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| | History of Poland |
 | | The first written record seems to be the Index List of property given to the pope by Oda von Haldensleben and her husband mentioned as Dagome (who is most probably identical with Mieszko), known from summary made by a monk in the 11th century and herein mentioned as Dagome Iudex. |
 | | On numerous occasions Poland's existence as a country was endangered, first, when the Polanian dukes tried to conquer lands in the 10th-13th centuries from Bohemia (Czechs), from Pomeranian, Prussian and Germans, and later, in the 17th century and afterwards, by Swedes, Russians, Prussians and Austrians. |
 | | Lands under Duke Mieszko's rule as vassal of the emperor and as margrave encompassed Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Silesia and Pomerania. |
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