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Slovenia
Now an independent state, Slovenia is situated in the upper northwest of the
Balkans, bordering Hungary. The Slovenes
are Slavs, closely related to the Croatians.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire,
Slovenia followed the same path as its neighbours, being controlled successively
by the Huns (circa 400-460),
and the
Ostrogoths
(circa 460-488), before undergoing Slav incursions during the sixth century
and falling to the Avars until circa 745. Then the Bavarii
ruled (circa 745-788), followed by the Carolingian
Franks
(788-843), Germany
(843-907), Hungary (907-955), and then back to Germany as part of
Carinthia until the
territory
was established as a margraviate. |
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