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Estonia was settled near the end of the last glacial era, beginning from around 8500 BC.

Before the German invasions in the 13th century proto-Estonians of the Ancient Estonia worshipped the spirits of nature.

Since the Northern Crusades Estonia became a battleground for centuries where Denmark, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Poland fought their many wars over controlling the important geographical position of the country as a gateway between East and West.