Ancient Estonia
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Ancient Estonia is the prehistoric period in the history of Estonia that concerns the emergence of human settlement in the area of what is now modern-day Estonia. It follows the period in the history
An archaeological excavation at the Aakre hillfort
The forest tundra landscape was characteristic of the post-glacial period
Reindeer are thought to be one of the first animals to reach Estonia
Battle-axes probably also had a religious function
Oeselians
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Oeselians or Osilians is a historical name for the people who prior to the Northern Crusades in the 13th century lived in the Estonian island of Saaremaa – the Baltic Sea island was also referred as O
Ancient Estonia
…By contrast, 13th-century Norse sagas explicitly used the term to indicate Estonians. While some interpretations of Ptolemy's Geography also place the Oeselians on the Baltic shore during the 2nd century, Saxo's later accounts confirm the Estonians were active maritime participants alongside the Curonians…
The 1241 Treaty between Livonian Order, Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek and Oeselians at National Archives of Sweden
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