The Slavs first moved to Europe from West Asia around 2000 BC. They settled in the north -probably in modern Poland. About 100 or 200 AD, the Slavs crossed the Carpathian Mountains into present Slovakia and Romania. They crossed Danube, in the 500 AD, and settled in Greece.
The Slavs were later attacked and defeated by Charlemagne. Charlemagne captured so many Slavs, and brought them back to France as slaves that their name has become the French – and English – word for slave. Most Slavs continued to live in Eastern Europe, where they gradually divided into three groups-the Polish Slavs, the Balkan Slavs, and the Russian Slavs. All three groups converted to Christianity before 1300 AD.