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'''Hungary''', officially the Republic of Hungary is located in [[Central Europe]]. Hungary joined the [[European Union]] on May 1, [[2004]]. The native people of Hungary are called [[Magyar]]. The capital city is [[Budapest]].
'''Hungary''', officially the Republic of Hungary is located in [[Central Europe]]. Hungary joined the [[European Union]] on May 1, [[2004]]. The native people of Hungary are called [[Magyar]]. The capital city is [[Budapest]].
==History==
[[Image:Arpadfeszty.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The arrival of the Magyars at the [[Carpathian Basin]].]]
{{main|History of Hungary}}
{{seealso|Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary before the Magyars}}
In the time of the [[Roman Empire]], the region west of the [[Danube river]] was known as [[Pannonia]]. After the [[Western Roman Empire]] collapsed under the stress of the migration of [[Germanic tribes]] and [[Carpia]]n pressure, the [[Migration Period]] continued bringing many invaders to [[Europe]]. Among the first to arrive were the [[Huns]], who built up a powerful empire under [[Attila the Hun|Attila]]. It is presently believed that the origin of the name "Hungary" does not come from the [[Central Asia]]n nomadic invaders called the [[Huns]], but rather originated from a later, [[7th century|seventh century]] [[Bulgar]] alliance called [[On-Ogour]], which in [[Old Turkic language|Old Turkish]] meant "(the) Ten Arrows"<ref name="OSZK">[http://www.oszk.hu/kiadvany/hsr/2000/notes.htm OSZK].</ref><ref name="EB">[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-34784/Hungary Hungary], Encyclopædia Britannica.</ref>.
After Hunnish rule faded, the [[Lombards]] and the [[Gepids]] ruled in Pannonia for about 100 years, during which the [[Slavic tribes]] began migrating into the region. In the 560s, the Slavs were supplanted by the [[Eurasian Avars|Avars]], who maintained their supremacy of the land for more than two centuries. The [[Franks]] under [[Charlemagne]] from the west and the [[Bulgars]] from the southeast managed to overthrow the Avars in the early [[9th century|ninth century]]. However, the Franks soon retreated, and the Slavonic kingdom of [[Great Moravia]] and the [[Balaton Principality]] assumed control of much of Pannonia until the end of the century. The [[Magyars]] migrated to Hungary in the late ninth century.
Magyar tradition holds that the Country of the Magyars (''Magyarország'') was founded by [[Árpád]], who led the [[Magyars]] into the [[Pannonian plain]] in 896 AD. The "Ten Arrows" mentioned above referred to ten tribes, the alliance of which was the foundation of the army of the invading Magyars.