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Bosna (general region) |
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| Lat: 44 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 018 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 18.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Bosnia occupies the northern and central parts of the republic of Bosnia i Hercegovinia. In central Bosnia the land features rugged but green and often forested plateaus. In Roman times, most of the area of modern Bosnia was incorporated into the province of Dalmatia. The first recorded mention of Bosnia was written after 928 CE by the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, who described "Bosona" as a district in "baptized Serbia." The district referred to was an area much smaller than modern Bosnia and centered on the Bosna River. Soon after Constantine wrote those words, most of the modern territory of Bosnia reverted to Croatian rule. In the 11th and 12th centuries Croatians, Serbs, Hungarians, and briefly again the Byzantine Empire ruled the area of Bosnia successively. An independent region of Bosnia, much smaller than the modern region, became independent in 1180. From then until 1463 Bosnia enjoyed a fairly independent existence. By 1580 most of the region was part of the Ottoman Empire, and a large part of the population converted to Islam. In 1878 Austro-Hungarian troops took over Bosnia. During and following the First World War, Bosnia joined with Serbia and Croatia to for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in June 1921. In 1941 the entire area of Bosnia was taken into the new state of Croatia, then in 1946 was incorporated in the socialist state of Yugoslavia. After much ethnic and political strife, on May 2, 1992, the state of Bosnia i Hercegovinia was formed and the region of Bosnia within it. The people are mainly Islamic by religion. |
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