Slovakia, [b] a hukumance Jamhuriyar Slovak, [c] ƙasa ce marar iyaka a Turai ta Tsakiya. Tana iyaka da Poland a arewa, Ukraine a gabas, Hungary a kudu, Austria zuwa yamma, da Jamhuriyar Czech a arewa maso yamma. Mafi yawan yankin tsaunuka na Slovakia ya kai kimanin kilomita 49,000 (square 19,000), wanda ya dauki nauyin fiye da miliyan 5.4. Babban birni kuma mafi girma shine Bratislava, yayin da birni na biyu mafi girma shine Košice.
Slavs sun isa ƙasar Slovakia ta yau a cikin ƙarni na 5 da 6. Daga ƙarshen karni na 6, an haɗa sassan Slovakia na zamani a cikin Avar Khaghanate. A cikin karni na 7, Slavs sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ƙirƙirar daular Samo. Lokacin da Avar Khaghanate ya narke a cikin karni na 9, Slavs sun kafa Mulkin Nitra kafin Masarautar Moravia ta hade shi, wanda daga baya ya zama Babban Moravia. Lokacin da Babban Moravia ya fadi a karni na 10, an haɗa yankin zuwa cikin Mulkin Hungary a ƙarshen karni na 9, wanda daga baya ya zama Masarautar Hungary a cikin 1000.[1]A cikin 1241 da 1242, bayan mamayewar Mongol na Turai, yawancin yankin ya lalace, amma an kwato shi da yawa godiya ga Sarkin Hungarian Béla IV. A cikin ƙarni na 16 da na 17, an haɗa sassan kudancin Slovakia a yau cikin lardunan Daular Ottoman.[2][3]
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- ↑ Pirický, Gabriel (3 March 2023), "The Legacy of the Ottoman (Turkish) Age in Slovakia in the 21st Century", Europe's Islamic Legacy: 1900 to the Present, Brill, pp. 29–47, doi:10.1163/9789004510722_004, ISBN 978-90-04-51072-2, retrieved 1 November 2024
- ↑ Ágoston, Gábor (1998). "HABSBURGS AND OTTOMANS: Defense, Military Change and Shifts in Power". Turkish Studies Association Bulletin. 22 (1): 126–141. ISSN 0275-6048. JSTOR 43385414. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.