| | Europa: The History of the White Race :Chapter 39 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The collapse of the Roman Empire left the peoples of Hungary more or less to its own devices: by this time it was a mish mash of contesting Slavic tribes with small pockets of Asiatics, leftovers from the Hunnish and Avar invasions, scattered throughout the land. |
 | | Although the Byzantines seized control of the Hungarian throne, they were themselves too weak to hold on to it indefinitely, and Byzantine influence declined with the 1180 death of the Emperor Manuel I Commenus, who had initiated the Byzantine invasion in the first place. |
 | | In the midst of the suppression other Hungarian uprising, Austria became embroiled in a short conflict with Prussia: so weakened, Austria was forced to agree to a compromise with Hungary: the country could have its own legislature, language and constitution, but in exchange the two countries would share a common emperor. |
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