What is History of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
{{expert-subject|date=January 2024}} {{update|date=January 2024}} {{articleissues|unreferenced=August 2012}} In ancient times, '''Bosnia and Herzegovina''' was called [[:en:Illyricum|Illyricum]]. It was taken over by the [[Roman Empire]] in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. The Romans occupied the area until their fall in the 6th century. Then it was part of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. After that era it was a part of [[Hungary]]. Around [[1200]] the people [[Revolt|revolted]] and won their [[independence]]. It went on to become a Christian state for some 260 years. This was during the [[crusades]]. After that era, the [[Ottoman Empire]] was on the rise. It expanded towards the [[Balkans]]. The Ottomans defeated the [[Serbia|Serbians]] at the great [[battle of Kosovo]] in 1389. They conquered Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1463. They spread the teachings of [[Muhammad]] the prophet and [[Muslims|Muslim]] ways in that area. [[Jew|Jewish people]] also flooded into the area of [[Sarajevo]] (the capital). As parts of the Ottoman borders shrank, Bosnia-occupied parts shrank apart. Some countries next to Bosnia fought for their land, like [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]]. At the [[:en:Congress_of_Berlin|Berlin Congress]] in 1878, after the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish War]], [[Austria-Hungary]] was given the rights to occupy and govern Bosnia and Herzegovina and Austria-Hungary annexed it. This brought them into a feud with the Serbs and caused one Serb nationalist to [[Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|assassinate]] the Austrian [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] in Sarajevo on June 18, 1914. This assassination was one of the causes of [[World War I]]. Bosnia and Herzegovina was annexed to Serbia. The newly formed kingdom was called [[:en:Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia|Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes]]. Later it changed to [[Yugoslavia]]. When Yugoslavia was invaded by [[Nazi Germany]] 1941, Bosnia and Herzegovina was made a part of Nazi-controlled [[Croatia]].