Prelude to Greatness
Great Moravia (Under Construction)
1024 - King Boleslaw I
Mongol Invasions (Under Constr.)
The Golden Age
1333-1370 Casimir the Great
1395 - Union of Krewo
Medieval Poland
The Grain Trade
1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus
1569 - Union of Lublin
1573 - The Golden Liberty
1595 - Union of Brest
1569-1793 - The Commonwealth
In Decline
1587-1668 - The Vasa/Waza Era
1655-1660 The Swedish Deluge
1683 - Jan Sobieski at Vienna
1768-1772 - Bar Confederation
Nation Without A Country
1772-1795 - Partitions Era Begins
1807-1815 - Duchy of Warsaw
1830-1831 - November Uprising
1846 - The Peasant Rebellion
1863 - The January Uprising
1871-1878 - Kulturkampf!
1870-1914 - Emigrant Tidal Wave
1919 - Sovereignty Restored
Background music: Chopin Poloniase Opus 53Dennis Benarz & Karen Wisniewski, USA 2009-2010