Moravia
Moravia Region of the Czech Republic, bordered n by the Sudetes Mountains, e by the Carpathian Mountains, and w by Bohemia. Major cities include Brno and Ostrava. In the 9th century, Moravia established a large empire and adopted Christianity. In the 10th century, the empire fell and the Magyars conquered Moravia. It was soon subsumed into the Holy Roman Empire. From the 11th to 16th centuries, it was part of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1526, it became Austrian Habsburg territory, and a process of Germanification began. A failed revolution in 1849 led to Moravia becoming Austrian royal land. In 1918 the Habsburgs toppled, and Moravia became part of the new republic of Czechoslovakia. In 1938 Germany annexed s Moravia, and in 1939 Moravia became a German protectorate. Following World War II, Moravia returned to Czechoslovakia control, and the German population was expelled. In 1960, Moravia divided into s Moravia and n Moravia. A fertile agricultural region, Moravia also has abundant mineral resources, especially coal and iron. These helped the region's rapid industrialization in the 20th century.
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