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Bosnia was part of the Roman Empire
Slavs settled the Bosnian region in the 7th century
In the 9th century the nations of Serbia and Croatia split control of Bosnia.
In the 11th & 12th century the nation of Hungary controlled Bosnia.
In 1463 the Ottoman Turks conquered the Bosnian region.
In 1878 it was given to Austria-Hungary as a colony.
A Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo which played a major role in initiating the start of World War 1.

In 1918 Bosnia became part of the South Slav state of Yugoslavia.
World War II - Bosnia was given to Croatia.
The 1950's saw the establishment of the Communist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under Tito.
Inter-ethnic civil war for three years from 1992 until 1995 between the Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats.
Peace agreement was signed in Paris on December 14, 1995.
The Agreement divided Bosnia and Herzegovina roughly equally between the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb Republika Srpska.
The national flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted on February 4, 1998.

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