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Frisian Frisian language Ottoman Empire East Germany Prussia Austria-Hungary Bohemia Seleucid empire Kyivan Rus Dutch Republic Flanders Moravia

Germany

Netherlands

Unification of Germany by Prussia

Prussia

region, Europe

Roman Forum

ancient Rome

ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

Key People

St. Boniface

Saint Boniface

English missionary