History of the Czech lands
The history of the Czech Republic 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)
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: Czechia: 880s - 1198
Bohemian Kingdom and Margraviate of Moravia till 1526
Main article: Czechia: 1198 - 1526
Bohemian Estates against Hapsburg Absolutism
Main article: Czechia: 1526 - 1648
The Dark Age and National Revival
Main article: Czechia:1648 - 1867
The Dual Monarchy Austria – Hungary
Main article:Czechia: 1867 - 1918
Czechoslovakia
Main articles: Czechia: 1918 - 1992 and History of Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
1 January 1993 meant "velvet divorce" of Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now a member of NATO a future menber of European Union, the Czech Republic has moved toward integration in world markets, a development that poses both opportunities and risks.