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History
Although Austria's territorial heartland has always been modest in size, its mon-
archy ruled an empire that spanned continents and was once the last word in politics
and high culture. Austria's history is a story of conflated empires and powerful mon-
archs, war and revolution, cultural explosion, Austro-Fascism, occupation by foreign
powers, and stable democracy.
Discover more about the history of Austria from the Babenbergs through to the country's entry into the
EU in
The Austrians: A Thousand Year Odyssey
by Gordon Brook-Shepard.
