Thalassocracy
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A thalassocracy or thalattocracy, sometimes also maritime empire, is a state with primarily maritime realms, an empire at sea, or a seaborne empire. Traditional thalassocracies seldom dominate interio
Main trade routes of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires
North Sea Empire
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The North Sea Empire, also known as the Anglo-Scandinavian Empire, was the personal union of the kingdoms of England, Denmark and Norway for most of the period between 1013 and 1042 towards the end of
Thalassocracy
…the 9th to 13th centuries AD, and comprised the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and other islands off the coast of Great Britain. Jacques Pirenne saw the North Sea Empire of King Cnut (died 1035) as a late-Viking thalassocracy: it included England, Denmark, and Norway. During the 14th and 15th centuries, the Crown of…
Cnut the Great
Penny of Cnut the Great