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Vistulans were a Lechitic
Lechitic languages

The Lechitic languages include three languages spoken in Central Europe, mainly in Poland, and historically also in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Vorpommern, in the north-eastern region of modern Germany....
 tribe inhabiting, since at least the seventh century, lands known today as Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
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Vistulans were a Lechitic
Lechitic languages

The Lechitic languages include three languages spoken in Central Europe, mainly in Poland, and historically also in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Vorpommern, in the north-eastern region of modern Germany....
 tribe inhabiting, since at least the seventh century, lands known today as Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
. In the 9th century, Vistulans created a tribal state, with major centers in Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
, Wislica
Wislica

Wislica is a village in Busko County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wislica. It lies on the Nida River, approximately south of Busko-Zdr?j and south of the regional capital Kielce....
, Sandomierz
Sandomierz

Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants .Situated in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship ....
, and Stradów
Stradów

Strad?w may refer to the following places in Poland:*Strad?w, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Strad?w, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship ...
. Probably around 874 they were subjugated by the Great Moravia
Great Moravia

Great Moravia was a Slavic people state that existed in Central Europe from the 9th century to the early 10th century. There is some controversy as to the actual location of its core territory....
n king Svatopluk I
Svatopluk I

Svatopluk I from the House of Mojm?r was the prince of the Principality of Nitra and then the king of Great Moravia . Under his rule Great Moravia reached its maximum territorial expansion....
, who was a contemporary of the emperor Arnulf, and the Vistulan duke was forced to accept baptism
Baptism

In Christianity, baptism is the ritual act, with the use of water, by which one is admitted as a full member of the Christian Church and, in the view of some, as a member of the particular Church in which the baptism is administered....
. After a later period of Czech
Czech people

Czechs are a West Slavs people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries....
 domination, the Vistulan lands became controlled by the Polans
Polans (western)

The Polans were a West Slavs tribe inhabiting the Warta river basin. Previously more eastern around the Dnjpr River, by 963 AD they are as far west as the Vurta River ....
 in late tenth century and were incorporated into Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
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