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HUNGARY - Hungary or Magyarország, as the Hungarians call their country is in central Europe. It is about the size of the state of Indiana, 93,023 sq. km. Its population is ten million.

Before the end of the 9th century AD. the Magyars lived for a while on the great plains north of the Black Sea. Like many people in those days, the Hungarians lived by fishing, hunting and animal breeding. In 896 AD. migrating tribes of horsemen conquered the thinly populated Carpathian Basin, and under Stephen, their first king, Hungary became unified as a kingdom in 1001 AD.

Hungary was invaded, destroyed several times during its 1,100 year old history, but always recovered as one of the principal powers of central Europe.


Feszty: Conquest of the land