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Iron Age cult carriage from Banjani, near Sokolac
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The name Herzegovina means 'herzog's [land]', derived from the German word for 'duke'.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Population
3.1M
Area
51,197 km²
Capital
Sarajevo
Continent
Europe
134th most populous country in the world

Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Iron Age cult carriage from Banjani, near Sokolac
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The Badanj Cave near Stolac features one of the oldest known cave engravings, dating back to approximately 13,000 to 12,000 BC.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Population
3.1M
Area
51,197 km²
Capital
Sarajevo
Continent
Europe
134th most populous country in the world

Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe.

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Wolfgang Sauber · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Iron Age cult carriage from Banjani, near Sokolac
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Daorson, the capital of the Illyrian Daors tribe, was surrounded by megalithic stone walls 5 meters high.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Population
3.1M
Area
51,197 km²
Capital
Sarajevo
Continent
Europe
134th most populous country in the world

Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe.

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Wolfgang Sauber · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Iron Age cult carriage from Banjani, near Sokolac
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On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, sparking World War I.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Population
3.1M
Area
51,197 km²
Capital
Sarajevo
Continent
Europe
134th most populous country in the world

Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe.

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Wolfgang Sauber · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Iron Age cult carriage from Banjani, near Sokolac
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Bosnia and Herzegovina was reestablished as a republic within the Yugoslav federation on 29 November 1943.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Population
3.1M
Area
51,197 km²
Capital
Sarajevo
Continent
Europe
134th most populous country in the world

Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe.

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Wolfgang Sauber · CC BY-SA 4.0

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