Serbs

Geography and Historical events The country of Serbia is located in Southeastern Europe of the Balkan Peninsula between the countries of Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, and Montenegro. The country in size is only slightly smaller than that of South Carolina. Serbia has a multitude of varied terrains based on your whereabouts in the country. For instance, the northern areas of the country –known as the Vojvodina zone- are recognized for fertile farm lands. While the eastern side is dominated by limestone

The Disregard for Human Life Present in Wartime In Paul Rusesabagnia’s, An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography, he tells his story of working in a hotel and turning this hotel into a refuge for over a thousand men, women, and children. He turned the hotel into a refuge to provide safety for targeted groups during an “ethnic cleansing.” Rusesabagnia shows his view son genocide during war, or the disregard for human life, by stating: A sad truth of human nature is that it is hard to care for people when

Southeastern Europe has been a conflict-ridden corner of the world since as early as 400 A.D. From the split of the Roman empire to the rule by the Ottoman empire to the World Wars and most recently, the breakdown of Yugoslavia, this region has not had a boring moment in history. Such a long history of conflict has impacted the people of this region in ways that still matter today, such as ethnic identity and religion. While this extended, complicated history has given Croatia depth, it is not all

its own King. The Serb religion was Christian Orthodox. The Treaty

Albanian is a country that has known conflict for centuries. The Macedonians, the Romans, Serbs, and the Ottoman Empire have all occupied Albania. The Macedonians conquered the area in 4th century B.C. The Romans held the country for several centuries. Under Roman control, the area converted into several different provinces. One of these provinces, Illyricum is renowned for its army recruits and would produce three of Rome’s emperors. The Roman Empire also brought advances to Albania. Walbank states

December 14th, 1995. Muslims, Serbs and Croats are the three main groups who populated Bosnia-Herzegovina. After Slovenia and Croatia declaring their independence, they began claiming territory in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In the early nineteenth century, Slavic peoples from multiple empires in eastern and southern Europe began to pursue a movement to protect and organize Slavic culture. In 1848, this movement became more political. It gained a reputation and an attempt was made to unify all Slavic peoples. This movement became known as Pan-Slavism. Pan-Slavism appealed to many Slavs who felt nationalism towards their race. However among the Slavs, there were many different opinions. Some believed that there was a

In 1992 when Bosnia declared its independence from the Yugoslav, Orthodox-Christian Serbians were losing power to the Muslim Bosniaks. The Bosnian-Serb forces did not want to be outnumbered by Bosniaks at all. Especially when it came to things like politics. The Serbs that lived in Bosnia & Herzegovina felt threatened by the numerous amount of Muslim power, so they decided to exterminate them. This resulted in a genocide. A genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people. This genocide

the aftermath of the Second World War, the Balkan states of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia became part of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia. The Bosnian War involved three main ethnic groups, the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims. The war lasted from 1992-1995. After the death of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito in 1980, growing nationalism among the different Yugoslav republics threatened to split their union apart. “This process intensified after the mid-1980s

favored the Serbs and and made changes to the constitution to show this. Milosevic also formed a military that was 90% Serbian. When Yugoslavia began to collapse in 1991 because of Slovenia and