruthenia and successfully annexed the regions of Navahrudak and Hrodna.

Disestablishment

January 1254: The consolidation of the Lithuanian lands began in the late 12th century. Mindaugas, the first ruler of the Grand Duchy, was crowned as Catholic King of Lithuania in 1253.

Selected Sources

Shephard, W. R. (1923): Historical Atlas, New York, Henry Holt and Company, pp. 58-59

Strakosh-Grassmann, G. (1893): Der Einfall der Mongolen in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1241 und 1242, Innsbruck (Austria), pp. 53-67

Атлас. 6 класс. История России с древнейших времен до XVI века (Atlas. 6th grade. History of Russia from ancient times to the 16th century.) , Дрофа Publisher (2015), Moscow (Russia), p. 5-8

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Lithuanian Tribes

Establishment

Chronology

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

Disestablishment

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