Herzegovina

[[Image:Herzegovina.JPG|175px|thumb|right|Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked orange) and Herzegovina (marked blue)

History

In early Middle Ages, the territory of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into many smaller more or less independent territories. Herzegovina encompasses the regions then known as the Land of Hum or Zahumlje and Travunija. Westernmost parts of Herzegovina belonged to the Kingdom of Croatia. The book De Administrando Imperio mentions Zahumlje and Travunija as two regions inhabited by Serb tribes.

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Middle Ages - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Hum or Zahumlje - Travunija - Kingdom of Croatia - De Administrando Imperio - Serb

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After 1320s, all of these lands became a part of the Bosnian kingdom. In a document sent to Friedrich III on January 20, 1448, Stjepan Vuk?i? Kosa?a called himself Herzog of Saint Sava, lord of Hum and Primorje, great duke of the Bosnian kingdom (Herzog means duke in German) and so the lands he controlled became (much later) known as Herzog's lands or Herzegovina.

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1320s - Bosnian kingdom - Friedrich III - January 20 - 1448 - Saint Sava - Duke - German

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In 1482 Herzog was overpowered by Ottoman forces led by his own son, Ahmed Hercegovi?, who accepted Islam. In the Ottoman Empire Herzegovina was organized as a province (sanjak) within the state (pashaluk) of Bosnia. The name of the country was changed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1853, as a result of a twist of political events. It was part of the Ottoman Empire for a bit less than four centuries. By the end of this period, there happened a major uprising known as the Herzegovinian rebellion.

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1482 - Ottoman - Ahmed Hercegovi? - Islam - Sanjak - Pashaluk - Bosnia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1853 - Herzegovinian rebellion

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In 1878, Herzegovina was occupied by Austria-Hungary. This caused great resentment among its Bosniak and Serb populace which together resisted the invaders in smaller flare-ups that ended in 1882.

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1878 - Austria-Hungary - Bosniak - Serb - 1882

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