Pannonian Avars

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/pannonian-avars

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the approximate period of hegemony?c. 567 CE – early 10th century CE
2. What is the primary geographic domain?Carpathian Basin (Pannonia), extending influence into the Balkans and Eastern Alps

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