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Name: Samo's Empire

Type: Polity

Start: 632 AD

End: 658 AD

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Is the historiographical name for the West Slavic tribal union established by King ("Rex") Samo, which existed between 623/631 and 658 in Central Europe.

Establishment

  • January 632: Samo's Empire was a confederation of Slavic tribes, including Czechs, Slovaks, Sorbians and other western Slavic tribes along the Danube river, gathered around the Frankish merchant Samos.

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    1. Death of Samo

    With the death of Samo, some Slavic tribes that had been part of his Empire again came under Avar rule.

  • January 659: With the death of Samo, some Slavic tribes again came under Avar rule.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 659: With the death of Samo, some Slavic tribes again came under Avar rule.
  • January 659: Carantania, also known as Carentania, was a Slavic principality that emerged in the second half of the 7th century, in the territory of present-day southern Austria and north-eastern Slovenia. It was the predecessor of the March of Carinthia, created within the Carolingian Empire in 889.
  • January 659: Death of King Samo.

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