Croats

A nation is a group of people who identitfy with similar demographic and culture trait. They have a referential “we-feeling” in which they have a group loyality for the security of their individual identity. The Serbs began to develop these ideas of self-determination for representation of their nation. Furthermore, the Palestinians also desired self-determination as their land was seized from them. Once groups are formed, they either percieve other group as inferior and/or feel threatned by it.…

destruction. Individuals from the same country went against each other because of the differences in their ethnicities. One symbolic event that occurred during this war in Bosnia was the collapse of the old Mostar bridge that once connected the Muslim and Croat sides of the city. By collapsing, it marked the failure of two ethnic differentiations and hostilities trying to stay connected. In Rwanda, there was a genocide between two groups of people from Africa: the Tutsis and the Hutus. The…

The Black Hand was constructed when Herzegovina and Bosnia, where annexed which was resented by many Serbs and Croats. The United States entered WWI uniting with the allies in 1917, April 6th when the house of representatives had voted 373 to 50 to go to war after Germany had sunk a warship using a submarine. A supreme of World War One was battle of Verdun a war…

with Migrants) This action is also putting more stress on the migrants. (Bridging Oceans) Many other countries such as the UK have decided to help by committing an extra 115 million euros to the budget of the EU. (Dearden,Lizzie) Despite the Serb - Croat war in the 1990s, Serbia and Croatia have reopened their border to the migrants. In this way, many countries have decided to take their own action on this…

June 28, 1914. What began as a day meant to be a simple visit to a province of Austria turned into one of the darkest days our history has ever seen. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenburg, were being driven through the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the town of Sarajevo. Earlier in the day, before the fateful incident, Nedeljko Čabrinović had actually attempted to get the deed done before anyone else could, throwing a grenade…

It could be argued that while the Serbs were responsible for destroying Bosnia, the exploitation of the Croats harmed their Bosnian allies just as much as it helped them, resulting in the further seizing of land and resources and the spreading of the war into areas it otherwise would have passed over. However, the Bosnian government would likely have fallen completely without their assistance, as the Serbs marauding in the region were equipped, funded, and supplemented by troops from the…

Paschalis M. Kitromilides explains about collective identity and ethnic loyalties in the Balkans in the late 1990s. Nationalism had generated violence and outrage in 20th century in the region of South-Eastern Europe. During 18th century, the Ottoman Empire established political and social unity in the Balkan region and it’s called Pax Ottomanica. The Ottoman Empire stabilized the external border of the Balkans, although the Ottoman Empire was declining due to increase of Christian population…

Headscarves and neckwear in the Middle Ages Archaeological findings and sculptures from the 5th century AD suggest Anglo-Saxon women wore scarves tucked into the neck of their under gowns, and pulled over the head for warmth. Excavations of remains from the 8th to the 10th century show headscarves and veils worn by Viking women, with some styles possibly influenced by the Anglo and Celtic hosts of their settlements. Scarves feature widely in fashion from the Middle Ages. Throughout most of…

commonly known as Tito, was born on May 7, 1892 in the village of Kumrovec in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Croatia). He was the seventh of fifteen children in a large peasant family, with a Croat father and a Slovene mother. At the early age of seven, he began working on his family’s farm. He entered primary school in Kumrovec at eight years old but quit school when he was twelve after failing the first grade. At age fifteen, he moved out…

In 1991, Bosnia-Herzegovina had a population composed of three main ethnic groups: Bosniak, Serb, and Croat. As a whole, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s presence within the reformed Yugoslavia was peaceful and prosperous. When the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992 the region quickly became a war zone. Bosnian Serbs launched a military campaign to eliminate the country of its Muslim civilian population. Which was supported by Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic who help…