Great Moravia

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Slavic state historical polity medieval state

Great Moravia was a 9th-century Slavic state in Central Europe that became an important early center of Slavic culture, Christianity, and political organization.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Slavic state → historical polity → medieval state →
alliedWith	East Francia (at times) →
capital	Mikulčice (probable) → Nitra (probable) →
conflictWith	East Francia → Magyars →
continent	Europe →
culturalInfluenceOn	Christianization of Central European Slavs → Slavic alphabet development → Slavic liturgy →
endTime	early 10th century →
ethnicComposition	Slavs →
followedBy	Duchy of Bohemia → Kingdom of Bohemia → Kingdom of Hungary →
foundedBy	Mojmir I →
governmentType	monarchy →
historicalRegion	Moravia → Nitra region →
language	Old Church Slavonic →
legalSystem	early Slavic customary law →
locatedIn	Central Europe →
notablePerson	Rastislav → Saint Cyril → Saint Methodius → Svatopluk I →
officialReligion	Christianity →
partOf	Early medieval Europe →
precededBy	Principality of Moravia → Principality of Nitra →
recognizedBy	Papal States NERFINISHED →
religion	Christianity → Slavic paganism →
ruler	Mojmir I → Mojmir II → Rastislav → Svatopluk I →
significantEvent	Christianization of the Slavs → Mission of Cyril and Methodius →
startTime	9th century →
territoryIncludes	parts of present-day Austria → parts of present-day Czech Republic → parts of present-day Hungary → parts of present-day Poland → parts of present-day Slovakia → parts of present-day Ukraine →
timePeriod	9th century →
writingSystem	Glagolitic script →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Saint Cyril → Saint Methodius →	associatedWith
Saint Methodius →	deathPlace
West Slavs →	historicallyInfluencedBy
Glagolitic script →	region