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Bosniaks are typically characterized by their historic ties to the Bosnian historical region, adherence to Islam since the 15th and 16th centuries, culture, and the Bosnian language.
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- Prehistory
- Medieval Bosnia
- Ottoman Rule
- Nationalism
- 20th Century
The pre-Slavic roots of the Bosniaks may be traced back to Paleolithic and Neolithic settlers who became Indo-Europeanized during the Bronze Age. The Indo-European-speaking Illyrians) arrived in the western Balkans about 2000 BCE, overrunning old European cultures such as the Butmir culture in the vicinity of present-day Sarajevo. Despite the arriv...
The Slavs settled in Bosnia, Herzegovina and the surrounding lands, which were part of the Eastern Roman Empire, in the seventh century. The Slavic Serbs and Croats settled some time after the first Slavic wave, and the Croats established a kingdom in north-western Croatia. The Serbs settled in present-day south-central Serbia before expanding into...
Historians have debated how, and why, many ethnic Bosnians converted to Islam. After their conquest of Bosnia, the Ottoman Empire tried to convert their Christian and pagan subjects to Islam. The gradual conversion of many medieval Bosniansto Islam proceeded at different rates, depending on area and group. Conversion was more rapid in urban areas, ...
In 1862 Muslims, including Bosniaks, were expelled from Serbia. Bosnia and Herzegovina were occupied and administered by Austria-Hungary in 1878, and a number of Bosniaks left the region. According to Austro-Hungarian records, 56,000 people (mostly Bosniaks) emigrated between 1883 and 1920; the number of Bosniak emigrants is probably larger, since ...
After World War I, Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Serb monarchy, one of the victors of the war, sought a Croat-Slovene coalition. The MNO, reformed as the Yugoslav Muslim Organization (JMO), dropped the pursuit of Muslim national identity and focused on protecting Muslim interests through alliances with other p...
Nov 22, 2017 · Known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", Mladic led forces during the massacre of Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) in Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo.
Apr 6, 2022 · April 6 marks 30 years since the start of the Bosnian War, an international armed conflict that lasted from 1992 to 1995 and saw the ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks.
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Dec 28, 2021 · Environment - current issues. air pollution; deforestation and illegal logging; inadequate wastewater treatment and flood management facilities; sites for disposing of urban waste are limited; land mines left over from the 1992-95 civil strife are a hazard in some areas.
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina formally applied for European Union membership in February 2016, but progress on human rights remains largely stalled. Authorities failed to end...
