What Is Bosnia-Herzegovina?
What Is Bosnia-Herzegovina?

Summary/Abstract: Bosnia is the historical name of the South-Slavonic country and present Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which has existed in various state and constitutional forms for over a thousand years. Slavonic tribes settled in the region in the seventh century, falling within one of the great waves of the migration of nations. Prior to this, the region had been for five centuries part of the Roman Empire. Its ancient civilization was called Illyricum, and its inhabitants were the romanized original inhabitants of this part of the Balkans - they were called Illyrians.

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