Western Baltic

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The Western Baltic refers to the group of closely related Baltic tribes that historically inhabited the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea, distinct from the Eastern Baltic peoples such as Lithuanians and Latvians.

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Label Occurrences
Western Baltic canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of Baltic tribes
historical ethnographic group
affectedBy Northern Crusades NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Teutonic Order NERFINISHED
culturallyRelatedTo Eastern Baltic peoples
Latvians NERFINISHED
Lithuanians NERFINISHED
culturalRegion southern Baltic littoral
disappearedDueTo Christianisation
Germanisation
assimilation into German and Slavic populations
distinctFrom Eastern Baltic peoples NERFINISHED
Latvians NERFINISHED
Lithuanians NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Old Prussians NERFINISHED
hasMember Bartians NERFINISHED
Curonians NERFINISHED
Nadruvians NERFINISHED
Natangians NERFINISHED
Old Prussians NERFINISHED
Pogesanians NERFINISHED
Sambians NERFINISHED
Scalvians NERFINISHED
Warmians NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Curonian coast NERFINISHED
East Prussia NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
Samland NERFINISHED
historicalStatus extinct ethnic-cultural group
knownFor fortified hilltop settlements
maritime trade on the Baltic Sea
languageFamily Baltic languages
locatedIn southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea
southern Baltic region
neighboringGroup Eastern Baltic peoples
Germanic peoples NERFINISHED
Slavic peoples NERFINISHED
partOf Baltic peoples NERFINISHED
pre-Christian Baltic world
religion Baltic paganism NERFINISHED
spoke Curonian language NERFINISHED
Old Prussian language NERFINISHED
Scalvian language NERFINISHED
Western Baltic languages NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Balts NERFINISHED
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
Iron Age

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Bartians culturalSphere Western Baltic