The Historian Channel, documentary: The Croats and the Serbs - a History of an Aversion -- Croatia and Serbia, The Balkans, History Documentary.
Slavs settled the Balkans in the 9th century, out of which
the First Serbian Principality of the Vlastimirovići emerged. It evolved into a
Grand Principality by the 11th century, and in 1217, the Kingdom and national
church (Serbian Orthodox Church) were established, under the Nemanjići. In
1345, the Serbian Empire was established: it spanned a large part of the
Balkans. In 1540 the Ottoman Empire annexed Serbia.
The Serbian realms disappeared by the mid-16th century, torn
by domestic feuds, and Ottoman conquest. The success of the Serbian revolution
against Ottoman rule in 1817 marked the birth of the Principality of Serbia,
which achieved de facto independence in 1867 and finally gained recognition by
the Great Powers in the Berlin Congress of 1878. As a victor in the Balkan Wars
in 1913, Serbia regained Vardar Macedonia, Kosovo and Raška (Old Serbia). In
1918, the region of Vojvodina proclaimed its secession from Austria-Hungary to
unite with the pan-Slavic State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs; the Kingdom of
Serbia joined the union on 1 December 1918, and the country was named Kingdom
of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
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| Modern reconstruction of CoA of House of Nemanja, made by Aleksandar Palavestra, based on the Fojnica Armorial (17th century). |
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