Historically, Poland has been part of the barrier against the steppe invassions, first the Mongols, then the Russians themselves. From that point of view, it would be central Europe, as the steppe peoples would be eastern Europe. Poles often lived within the HRE, which would place them squarely in the Mittel-europa.
The Cambrian Explosion refers to the metaphorical explosion of life that began 542 million years ago and lasted for roughly 40 million years. This lesson will cover the events that occurred during this time period.
The Paleozoic was a time of dramatic geological, climatic, and evolutionary change. The Cambrian Period witnessed the most rapid and widespread diversification of life in Earth's history, known as the Cambrian explosion, in which most modern phyla first appeared.