The diploma deals with the outline of the history of Lithuania and the Lithuanian nation. It focuses on the cultural, religious and social factors that led to the modern state. First, the early history of Lithuania will be discussed, from the very immigration of Lithuanians to Europe and the establishment of the first state formations, through the Middle Ages, Christianization and the following union with neighboring Poland. In the following, the thesis will describe the time after the Napoleonic wars and the socio-political consequences that these wars left behind along with the French Revolution. It will touch on the issue of nationalism in multicultural Lithuania and the claims of each nation to its land. Finally, the First World War and the subsequent wars for Lithuanian independence will be discussed.
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