Czech history

Czech history begins with the arrival of Slavic tribes in the 6th century, followed by the establishment of the Great Moravian Empire. By the 14th century, the Kingdom of Bohemia flourished under Charles IV, fostering culture and education. The 15th century saw the Hussite Wars, a religious conflict sparked by reformer Jan Hus. The Habsburgs later ruled until World War I, when Czechoslovakia emerged in 1918. After WWII, it became a communist state within the Soviet sphere. The Velvet Revolution in 1989 ended communism, leading to the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.