Ziemia (literally 'earth' or 'land' in Polish language, Latin: terra) is a historical unit of administration in Poland. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Examples of administrative divisions English terms In many of the following terms corresponding to British cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland This term is often translated as 'land' into English language. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Note that in Polish language this term is not capitalized (thus 'ziemia chełmińska, not Ziemia Chełmińska).
In the prehistoric Poland, this term referred to a territory controlled by a given tribe. The prehistory of Poland, or the history of Poland until 966 AD covers the period from the appearance of humans on the lands of today's Poland to the establishment of the A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally consists of a Social group existing before the development of or outside of States Many anthropologists use The term apparead in medieval Poland (12th-13th centuries), after the fragmentation of Poland. In the first centuries of its existence the Polish nation was led by a series of strong rulers who converted the Poles to Christendom, created a strong Central European In the first centuries of its existence the Polish nation was led by a series of strong rulers who converted the Poles to Christendom, created a strong Central European Ziemia referred to a former princedom or duchy, which was reunifed with the Polish Kingdom and lost its political sovereignty but retained its officials hierarchy and bureaucracy. A principality (or princedom) is a monarchical feudatory or Sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of Prince A duchy is a territory fief, or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. Highly developed agricultural people have lived in the area that is now Poland for the last 7500 years the Slavic people have settled in this territory for over 1500 years and the An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it in an Organisation or @@@ main@@@ - title Hierarchy@@@ keywords structure; sociology; information@@@ review@@@ - Bureaucracy is the structure and set of regulations in place to control activity usually in large organizations and government From around 14th centuries some the former princedoms, now 'ziemia's, were assigned to the official known as the voivode and became the primary unit of administration known as voivodeships. A voivode or waywode is a Slavic title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force This article concerns both historical and contemporary voivodeships in various countries However some 'ziemia's were not transformed into a voivodeships. In most cases they were subordinated to a voivodeship and a certain voivode, but retained some privileges and properties of a voivodeship, like they often had their own sejmik (regional parliament) and were referred to as 'ziemia', not 'voivodeship'. A sejmik (diminutive of the Polish word " Sejm " meaning a type of Parliament) was a regional assembly in the Polish–Lithuanian
Over the next centuries 'ziemia's became increasingly integrated into the voivodeships and lost more and more of their autonomy. Today they are not units of administration, and in modern Poland they are only a generic geographical term referring to certain parts of Poland.