Magyars
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Barbarians, Nomads
- Curriculum: German History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Hungary
- Date: 895-1038
Article abstract: Military significance: King Stephen created a strong, centralized Catholic Hungary that was to serve as a buffer between the Habsburg Dynasty to the west and the Ottoman Turks to the east.
The Magyars were people of Finno-Urgian heritage who left their home on the steppes north of the Black Sea and migrated across the Carpathian Mountains around the year 895. During their first two centuries in their new home, the Magyars were nomadic cattle traders and raiders who attacked weaker neighbors and sold them as slaves to the Turks. The Magyars...
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