The golden age of Central Europe

A long, long time ago in the 14^thcentury, very peculiar things happened throughout the world. It turned out that Western Europe, which had until then radiated civilizational and cultural achievements and had been the engine of universal development, had begun to fall into the abyss of chaos and regression.

This was due to many internal frictions, a disease which arrived from the Middle East and religious conflicts.

Central Europe bloomed and over the course of the next few decades of the 14^thcentury its countries: Poland, Hungary and the Kingdom of Bohemia, became world powers

In the East, the Byzantine civilization was degenerating, mainly due to the pressure and vassalling of Byzantine emperors by the Ottoman Turks. 

Meanwhile, Central Europe bloomed and over the course of the next few decades of the 14^thcentury its countries: Poland, Hungary and the Kingdom of Bohemia, became world powers. 

Hungary lost that status after the Turkish incursion in the 16^thcentury. The Czechs lost it due to religious wars in the 15^th. Poland held its position of power for the longest – up until the middle of the 17^thcentury. 

The international situation of the 14^thcentury eerily reminds us of the one of today. I hope that history really likes to repeat itself.