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Why Habsburg Empire is called as a patchwork of many different regions and people? |
| Answer» Ans. The Habsburg Empire ruled over Austria-Hungary. It was a patchwork of many different regions and peoples.\xa0\tIt included the Alpine regions – the Tyrol, Austria and the Sudetenland – as well as Bohemia, where the aristocracy was predominantly German-speaking.\xa0\tIt also included the Italian-speaking provinces of Lombardy and Venetia.\xa0\tIn Hungary, half of the population spoke Magyar while the other half spoke a variety of dialects.\xa0\tIn Galicia, the aristocracy spoke Polish. Besides these three dominant groups, there also lived within the boundaries of the empire, a mass of subject peasant peoples – Bohemians and Slovaks to the north, Slovenes in Carniola, Croats to the south, and Roumans to the east in Transylvania. | |