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Medieval Eastern Europe

Gone Medieval

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The Rise of the Habsburg Empire

The Habsburgs are interesting because they're kind of mortared crossers. They're sort of prototypical central Europeans who find their fortune in the east. The big jackpot they hit is the Battle of Mohach in 1526, when the King of Hungary foolishly rushes into combat against the Ottomans. In that moment, they get both Bohemia and Hungary, and they don't let go till World War I.

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