Central Europe
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Central Europe
A geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany.
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According to archaeologists, the wheel was invented around 4000 B.C. probably independently and nearly simultaneously in Mesopotamia (in present-day Iraq ), the Northern Caucasus ( Maykop culture ) and Central Europe.
And Orban’s Hungary, in turn, has served as a model for Poland and, potentially, other states in Eastern and Central Europe.
“From an archaeological point of view, the oldest remains of domesticated dogs were found in Central Europe and date back 16,000 years.
Before World War I, in the German-speaking world, the term Mitteleuropa (from German: Middle Europe) was used to refer to an area larger than most conceptions of Central Europe, encompassing Switzerland and the other German-speaking countries.
After the war, the Eastern part of Central Europe was placed at the centre of the concept.
Classified as a gallery grave or a Hessian-Westphalian stone cist (hessisch-westfälische Steinkiste), it is one of the most important megalithic monuments in Central Europe.