Things of interest to me today:
Bohemia - A historical region and former kingdom of present-day western
Czech Republic. The Czechs, a Slavic people, settled in the area between
the 1st and 5th centuries CE. A later principality was independent until
the 15th century, when it passed to Hungary and then to the Hapsburg
dynasty of Austria. Bohemia became the core of the newly formed state of
Czechoslovakia in 1918.
Bavaria - The entire southeast portion of Germany. A former duchy of
southern Germany. Conquered by the Romans in 15 BCE, the region became
one of the five preeminent duchies of medieval Germany but was later
overrun and ruled by numerous factions and powers.
Magyar - A member of the principal ethnic group of Hungary.