History B Schools History Project GCSE
Miklagard
What Miklagard means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Miklagard
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The Old Norse name for Constantinople, the Byzantine capital reached by the Rus via the Dnieper river route.
Topics that use Miklagard
- Period Study: Viking Expansion, c.750–c.1050 (OCR GCSE)
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