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course with great local diversity seen
throughout the year . Further changeability
of the climate is strongly associated
with the weather itself .
History of the Czech Republic
When we ponder over the history of
the Czech Republic, we find out that
the settlement in this country commenced
in the Neolithic Era .
The Czech state (or the Bohemian
state) emerged in the 9th century
after its unification by the Premyslid
Dynasty . During the Middle Ages the
Kingdom of Bohemia was an important
local power in central Europe .
It remained part of the Holy Roman
Empire for a long time .
Around the 15th century Bohemia
became an arena for numerous
religious wars . Prominent among
these were the Hussite Wars in the
15th century and Thirty Years´ War
in 17th century (1618-1648) . This
long period of wars caused widespread
destruction of both the lives
of inhabitants in Bohemia and the
infrastructure of this country . As
a result of these conflicts Bohemia
came under the Habsburg influence
and became a significant part of the
Austrian-Hungarian Empire . But the
Austrian-Hungarian Empire buckled
during the First World War, due to
which an independent republic of
Czechoslovakia was created in 1918 .
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