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There is evidence of human habitation from 270,000 BC. In the Bronze Age the region was a centre for copper manufacture and was ruled by Carpathian, Celtic and Germanic tribes. The date of the Slavic arrival is contested but there is evidence of their presence from the sixth century under the Roman Empire. Waves of invasion and migration followed Roman withdrawal and control fell variously to the Avars, Franks and Magyars.

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  • Fisher, Sharon, Political Change in Post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia: From Nationalist to Europeanist. 2006

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  • Kirschbaum, S. J., A History of Slovakia: the Struggle for Survival. 1995

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  • National Statistical Office: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, Miletičova 3, 82467 Bratislava.

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  • Website: http://portal.statistics.sk

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Barry Turner

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Turner, B. (2013). Slovakia. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-59643-0_316

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