HISTORY SHAPES THE COUNTRY

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Slovenia is a young state from the global perspective, yet its history dates as far back as the 6th century AD, when the Slavs migrated from the Carpathians to Slovenia’s present territory. A century later they founded a principality called ‘Carantania' that existed till it came under the rule of the Franks. The Slavs, who were originally pagan, were converted {to;in;by} Christianity in the 9th century.
Slovenes remained under German domination all through the Medieval Period, during which time trade thrived and towns were set {up;on;in} . Slovene peasants endured years of turmoil in the late 15th and 16th centuries, for there were many rebellions and all of them failed {through;out;down} . To make those years even harder, the Turks stormed into Slovenia several times, but were finally crushed at the end of the 16th century. Meanwhile, Europe was unsettled {by;in;with} the Reformation, and the Slovenes were not bypassed. The most prominent figure of that time was Primož Trubar, the author of the first printed Slovene language book. Protestantism, however, was crushed and the Catholic Counter-Reformation successfully reconverted the nation.
From the 14th century onward, Slovenia's present-day territory was under the Habsburgs and in the 18th century Slovenes were still under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The greatest change of that time was the growth of the industry and a school reform carried {out;on;away} by the Empress Maria Theresa {who;whose;that} introduced public schools.

thrive		prosper
unsettled		troubled
linger		wait
prominent		important

HISTORY SHAPES THE COUNTRY

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