The First Documented Slavic Ruler – Bož of the Antes
Bož(pronounced bozh) was the king of the Antes, an early Slavic people who lived in parts of present-day Ukraine and who were the ancestors of most of the Eastern Slavs. His story is mentioned...
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The Black Sails – Pomeranian Chronicles
Black Sails on Baltic winds – The Naval Forces of Early Medieval and Medieval Pomerania Pomeranian culture was built upon older cultures, as ancient as the Corded Ware Culture, or the later Lusatian Culture,...
Mysterious identity of the Serbian Hero Miloš Obilić
Miloš Obilić (pronounced Mi-losh O-bill-ich) was a medieval Serbian knight in the service of Prince Lazar during the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. He is not mentioned in contemporary sources, but he features prominently...
The Strongest Polabian Country – Polabian Chronicles
-Place of the Obodrites in the World- The earliest of the big countries of Polabia that appear in written sources are the Serbian Federation, the assumed Great Kingdom of Veleti, and the Kingdom of...
Slavic expansion to the Balkans.part1
Most people think of Slavs as having slowly moved across the continent and in the process colonizing new lands. However, Peter Heather in his “Empires and Barbarians” gives some examples which prove the contrary...
Did Ancient Slavs shave?
Since ancient times the beard was a sign of virility, wisdom, strength, and power. A man whose beard was forcefully shaved off was disgraced. Beards were symbols of prophets, kings, apostles, patriarchs, and even...
Montenegrin Perun (Coin)
The Montenegrin Perun is a coin currency which was supposed to be introduced in Montenegro in 1851 for wide use. It was the idea Petar II Petrović Njegoš, the Prince-Bishop (or Vladika in Serbian)...
Serbian Genetics
Important notice: the following results are only from the Orthodox population of Serbia which is why R1a is higher that average results and E1b is lower The haplogroups that make the Serbian genetic pool are...
Slavic Conquest of Macedonia
The Tribes of Macedonia The earliest historical sources mentioning a Slavic conquest of Macedonia come from the Byzantine historian John from Efez, who, in 581 AD, wrote: “They lived on the peninsula freely,...
Saqaliba – Slavs in the Arab World, Part 2 (Slavic pirates)
The Slavic pirates on the Mediterrenean Sea were not uncommon during the 10th century. Ibn Hauqal mentions Slavic pirates plundering the coast of Muslim Spain, and al-Masudi who mentions that against the inhabitants of...
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