Prague, today the capital of the Czech Republic, grew from early Slavic settlements on both banks of the Vltava river. In the centuries after the 8th, fortified sites on the hills later known as Prague Castle and Vyšehrad stood on opposite sides of the river, and a market and trading settlement developed below the castle. The Přemyslid dynasty made Prague Castle the seat of the Bohemian rulers in the late 9th century, and a bishopric was founded in 973. The city flourished under Charles IV in the 14th century, when it became the capital of the Holy Roman Empire and gained Charles University, founded in 1348, and the Charles Bridge, begun in 1357.
Before and after
- 8 June 793 CEVikings raid Lindisfarne
- from 794 CE to 1185Heian period
- 18 November 794 CEFounding of Kyoto
- from 800 CE to 1600Mississippian culture
- 8th centuryOrigins of Prague
- from 8th century to 9th centuryRise of Carolingian Renaissance
- 800 CEBook of Kells
- from 800 CE to 909 CEAghlabids
- from 800 CE to 887 CECarolingian Empire
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The era
This moment belongs to the Medieval world (500 CE to 1500 CE), kingdoms, faiths and trade routes.