The Venetian–Genoese Wars were a series of struggles between the Republic of Genoa and the Republic of Venice, at times allied with other powers, for dominance in the Mediterranean Sea between 1256 and 1381. There were four bouts of open warfare, in which the fighting between the two republics took place largely at sea. Even during periods of peace, incidents of piracy and …

'Langula' Narasingha Deva I was a powerful monarch and warrior of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty of early medieval Odisha who reigned c. 1238–1264. He defeated the Muslim forces of Bengal who constantly threatened the Eastern Ganga dynasty's rule over his kingdom of Kalinga (ancient Odisha) from the times of his father Anangabhima Deva III. He was the first king from Kalinga …

Bodenwerder ist eine Stadt im Landkreis Holzminden.Sie ist der Geburtsort und langjährige Wohnsitz des „Lügenbarons“ Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen und trägt deshalb seit dem 25. Oktober 2013 den amtlichen Namenszusatz „Münchhausenstadt“.