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.
King Alfred of Wessex was careful to note this himself, suggesting a wide-ranging area of settlement of the Angles, and a relatively large population. The Angles, Anglii, or Angels (the 'g' is pronounced hard, as in 'gun' not soft as with a 'j') are first mentioned by Tacitus (Germania) about AD 98. They could be related to the Teutones of Pliny and Strabo in the early first century AD, forming a group known as the Ingaevones with the Chauci and the Cimbri.
The Danish krone, also denoted by DKK, is the currency used in Denmark and the Danish dependency of Greenland. The krone, subdivided into 100 ore, is closely pegged to the euro. Prior to the introduction of the euro, the DKK was pegged to the German Mark. The Danish krone was first established in 1873.