Slavic Pomeranians

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Slavic Pomeranians were a West Slavic people who inhabited the historical region of Pomerania along the southern Baltic coast in the Middle Ages.

All labels observed (2)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Slavic people
medieval ethnic group
christianizedBy Danish rulers
linked to: Danish monarchy

Polish rulers
christianizedInCentury 12th century
culturalLegacyIn Kashubians
Pomeranian Kashubians
linked to: Kashubians

Slovincians
engagedIn Baltic Sea trade
agriculture
animal husbandry
fishing
ethnicGroupOf Pomerania
floruitCentury 10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
hadTribalCentersIn Kołobrzeg
Szczecin
Wolin
inhabitedRegion Pomerania
knownFor fortified settlements
maritime activities
languageFamily West Slavic languages
laterReligion Christianity
laterRuledBy Duchy of Pomerania
Holy Roman Empire
Piast dynasty
locatedAlong southern Baltic coast
neighbouringPeoples Danes
Germanic peoples
Polabian Slavs
linked to: Wends

Poles
partOf West Slavs
politicalStructure tribal society
preChristianBeliefs ancestor worship
polytheism
regionNowIn Germany
Poland
relatedEthnicallyTo Kashubians
Polabian Slavs
linked to: Wends

Poles
religion Slavic paganism
linked to: Slavic mythology
resultedIn Germanisation of Pomerania
spoke Lechitic languages
Pomeranian language
timePeriod Middle Ages
underwent German eastward expansion
Ostsiedlung
usedWritingSystem Latin alphabet (after Christianization)

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Duchy of Pomerania ethnicGroup Slavic Pomeranians
Pomeranian region hasEthnicGroup Pomeranians (historical West Slavs)
linked to: Slavic Pomeranians