A Brief Travel History of Slovakia

A Brief Travel History of Slovakia

The Austrian Hapsburg monarchs were crowned from in the city Bratislava today’s capital of Slovakia half of the former Czechoslovakia. This Brief Travel History of Slovakia allows you to read about Slovakian history from the Stone Age to the present in just 1 hour, whether you are planning a trip to Slovakia or just traveling vicariously as an armchair traveler this eBook is for you. You can read it before your trip or while you are flying to your destination. Also pack it in your smart phone and use it to access historic information while you are traveling in 5 minutes or less.

The chapter headings with corresponding date ranges and estimated reading times are listed below:

Table of Contents

Map of Present Day Slovakia

Introduction

1. The Prehistoric Slovakia: 200,000 BC-300 BC (5 minutes)

2. Roman Times: 6-375 (2 minutes)

3. The Early Middle Ages: The Barbarian Migrations: 375-833 (2 minutes)

4. The Early Middle Ages: Great Moravia: 833-902 (3 minutes)

5. The Later Middle Age: Early Hungarian Rule: 902-1378 (3 minutes)

6. The Reformation: Hussites in Slovakia: 1378-1526 (4 minutes)

7. The Reformation: The Early Habsburg Empire: 1526-1711 (5 minutes)

8. The Enlightenment: The Later Habsburg Empire and Absolutism: 1711-1790 (1 minute)

9. The Enlightenment: The National Awakening: 1790-1918 (5 minutes)

10. The Modern Era: The First Czechoslovak Republic: 1918-1939 (3 minute)

11. The Modern Era: The Slovak Republic: 1939-1945 (1 minute)

12. The Modern Era: Communist Czechoslovakia: 1945- 1992 (2 minutes)

13. The Modern Era: Slovakia: 1993-Present (2 minutes)

This eBook is part of a series of Brief Travel Histories, found at www.BriefTravelHistories.com, that traces the past of European countries from the Stone Age to the present in 2 hours or less.

These histories serve as a quick reference which puts historic information at your fingertips while you are traveling! Choose the historic period and date range you want by clicking on the appropriate chapter heading in the table of contents, you will be brought to the chapter title page where you can click on subheadings which can be read in 5 minutes or less.