Provides details about the life of the Vandal king whose 5th century conquests included Carthage, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Greece and Rome.

Chronicles the founding of the kingdom of Lombardy, and its later overthrow by Charlemagne.

Encyclopedia resource profiles the Mongolian tribal peoples whose culture reached its pinnacle in the seventh century.

Concise encyclopedia entry profiles the ancient Celtic tribes that occupied modern-day northern France.

Offers a description of the Tartars who invaded eastern Europe and Russia in 1237, razing Moscow and Kyev and establishing the Batu empire.