History of the Czech lands
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| Samo's realm |
| Great Moravia |
| Czech lands: 880s-1198 |
| Czech lands: 1198-1526 |
| Czech lands: 1526-1648 |
| Czech lands: 1648-1867 |
| Czech lands: 1867-1918 |
| Czech lands: 1918-1992 |
The history of the Czech lands includes the following periods:
- Prehistory (700 000 BC – 400 BC)
- Celts (400 BC – 8 BC) – Boii
- Germanic tribes (8 BC – 511 AD) – Marcomanni & Quadi
- Slavs: Czechs & Moravians – since the 6th century (535?)
- Samo’s realm (623 – 658)
- Moravian principality (late 8th century – 833) in Moravia
- Great Moravia (833 – 907) in Moravia (888/890 – 894 also in Bohemia)
- Bohemian Principality (880s – 1198): in Moravia the Margraviate of Moravia since 1182
- Bohemian Kingdom (1198 – 1918): since 1526 under Habsburg rule (personal union with Austrian lands & Hungary)
- Czechoslovakia (1918 – 1992): since 1969 the Czech Socialist Republic, since 1990 the Czech Republic
- Czech Republic (since 1993)
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Periods through history
Arrival of the Slavs
The Slavs (Czech tribes in Bohemia and Moravians in Moravia) arrived in the 6th century.
Samo‘s realm
Main article: Samo
Great Moravia
Main article: Great Moravia
Bohemian Principality
Main article: Czech lands: 880s-1198
Bohemian Kingdom and Margraviate of Moravia till 1526
Main article: Czech lands: 1198-1526
Bohemian Estates against Hapsburg Absolutism
Main article: Czech lands: 1526-1648
The Dark Age and National Revival
Main article: Czech lands: 1648-1867
The Dual Monarchy Austria – Hungary
Main article: Czech lands: 1867-1918
Czechoslovakia
Main articles: Czech lands: 1918-1992 and History of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia – From creation to dissolution – Overview
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Czecho-Slovakia or Czechoslovakia (1918 - 1939; 1945 - 1992) |
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Austria-Hungary (Bohemia, Moravia, a part of Silesia, northern parts of the Kingdom of Hungary (Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia) |
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR) |
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (ČSFR) |
Czech Republic |
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Czecho-Slovak Republic (ČSR) incl. autonomous Slovakia and Transcarpathian Ukraine (1938-1939) |
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part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
Zakarpats'ka oblast' of Ukraine |
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1948-1989 |
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Czech Republic
1 January 1993 meant "velvet divorce" of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now a member of NATO (since 1999) and of the European Union (since 2004), the Czech Republic has moved toward integration in world markets, a development that poses both opportunities and risks.
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See also
External links
- Czech description read Radio Prague online history - short text
- Catholic history of Bohemia
- Catholic history of Moravia