The Myths. 1  Everyone in the Middle Ages thought the earth was flat. 2  Columbus faced opposition to his attempt to find a western route to Asia because people thought the earth was flat.
Danish language. Danish /ËdeÉªnáµ»Ê/ (dansk pronounced [dÌ¥anËsÉ¡Ì]; dansk sprog, [ËdÌ¥anËsÉ¡Ì ËsbÌ¥ÊÉÊÌ¯Ë]) is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status.
(June 2014). Danes (Danish: danskere) are the citizens of Denmark, most of whom speak Danish and consider themselves to be of Danish ethnicity. The first mention of Danes within the Danish territory is on the Jelling Rune Stone which mentions how Harald Bluetooth converted the Danes to Christianity in the 10th century. Between c. 960 and the early 980s, Harald Bluetooth established a kingdom in the lands of the Danes which stretched from Jutland to Skane. skÃ¥ne