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People: Gwanggaeto the Great
Topic: Ice, Battle of the
Location: Fengxiang Shaanxi (Shensi) China

Ice, Battle of the

Years: 1242 - 1242

The Battle of the Ice, also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus, is a battle between the Republic of Novgorod and the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights (whose army consists mostly of Estonians) on April 5, 1242, at Lake Peipus.

The battle is notable for having been fought largely on the frozen lake.The battle is a significant defeat sustained by Roman Catholic crusaders during the Northern Crusades, which are directed against pagans and Eastern Orthodox Christians rather than Muslims in the Holy Land.

The crusaders' defeat in the battle marks the end of their campaigns against the Orthodox Novgorod Republic and other Russian territories for the next century.

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)