Cornești-Iarcuri

	Cornești-Iarcuri Cornești-Iarcuri is the largest known Bronze Age fortress in Europe, located in the immediate vicinity of the modern village of Cornești, between the Romanian cities of Arad and Timișoara. Covering an area of 17.65 km2, the site encompasses the remains of four enclosing rings of earthen ramparts, wooden palisades and moats. The settlement served as an important commercial and military center in the Bronze Age. As of 2020, there are plans to inscribe the site in the World Heritage List. Location The traces of the fortification are located 18 km north of Timișoara, east of the Timișoara–Arad road, with the center at c. 2.5 km north of the hearth of Cornești. The site lies at the southeastern edge of the Mureș alluvial fan, part of the eastern Pannonian Basin. The fortification has four concentric enclosures intersected by the Pistrui valley to the south, which east of the village changes its name to ''Valea Luciului'' or ''Vâna Nerat''. To the north, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Orțișoara Orțișoara (archaically Cocota; /''Kokota''; /''Kakad''; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Călacea, Cornești, Orțișoara (commune seat) and Seceani. Geography Orțișoara is located in the northern part of Timiș County, about from Timișoara. The commune's area falls within the Piedmont Plain of Vinga, part of the Tisa Plain. This high plain, fragmented by piedmont valleys and numerous crevices, allows the subdivision of the area into three sectors: * the Seceani sector, which has the highest altitude in the Vinga Piedmont Plain ( at the Luda Bara point), exhibits fairly narrow plateaus, fragmented by valley deep and wide, with slopes in general accentuated; * the Orțișoara–Vinga sector, with an altitude between , has a more attenuated relief energy than the previous sector, wider plateaus and lower slopes; * the Călacea–Bărăteaz–Satchinez sector, with an altitude between , is the lowest portion that makes, starting fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Urnfield Culture The Urnfield culture () was a late Bronze Age Europe, Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition. The name comes from the custom of cremation, cremating the dead and placing their ashes in urns, which were then buried in fields. The first usage of the name occurred in publications over grave sites in southern Germany in the late 19th century. Over much of Europe, the Urnfield culture followed the Tumulus culture and was succeeded by the Hallstatt culture. Some linguists and archaeologists have associated this culture with a Celtic languages, pre-Celtic language or Proto-Celtic language family.Peter Schrijver, 2016, "Sound Change, the Italo-Celtic Linguistic Unity, and the Italian Homeland of Celtic", in John T. Koch & Barry Cunniffe, ''Celtic From the West 3: Atlantic Europe in the Metal Ages: questions of shared language''. Oxford, England; Oxbow Books, pp. 9, 489–502. By the end of the 2nd millennium BC, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Belegiš Belegiš () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Stara Pazova municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,116 people (2002 census). History A Bronze Age Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture (Vatin culture) necropolis was found in Grac, with ceramics. Cruceni-Belegiš culture The Bronze Age Cruceni-Belegiš culture was part of the south-east European Urnfield culture. It was preceded by the Vatin culture. File:Belegis culture.png, Area of the Bronze Age Belegiš culture, c. 1350-900 BC File:Bronze Age urn and lid, Belegis 1 culture, museum Zrenjanin.jpg File:Bronze Age urns of Belegis 1 culture, museum Zrenjanin.jpg File:Late Bronze Age Urn, museum Zrenjanin.jpg File:Vršac museum artefacts 004, Vatin culture (Bronze Age).jpg File:Late Bronze Age goblet, museum Zrenjanin.jpg, Belegis I/Vatin ceramic vessel File:Late Bronze Age urns and goblets, museum Zrenjanin.jpg, Belegis I/Vatin ceramics Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Count Claude Florimond De Mercy Count Claudius Florimund de Mercy (1666 – 29 June 1734) was an Imperial field marshal, born at Longwy in Lorraine, now in France. His grandfather was the Bavarian field marshal Franz Freiherr von Mercy. Mercy entered the Austrian army as a volunteer in 1682. He won his commission at the great Battle of Vienna in the following year; and during seven years of campaigning in Hungary rose to the rank of Rittmeister. A wound sustained at this time permanently injured his sight. For five years more, up to 1697, he was employed in the Italian campaigns, then he was called back to Hungary by Prince Eugene of Savoy and won on the field of the Battle of Zenta two grades of promotion. De Mercy displayed great daring in the first campaigns of the Spanish Succession War in Italy, twice fell into the hands of the enemy in rights at close quarters and for his conduct at the surprise of Cremona (31 January 1702) received the thanks of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and the propr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Banat Mountains The Banat Mountains (; ) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians (''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range. The Banat Mountains consist of: * The Banat Mountains (''Munții Banatului'') per se, which include: the Semenic Mountains (''Munții Semenic''); the Locva Mountains (''Munții Locvei''); the Anina Mountains (''Munții Aninei''); and the Dognecea Mountains (''Munții Dognecei''). * The Almăj Mountains (''Munții Almăjului''). * The Timiș-Cerna Gap (''Culoarul Timiș-Cerna''), including the Almăj Depression (''Depresiunea Almăj''), which divide the Banat Mountains from the Southern Carpathians. * The Caraș Hills (''Dealurile Carașului''). {{Authority control Mountain ranges of Romania M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Apuseni Mountains The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at . The Apuseni Mountains have about 400 caves. Geography The Apuseni Mountains do not present an uninterrupted chain of mountains, but possess many low and easy passes towards the Crișana and the Pannonian Plain. Going from south to north the principal groups are: the Munții Metaliferi ("Ore Mountains") with the basaltic masses of the Detunata () near Abrud; the Bihor Mountains, with numerous caverns, with the highest peak the Bihorul (); to the east of this group are the Muntele Mare (highest peak ), to the southwest of Cluj-Napoca; the northernmost chain is the Seș and Meseș Mountains. Boundaries To the north: the Barcău River. To the south: the Mureș River. To the east: the Transylvanian Plateau. To the west: the Crișana plains. Subdivisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border are the Carpathian Mountains and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of Crișana and Maramureș, and occasionally Banat. Historical Transylvania also includes small parts of neighbouring Western Moldavia and even a small part of south-western neighbouring Bukovina to its north east (represented by Suceava County). Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history, coupled with its multi-cultural character. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other very well preserved medieval iconic cities and towns such as Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Bistrița, Alba Iuli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Iron Age Europe In Europe, the Iron Age is the last stage of the prehistoric Europe, prehistoric period and the first of the protohistory, protohistoric periods,The Junior Encyclopædia Britannica: A reference library of general knowledge. (1897). Chicago: E.G. Melvin. (seriously? 1897 "Junior" encyclopedia? which initially meant descriptions of a particular area by Greek and Roman writers. For much of Europe, the period came to an abrupt end after conquest by the Romans, though ironworking remained the dominant technology until recent times. Elsewhere, the period lasted until the early centuries AD, and either Christianization or a new conquest in the Migration Period. Ferrous metallurgy, Iron working was introduced to Europe in the late 11th century BC, probably from the Caucasus, and slowly spread northwards and westwards over the succeeding 500 years. For example, the Iron Age of Prehistoric Ireland begins around 500 BC, when the Greek Iron Age had already ended, and finishes around 400 AD. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tiszapolgár Culture The Tiszapolgár culture (4500–4000 BC) was an Eneolithic archaeological culture in Central Europe in the Carpathian Basin, in the Great Hungarian Plain. It located in the territory of present-day Eastern Hungary, in Eastern Slovakia, in Transcarpathia in Ukraine, and in Western Romania. The type site Tiszapolgár-Basatanya is a town in northeastern Hungary ( Polgár). It is a continuation of the earlier Neolithic Tisza culture. The type site Româneşti is located in the Româneşti-Tomeşti, Timiș County, Romania. Most of the information about the Tiszapolgár culture comes from cemeteries; over 150 individual graves have been being excavated at Tiszapolgár-Basatanya. The pottery is unpainted but often polished and frequently decorated. In 2022 a trove of 169 gold rings was found in Romania, in the burial of a high-status woman belonging to the Tiszapolgár culture. The trove was described as "a sensational find for the period". Genetics Lipson et al. (2017) found in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Chalcolithic Europe The Chalcolithic (also Eneolithic, Copper Age) period of Prehistoric Europe lasted roughly from 5000 to 2000 BC, developing from the preceding Neolithic period and followed by the Bronze Age. It was a period of Megalithic culture, the appearance of the first significant economic stratification, and probably the earliest presence of Indo-European speakers. The economy of the Chalcolithic, even in the regions where copper was not yet used, was no longer that of peasant communities and tribes: some materials began to be produced in specific locations and distributed to wide regions. Mining of metal and stone was particularly developed in some areas, along with the processing of those materials into valuable goods. Ancient Chalcolithic From c. 5000 BC to 3000 BC, copper started being used first in Southeast Europe, then in Eastern Europe, and Central Europe. From onwards, there was an influx of people into Eastern Europe from the Pontic-Caspian steppe ( Yamnaya culture), cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ravenna Cosmography The ''Ravenna Cosmography'' (, "The Cosmography of the Unknown Ravennese") is a work describing the Ecumene, known world from India to Ireland, compiled by an anonymous cleric in Ravenna around 700 AD. It consists of five books describing Asia, Africa and Europe in prose and with lists of Toponymy, toponyms. Textual evidence indicates that the author may have used maps as source material. Dating All surviving manuscripts are late medieval copies dating from the 13th-14th centuries. The Cosmography refers to "''Saint''" Isidore of Seville, who was Canonization, canonised upon his death in 636 A.D.; the latest datable reference in the work. The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula is however not mentioned, which Rivet & Smith (1979) suggest would normally have been within the Cosmography, Cosmographer's scope, therefore creating a Terminus ante quem, terminus ante-quem bracket of around 711 A.D. However they do also note that Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Dacia Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus roughly corresponds to present-day Romania, as well as parts of Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine. A Dacian kingdom that united the Dacians and the Getae was formed under the rule of Burebista in 82 BC and lasted until the Roman conquest in AD 106. As a result of the Trajan's Dacian Wars, wars with the Roman Empire, after the conquest of Dacia, the population was dispersed, and the capital city, Sarmizegetusa Regia, was destroyed by the Romans. However, the Romans built a settlement bearing the same name, Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetuza, 40 km away, to serve as the capital of the newly established Roman Dacia, Roman province of Dacia. A group of "Free Dacians" may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]