History of the Czech lands
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The history of the Czech lands – an area roughly corresponding to the present-day Czech Republic – starts approximately 800,000 years BCE. A simple chopper from that age was discovered at the Red Hill
Venus of Dolní Věstonice, the oldest ceramic article in the world
Bronze sword, Urnfield culture, c. 1200 BC
Stone sculpture of a Celtic man, found in Mšecké Žehrovice
Saint Wenceslas, Czech prince
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The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to
History of the Czech lands
…The history of the Czech lands – an area roughly corresponding to the present-day Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia) – starts approximately 800,000 years BCE. A simple chopper from that age was discovered at the Red Hill (Czech…
Battle between Hussites and crusaders during the Hussite Wars; Jena Codex, 15th century
The 1618 Defenestration of Prague marked the beginning of the Bohemian Revolt against the Habsburgs and therefore the first phase of the Thirty Years' War.
Czechoslovak fighter pilots of No. 310 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain in 1940
Prague during the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia