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Alpine Slav

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Also known as: proto-Slovene

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Slovenia

In Slovenia: The Alpine Slavs
During the 6th century ce, ancestors of the Slovenes, now referred to by historians as Alpine Slavs or proto-Slovenes, pushed up the Sava, Drava, and Mura river valleys into the Eastern Alps and the Karst. There they absorbed the existing Romano-Celtic-Illyrian cultures. At…
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