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Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in Southeast Europe on the Balkan Peninsula. It has had permanent settlement since the Neolithic Age. By the early historical period it was inhabited by Illyrians and Celts. Christianity arrived in the 1st century, and by the 4th century the area became part of the Western Roman Empire.
2 days ago · Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in the western Balkan Peninsula of Europe. Bosnia, the larger region, occupies the country’s northern and central parts, and Herzegovina is in the south and southwest. Learn about its geography and history with maps and statistics and a survey of its people, economy, and government.
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- Resident casting his vote in a local election in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1996, following the signing of the Dayton Accords.
- Buildings and vehicles destroyed in Grbavica, a suburb of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian conflict (1992–95).
Feb 4, 2018 · For Herzegovina was explained that the origin of its name comes from the German word Herzog (Herceg in Bosnian language) and that it was a principality, and Stjepan Kosaca declared himself as the Duke of Hum and the coast.
After the Austro-Hungarian occupation in 1878, the region of Bosnia was reorganized and the name of its region of Herzegovina incorporated into the dual name of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From the name of Bosnia, various local terms , depending on era, have been derived designating its population, from endonym Bošnjani during the 14th and 15th ...
4 days ago · Country name. conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bosnia and Herzegovina local long form: none local short form: Bosna i Hercegovina former: People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina abbreviation: BiH etymology: the larger northern territory is named for the Bosna River; the smaller southern section takes its name from the ...
The nobleman Stefan Vukčić also engaged in tactical alliances against the Bosnian rulers, establishing his own rule over the territory of Hum and giving himself the title herceg (duke), from which the name Herzegovina is derived.
