Great Moravia and Kingdom of Bohemia
In the 9th century, parts of Silesia's territory came under the influence of Great Moravia, the first historically-attested state in the region. After Great Moravias decline one of its successors, Bohemia, gradually conquered Silesia. At the beginning of the 10th century Vratislaus I subdued the Golensize and soon afterwards seized Middle Silesia. Wrocław was possibly founded by and named after him. His son Boleslaus I subdued the Boborane between 950 and 965 and later also the Opolane and Dedosize. The town of Bolesławiec bears his name. The Bohemian rulers also tried to evangelize the region and opened up Silesia for the international trade. Abraham ben Jacob in 973 crossed Southern Silesia on a road which later became one of the major trading routes between East and West when he travelled from Prague to Kraków.
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