nPostednon October 30, 2015
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nWhennI was growing up, I was asked to memorize names and locations ofncountries. I am pretty sure the teachers talked as if those countriesnhad existed for centuries and centuries, and would still exist forncenturies and centuries more.
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nAtnleast, I certainly got the impression that the nation list I wasnmemorizing had existed as long as humans had existed, and that itnwould continue to be accurate so long as humans lived, as well.
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nOfncourse, I couldn’t have been more wrong!
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nOnenof the Eastern European nations I memorized was Czechoslovakia. Butnthat nation only existed within a single century: the 20thnCentury. To be specific, Czechoslovakia existed from October, 1918 tonDecember, 1992
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nItnwas on this date in 1918 that the Slovaks officially joinednCzechoslovakia.
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nHerenare some other names that represent what the Slovak people were anpart of, through different eras of history: Samo’s Empire, thenPrincipality of Nitra, the Kingdom of Hungary and then thenAustro-Hungarian Empire…
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nAnd of course, Czechoslovakia, and now Slovakia.
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nSlovakianhas as a nation is high-income; it has one of the fastest economic growthnrates in the E.U. (European Union).
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nCoolncastles and chateaux and caves!
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n Slovakian has more castles and chateaux, per capita, than any other nation inn the world!
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nSo,nwhat does that mean? I presume you know that castles are buildingsn(or groups of buildings) that are fortified with thick walls,nbattlements, towers, and often a moat. n
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nManynchateaux are castles, too – chateau is the French word forncastle! But some chateaux are manor houses or palaces that donnot have fortifications.
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nAndnper capita means “per person.”
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nForna nation of only five million people to have 180 castles and 425nchateaux is pretty surprising!
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n Slovakian also has a shockingly high number of caves: about 6,000!
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nAlsonon this date:
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FrankensteinnFriday
FrankensteinnFridayn
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nInternationalnMagic Week
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nChecklistnDay
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nAnniversarynof the radio show “War of the Worlds”
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nNationalnCandy Corn Day
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nHauntednRefrigerator Night
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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