SERBIAN SETLEMENT IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BEGAN IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY A.D.
The above quote is from:
"Encyclopedia Britannica"
Edition 1971, Volume 3, page 983
Entry: Bosnia, history
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According to the emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus, the emperor Heraclius (610-640) INVITED THE SERBS TO SETTLE in the devastated north-western provinces of the Byzantine empire and TO DEFEND them AGAINST THE INCURSIONS OF THE AVARS...
Toward the end of 9th century the political centre of the Serbs was transfered to ZETA (or: Zenta: see MONTENEGRO) and the PRIMORYE (SEA-COAST)... [Serbian] Prince Voislav of TRAVUNIYA (today: Trebinje [Herzegovina]) ...united under his own rule Travuniya, ZAHUMLYE (the modern HERZEGOVINA) and Zeta. His son Michael Voislavich annexed the important Zhupania of RASHKA (Rascia or Rassia) [Central Serbia], and in 1077 was addressed as king (rex) in a letter from Pope Gregory VII. His son Bodin enlarged the first Serb kingdom by annexing territories...
The above quote is from:
"Encyclopedia Britannica"
Edition 1943, Vol 20, Page 341
Entry: Serbia, History
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[Serbian] King Bodin (1081-1101) united BOSNIA with the other two Serbian principalities - RASHKA [Central Serbia] and ZETA [Montenegro]...
The above quote is from:
"Encyclopedia Britannica"
Edition 1971, Vol 3, p 983
Entry: Bosnia-Herzegovina
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THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS (reigned 913-957) REFFERED TO BOSNIA AS PART OF *THE LAND OF THE SERBS*.
The above quote is from:
"Encyclopedia Britannica"
Edition 1990, Volume 29, Macropedia, page 1098
Entry: Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Serbian groups settled the region of present-day Bosnia and Hercegovina during the seventh century... Bosnia or Bosna (from Bosna river) appears to have originated as a small principality in the mountainous region of the upper reaches of the Bosna and Vrbas rivers. The name Hercegovina originated in the fifteenth century when a powerful Bosnian noble, Stephen Vuksic, gained control of lands in the southern part of Bosnia and took the title of Herzog, the German equivalent of duke, from which came the name of the region.
The above quote is from:
"Yugoslavia, a Country Study"
Headquarters, Department of the Army,
United States Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC
Edition 1982, pp 16, 17
Subtitle: Bosnia and Hercegovina
