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BUBL LINK: History of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - English
URL: http://link.bubl.ac.uk/ISC12492

Collection of facts and overview.

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Latvia Tourist Board: See Our Country: Brief History - English
URL: http://www.latviatravel.com/country/

After seven centuries of foreign domination, Latvia is once again independent and transforming herself into an economically vigorous democracy.

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History of Latvia - English
URL: http://motherearthtravel.com/latvia/history.htm

A one page history of Latvia.

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History of Latvia - Latvian history - English
URL: http://www.randburg.com/lv/history.html

History of Latvia. The Republic of Latvia can boast of a culture and traditions that are centuries old, but records of inhabitants in the area are a millennium old.

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Monetary History of Latvia - English
URL: http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Floor/3952/Mhistory.html

Latvia was declared as independent Republic on 18 November 1918, actually in the midst of a lengthy process of political and military encounters of several powers pursuing entirely different goals. WWI began for Latvia in mid-1915 and ended with the withdrawal of the Soviet Latvian forces in early 1920. The changes of administrations of the country and parts of it were as numerous as hardly anywhere in the world.

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History of Latvia - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/latvia_history.html

German sailors shipwrecked on the Daugava River in 1054 had inhabited the area, which led to increasing German influence. Founded by the Germanic Bishop Alberth of Livonia in 1201, Riga joined the Hanseatic League in 1285 and shared important cultural and economic ties to the rest of Europe.

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World History Archives: History of Latvia - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/63/index-h.html

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History of Latvia: A brief synopsis - English
URL: http://site.yahoo.com/vestnieciba/hisoflatbrie.html

Latvia was originally settled by the ancient people known as Balts. In the 9th century the Balts came under the overlordship of the Varangians, or Vikings, but a more lasting dominance was established over them by their German-speaking neighbours to the west, who Christianized Latvia in the 12th and 13th centuries.

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Introduction à l'histoire de la Lettonie - French
URL: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/famille.boizou/LoicFr/Let/Hist/LvHst.htm

Ce site donne l'information sur l'histoire de la Lettonie De l'indépendance à la conquête allemande.Polonais, suedois, russes et... courlandais...Dans l'orbite de Moscou

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