Bohemia History

History of the area we call today the Czech Republic is quite interesting. Located in the middle of Europe, also known as the Heart of Europe, it was inhabited by many different cultures. The first cultures were quite primitive, but they have left their mark on history by creating the Venus of Dolní Věstonice, which is a small ceramic statue of a female figure. It is approximately twenty-five thousand years old, which makes it the oldest ceramic statue in the world. Then there were the early tribes - first the Celtic tribe of Boii, after whom were the lands they inhabited called 'Bohemia', then the Germanic tribes, and finally the Slavic people after the Migration Period. The first somewhat organized state of any Slavic tribes was the Samo's realm, created by a Frankish merchant in Moravia - it was victorious in its battles against its enemies, but it didn't last for long. The next country in the fertile lands of Moravia was 'Great Moravia'. Its borders in its greatest extent included Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Slovakia, and possibly even Hungary. It saw great development after the arrival of Saint Cyril and Methodius - the creators of a …show more content…
The next major country after the Great Moravia was the Duchy of Bohemia, a part of the Holy Roman Empire, with its first major dynasty being the Přemyslids ruling Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary and Poland in their greatest extent. The duchy was later transformed into a hereditary kingdom by the Holy Roman Emperor. The most revered monarch of the Kingdom of Bohemia was probably Charles IV, the second king from the House of Luxemburg, marking the Golden Age of Czech