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Slavic Europe
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Slavs
Slavs
are the largest
Indo-European
ethno-linguistic
group in
Europe
. They inhabit
Central Europe
,
Eastern Europe
,
Southeast Europe
,
North Asia
and
Central Asia
. Slavs speak
Indo-European
Slavic languages
and share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds. From the early 6th century they spread to inhabit most of
Central and Eastern Europe
and
Southeast Europe
, whilst Slavic mercenaries fighting for the Byzantines and Arabs settled Asia Minor and even as far as Syria. The East Slavs colonised
Siberia
and
Central Asia
. Presently over half of
Europe
's territory is inhabited by Slavic-speaking communities, but every Slavic ethnicity has emigrated to other continents.
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