Monthly Archives: December 2009

Latvia 2009. A look at the past year

Today at 30. December the year 2009. it’s going to end and new decade will start. As we should now in history the Christian calendar is not the only calendar in this world. Year 2009. is year 5770. for Jews … Continue reading

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The Move of Faculty of History to new home. A story of old home

Today The Faculty of History and Philosophy of University of Latvia are moving to new address.  Yes the finance crisis has finally forced us studying and educating historians move from old place at Brīvības Boulevard 32 to Mārstaļu street 28/30. … Continue reading

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Latvia and the Hanseatic League

In Ancient times the main traders in Europe were Romans. They maintained a sharp system of trade routes across their empire. Rome was filled with goods from East and West. After the breakdown of Roman Empire during the so-called “Dark … Continue reading

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