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History of Bosnia and Herzegovina


King TvrtkoThe Bosnia and Herzegovina history is coloured in showing its unique identity through four religions ( Judaism, Catolicism, Orthodoxism and Islamism). Each one is a part of this specific civilization. Bosnia and Herzegovina is the result of inner influences of uniqueness in culture, natural values on relatively small area, so, now Bosnia and Herzegovina has its own subjectivity built through the history.

First time when Bosnia and Herzegovina was shown on the world stage is X century taking the area from the river Drina on East to the Adriatic.

During the Middle Ages, Bosnia was under attack by Byzantium, Hungary, Croatian and Serbia which tryed to wide ther own political and religion aims in one hand, but influences in the other as well.

During the Kulin Ban reign (1180 – 1204), Bosnia was independent and internationaly affirmated country. That was the time when the neighbours tryed to destroy Bosnian church (Paganism) because it was cathegory between Catolicism and Orthodoxism. But, Bosnian church gave its configurating spiritual point to build dominant religion in Bosnia during three centuries.  

During the XII century Bosnia was build on parliamentarian principled aspect with specific politic and religion relations. When the king Tvrtko (1377) was kinged, Bosnia becomes kingdom, but also in the same time ( when the king Tvrtko reigned; 1353 – 1391) Bosnia had maximum area situated from the river Sava north to islands Korcula and Hvar, Zrmanja and Knin west to Sjenica and Lima. Reigning dinasty in the Middle Ages - Bosnia were Kotromanics.

OTTOMAN REGIN PERIOD

XV century is the time when the Ottomans comes to area of Balcan, also Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia is under Ottoman govern in 1463. when the sultan Muhamed possessor possessed the town of Bobovac and in the same time stopped the regin of Kotromanics, and the Turk made “Bosnian sandzak” in 1580. In Bosnia pashalic as form of teritorial and political organization was in the govern centre of Ottoman imperia.

The coming of the Turk had brought a lot of changes in Bosnian society. A great number of Bosnian people took Islam as official religion, new towns marked in oriental way were built but the change in economic organization was also pointed out. When ottoman imperia led wars for west Balcan and central Europe territories, Bosnian people were activated as soldiers.

After the great Vienna war (1683-1699) when ottoman army failed, Bosnia becomes west province of ottoman imperia. With Karlovac peace deal (1699) the teritorial history bounds of Bosnia were affirmed north, west and south.
During XVII and first half of XIX century Bosnian people led defence wars against Austria and Venice and in the same time they wanted autonomic level inside of Ottoman imperia. There were few rebellions against Turk govern like Husein-Captain Gradascevich (1831-32) which was finally broke down by Omer-pasha Latas army intervention.
This failure of Bosnian pashas made deep historical consequences reforms made by 1860. gave Bosnia quite autonomic level.

In 1910. The parlament was restituted which included representatives of all of 3 natons of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. The period of Austro-Ugrian reign (1878–1918) also brings huge economic and cultural changes.

In the end of the world war the first, B&H was set apart tugether with Croatia by its national parlament (as it was constituens of Habsburgian monarchy). And also with Slovenia, Serbia creates newmade Serb-Croatian and Slovenian kingdom.

Period between two world wars: by Vidovdan constitution Bosnia kept its integrity within SHS kingdom till annuling this constitution in 1929. after this, Bosnia area was divided on four parts. In 1939. by Cvetkovic-Macek agreement, one part of Bosnia was inserted in constution of Croatian (Banovina)

The world war second: after Yugoslavia had fallen to pieces (1941) Bosnia and Herzegovina gues under NDH govern (independent republic of Croatia) on demarked line between Italian and German occupation zone. During the world war the second, strong antifascist movement is born. In 1943 (november), ZAVNOBIH (antifascist council) brought the decision about affirming the Bosnianbouinds.

According decisions of ZAVNOBIH, B&H is indivisible entity of equal nations and citizens. In Yugoslav federation, B&H was the only republic witch had been defined by its historical existence ( the others were represented as newmade nacional communites).

Sovereignty: in dezintegration Yugoslavia process, after multi-parties ellections in 1990. and after referendum ( from februar the 28. till march the first in 1992) B&H declared its sovereignty in its historical and internationality affirmed bounds.
B&H was acknowledged and affirmated on may the 20. in 1992. by UN rezolution (noumber 755; UN safety council) as inderpendent country.
 

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