Why is Croatia split in two by Bosnia? (Short Animated Documentary)
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Жыл бұрынThe Croatian coastline has a small corridor running through it which belongs to Bosnia. Given that this is a bit odd why has it happened? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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@boombler4320 Жыл бұрын
if the answer is "basically Napoleon's fault" Im going to go crazy
@averhan Жыл бұрын
lol
@SilverFang2789 Жыл бұрын
Funny you should mention that...
@devplasna7188 Жыл бұрын
You good?
@gregoryreichart8620 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact; it was.
@HoennMaster Жыл бұрын
When in doubt, blame Russia, Britain, the US, or Napoleon!
@ibuprofeno6554 Жыл бұрын
Franz Ferdinand saying that "administrating Bosnia is so easy" killed me.
@karahansarpkarakoc9929 Жыл бұрын
killed him, more like
@shubhsiddhartha9409 Жыл бұрын
And him
@Ramzi1944 Жыл бұрын
And him
@liammozza2330 Жыл бұрын
Aye it killed him too
@connormclernon26 Жыл бұрын
@@shubhsiddhartha9409and his pregnant wife
@caspern8389 Жыл бұрын
As somebody from both Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, it's nice to see them get some recognition. Also, they built a new bridge that connects Croatia and I used it a bunch in my trip during the Summer of 2022. It saves a lot of time and is very helpful, they probably have finished all of the surrounding roads to the bridge as well. Just thought I would let people know
@samueltremba8085 Жыл бұрын
Don't know why but this made me smile. Hope they fix the roads soon!
@SeverityOne Жыл бұрын
Well, from what I gather, since Croatia is an EU country and Bosnia-Herzegovina isn't, it's an EU outer border, and therefore about as easy to get into as Fort Knox. So that bridge makes sense, until some point in the future that Bosnia-Herzegovina might join the EU and the Schengen zone.
@benpuljak2304 Жыл бұрын
@@SeverityOne they probably won't. too much ethnic division and instability within bosnia itself. one day in the not so distant future it will probably collapse
@SeverityOne Жыл бұрын
@@benpuljak2304 It's been collapsing ever since the 1990s, but I agree that EU ascension is very far off.
@benpuljak2304 Жыл бұрын
@@SeverityOne yes don't worry I know very much about what happened here I am croatian. In my opinion BiH as it exists now is very stupid. But it is also very tricky to create something better.
@ndautomotive Жыл бұрын
Traveling from Split to Dubrovnik I had to cross this border and then literally 15 min after that I was back in Croatia. Thanks to you now I know the historic background why. This was back in 2016.
@thehistorynerd8537 Жыл бұрын
I just came back from Croatia, last year they finished a new nice highway that went around Neum. Due to how big the suspension bridge is and how long the tunnels were you could really see why it took soooooo long to establish this highway
@DannyPotato 24 күн бұрын
@@thehistorynerd8537wouldn’t it be quicker to travel through Neum, if the queues aren’t busy?
@theoriginalLP 8 күн бұрын
@@DannyPotato this would mean crossing the border of both Croatia and the EU via slow and winding road and driving through Neum. If you were the only car, I guess it would be fine, but that never happens.
@DellDuckfan313 Жыл бұрын
This episode is like a Best Hits of European History, with its minor land disputes, ethnic tensions, seemingly unbreakable empires, a Napoleon, and everybody's favourite wildcard Tito.
@humorpalanta Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the all lovely and totally not hated Austria-Hungary and the Joker Franz Ferdinand.
@TheCimbrianBull Жыл бұрын
@@petert2481 it's about time to get the gang back together!
@pinguofthehill7635 Жыл бұрын
And don't forget Venice being the mediterranean's worst nightmare
@dinostorion Жыл бұрын
Starring everyone’s favorite: the balkans
@TheCimbrianBull Жыл бұрын
@@pinguofthehill7635 Venice the menice!
@Huckleberry.69 Жыл бұрын
Any description of the former Yugoslavia's borders achieved in under 3 minutes should be commended.
@userofthetube2701 Жыл бұрын
It's easy. You just need to skip hundreds of years of bickering and the odd ethnic cleansing.
@comradeuro4255 Жыл бұрын
there's nothing complicated about this, y'all just love being xenophobic
@shadowalpha6563 Жыл бұрын
@@comradeuro4255 TRUE
@matthewmiller6987 Жыл бұрын
@@comradeuro4255what does this topic have to do w xenophobia?
@Serbian_footy Жыл бұрын
@@comradeuro4255 There is a lot, shockingly. The way post-war Yugoslavia was defined was incredibly complicated with plenty of proposals for republics, provinces and annexations. Sutorina was annexed by Montenegro because "Jovanovic (MNE dictator) was a layer and had good negotiating skills". Dalmatians wanted to be more separate from Croatia but Croatian communists smashed them decisively. Boka also wanted the same in Montenegro but all of them got purged. Croatian Serbs were supposed to get a state but it was rejected. A strong branch of Croatian communists wanted to establish Great Croatia but Tito only partially fulfilled their wishes. Baranja was given to Croatia even though it was seen as integral part of Serbia. Slovenia was an easy job, like Macedonia which erected a nationalist to power who purged all non-Macedonians from the party. Serbia ended up as sole republic with autonomous provinces, which would soon turn the whole republic into a chaos. You may discover that plenty of communists Tito had just erected were die-hard nationalists who fought for their states to grow as much as it is possible.
@eurobonapartiste Жыл бұрын
I wonder if there are any borders in Europe, North and South America that weren't somehow influenced by Napoleon? Thank you for making such great history content and especially one about Bosnia. It is such a fascinating country.
@kinglizard3406 Жыл бұрын
how you mean is there any borders in Europe?
@AdistuffRBX Жыл бұрын
British isles borders
@ErikPT 10 ай бұрын
America tried to establish a pan American highway to connect Alaska to Chile but… In the border of Central America near Panama and Colombia lies a gap
@thomasbravado 6 ай бұрын
Do you consider the Caucus countries to be a part of Europe?
@eurobonapartiste 6 ай бұрын
@@thomasbravado Georgia and Armenia can be considered culturally European, but geographically they are in Asia.
@TheSchuetzeP Жыл бұрын
During the credits I always stay at the very least until Boogily-Woogily. Thank you generous Patreon user. You are making me chuckle on a regular basis.
@SergioMach7 Жыл бұрын
I have travelled through this border when moving from Dubrovnik all the way up through the Croatian coast. Some guards came on the bus, checked passports, said it was fine, and then we moved through Bosnia in what felt like 10 minutes. Its nice to see an explanation.
@grantorino2325 Жыл бұрын
Was this before or after Croatia joined Schengen?
@apan990 Жыл бұрын
@@grantorino2325 wouldnt matter, schengen provides us with open border to other schengen nations, bosnia isnt a part of it so the border would be the same. actually, now it would be a lot less congested due to the bridge that took us 750 years to bloody build.
@SquirrelArmyStudios2015 Жыл бұрын
I've done the same bus journey, got off the bus at that point to stretch my legs and got a nice pic of the sunrise during the briefest stop in another country I've ever done.
@superstructure23 Жыл бұрын
Interestingly, Croatia very recently opened a new bridge (funded by the EU) which allows people travelling along the coast of Croatia to bypass the Bosnian bit - thus mitigating a lot of the issues that would have arisen when crossing the borders now that Croatia is part of Schengen
@davidjames4915 Жыл бұрын
@@grantorino2325 It sounds like before Croatia joined the EU in 2013 as before then the double border crossing was a bit of a formality (largely since the Bosnian border guards were ethnic Croats as the Neum area is almost entirely inhabited by ethnic Croats who would sooner be part of Croatia anyway so no one saw any point in making it difficult for Croats to move between Croat-inhabited areas). It became a bit more serious after Croatia joined the EU and with Croatia having joined Schengen this year it is even more of an obstacle but in the meantime Croatia built a bridge that effectively bypasses the Neum corridor, thus avoiding the multiple in-and-out border checks. The Bosniak-dominated Bosnian government was not happy about the bridge project but once again the Croat locals in Neum were supportive, possibly because Croatian coastal traffic through the town was a PITA and caused long queues at the border crossings when they themselves wanted to go to Croatia, while the Serbs supported the bridge as well.
@nikolasavic1242 Жыл бұрын
I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina. What you said in this video is correct.Just to update a situation. Last year Croat has connected their territory by big bridge build by Chinese people.
@Warriorcats64 Жыл бұрын
Because Kelly saw the operation as a real Moneymaker.
@SergioMach7 Жыл бұрын
Another victim of the belt and road looking at the company. Should have asked James Bisonette
@dsxa918 Жыл бұрын
BOOOGLEYWOOOOOGELLY
@nerrler5574 Жыл бұрын
@@SergioMach7unless this is a poor joke, how is Croatia a victim? The BRI is very benificial to the countries who sign up to it.
@mickerextreme3591 Жыл бұрын
@@SergioMach7 Not at all. The bridge was financed mostly by the EU(85% of the cost) and the rest was covered by the Croatian government. The Chinese just happened to put up the best bid to construct the bridge, but it's not a debt trap like a lot of Chinese-built projects.
@itsblitz4437 Жыл бұрын
I am so glad you made a video touching upon the Balkans and Yugoslavia to an extent.
@caniaccharlie Жыл бұрын
This was legitimately a question I had, so thank you!
@Kozkayn Жыл бұрын
I like how seemingly obscure and small things can be traced back to incredibly important political events hundreds of years ago. Shows you how connected history really is
@Felixxxxxxxxx Жыл бұрын
For sure, Finland and Sweden used to be one country, but Napoleon strongly recommended Russia to attack and try to conquer Sweden's eastern lands after Russia's victory in Poltava, and that is the land that ended up as Finland.
@craftah Жыл бұрын
yea bro even little moments can change the history
@alexissjc409 Жыл бұрын
@@Felixxxxxxxxx qq
@dirckthedork-knight1201 Жыл бұрын
Thats what we call the butterfly effect
@Kozkayn Жыл бұрын
@@dirckthedork-knight1201 No, it isn't. I am talking about small things that don't effect us at all being caused by huge events. The butterfly effect is small events causing huge often catastrophic events
@NIDELLANEUM Жыл бұрын
I dare you to find five historical events in the 1800s that see no involvement of either Napoleon or the British Empire
@MrJuanmarin99 Жыл бұрын
You can break the lost of the last Spanish colonies and the war with EEUU in five and add the Texan independence.
@Zraknul Жыл бұрын
@@MrJuanmarin99 while I'm no expert on Texan independence, the Louisiana purchase seems relevant to the run up. Which links back to Napoleon.
@lukegustafson4109 Жыл бұрын
The United States Armada showing up at Japan to force trade.
@arsenvitiuk3315 Жыл бұрын
Easy. Prussia's war with France and creation of the German empire Russia's expansion into the Caucasus region US civil war US invasion of Japan First Sino-Japanese war
@robertjarman3703 Жыл бұрын
The exploration of Antarctica, the Dutch trading with Japan, the Chinese subjugating Mongolia, a rebellion by Hong Gyeong-Rae against the king of Joseon, and Henrique II setting peace within the Kingdom of the Kongo by passing the throne to his son Garcia.the V.
@TheBretay Жыл бұрын
I actually asked this two days ago. God bless you, sir.
@JudasBenPesach Жыл бұрын
The real reason is that 95% of modern bosnia, was once upon a time, apart of the Kingdom of Croatia from 925AD -1102. Croatian identity in Bosnia was mostly lost in the following centuries except for in Herzegovina, and the surrounding regions which still to this day has a strong Croatian Identity.
@MrDeicide1 Жыл бұрын
That never happened Those are fantasy stories Bosnia was never a part of Croatia
@JudasBenPesach Жыл бұрын
@@MrDeicide1 wrong dude!
@dino5079 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes. Famous Croatian identity of medieval age. Time when everyone was proud of their ethnic identity and everyone knew what ethnicity was
@froglifes6829 Жыл бұрын
@@MrDeicide1 Go open up a history book
@froglifes6829 Жыл бұрын
@@dino5079 It was a kingdom for a reason...
@FastTquick Жыл бұрын
I think this video warrants a couple videos on why Angola owns a region called Cabinda, which is separated by a small part of DR Congo, and why Timor Island is divided the way it is between Indonesia and the independent nation of East Timor.
@chinsaw2727 Жыл бұрын
Portugual and Portugual
@ffarkasm Жыл бұрын
@@chinsaw2727 Precisely :D Both Angola and East Timor were Portuguese colonies, while Congo was Belgian and Indonesia was Dutch. Since these former colonies gained independence in different times, sovereign countries formed differently.
@riograndedosulball248 Жыл бұрын
And Cabinda absolutely hated being a part of Angola, as they wished to be a City State of sorts, but that's what happens when your metropolis' decolonisation plans are "we're leaving in uhhhhhhhh three days, figure yourselves, bye"
@gideonmele1556 Жыл бұрын
Spain’s second smallest neighbor says “oi”
@MatthewSchooley94 Жыл бұрын
And why Brunei is split in two, for that matter.
@eternalfailure4081 Жыл бұрын
One thing about history that fascinates me, is that at one point in history people will protest, fight and die over their borders, while at another point in history someone will just change those borders for admin reasons.
@svtinker Жыл бұрын
Nationalism is learned.
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
That does seem interesting! Sometimes, border changes are very difficult affairs, while other times... it's just a matter of legal changes!
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
@@svtinker An interesting way of thinking of this! Countries were formed and changed at the whims of political leaders until the rise of nationalism... and as this video shows, even afterwards!
@svtinker Жыл бұрын
@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions all beliefs are learned- nature vs nurture.
@iapetusmccool Жыл бұрын
@@svtinkerpeople have been fighting over borders for a lot longer than nationalism has been an ideology.
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
I have heard of this small corridor, but I didn't know _why_ that was there! Now, I know that it was the byproduct of Ragusan-Ottoman diplomacy and (like many other odd borders) the internationalization of boundaries between areas that were formerly part of one country (in this case, Austria-Hungary and the SFRY). Thanks for the information! Also, the "well" at 1:30, Franz Ferdinand's remark at 1:44, the "be my puppet" sign at 1:47, and the glass sound at 2:50 were nice touches!
@robctas Жыл бұрын
I’ve always wondered but never bothered to check. Thanks for the vid
@mikedrewson5545 Жыл бұрын
It's a good day when History Matters uploads a video.
@matthewolson175 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: true
@axdntprn Жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@jamesbissonette8002 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@KouNagai Жыл бұрын
YES 👁️👃👁️
@mg4361 Жыл бұрын
One small correction. The Banovinas were not created along ethnic lines. Just the opposite. They were created in an attempt to dissolve the old borders of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and help create an amalgamated Yugoslav nation. It was Tito who at least partially took ethnicity into account when restoring the original borders e.g. on the border between Serbia and Croatia.
@dw620 Жыл бұрын
Yes, it was technically the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at that time, as it had been for over a decade, not Yugoslavia.
@zerocool1436 Жыл бұрын
Cap
@masterdeetectiv9520 Жыл бұрын
@@dw620 it eventually changed to yugoslavia in 1929
@popular_anime_hater Жыл бұрын
yep, basically Tito laid the foundation for the royal battle in the territories of the former Yugoslavia. Very smart move with big commie brain
@dw620 Жыл бұрын
@@popular_anime_hater You make it sound like the Balkans were peaceful before Tito got involved... ;p~ Go back to the 1960s/70s and ask people living there if they preferred the previous decades.
@nik65stgt60 9 ай бұрын
Great content! Thanks!
@statebriga9036 Жыл бұрын
BETTER THAN TWILIGHT; The book "Balkangreuel" by Gottfried Sieben explains the realtionship about Smrdian girls and Turkish men :)) And also explain the "heroism" of mighty Smrdians against there Muslim occupants
@SamianHQuazi Жыл бұрын
I think like 2 months ago the Croats opened up a big bridge connecting the two regions together.
@lolofblitz6468 Жыл бұрын
@@CurlyKebab They did I live there man I know better than you :))
@LaVaZ000 Жыл бұрын
@@CurlyKebab They did, it was built by the Chinese and funded by the EU.
@ccdsds3221 Жыл бұрын
@@lolofblitz6468 can you drive over it? It says it’s not finished yet...
@TheGrejp Жыл бұрын
@@ccdsds3221Where does it say that? It opened about half a year ago. Only a small part of a related detour road isn't open yet (the older road through a nearby town has to be used) but the bridge and most of the roads are functional.
@ccdsds3221 Жыл бұрын
@@TheGrejp it says the bridge is completed but the roads connecting to it are not.
@fourwinds3919 Жыл бұрын
I remember having to pass through this when I visited Dubrovnik. They've opened a bridge now that means people can bi-pass the border and remain wholly within Croatia.
@simplifier_ Жыл бұрын
Sad for Bosnia
@KekusMagnus Жыл бұрын
the bridge blockades bosnia entirely as most cargo ships dont pass under it
@dreamofstone Жыл бұрын
@@KekusMagnus how's that allowed :(
@themenacingpenguin.7152 Жыл бұрын
@@dreamofstone i guess its in their territorial waters but I think they allowed Trade access some other way
@matthiasbehrendt6112 Жыл бұрын
@@KekusMagnus Take a look on a map. The Bosnian coast town of Neum has no port to unload cargo ships nor does it have enough space to build such facilities. So it's simply not needed to have such a big bridge.
@muhammadhabibieamiro3639 Жыл бұрын
Another amazing video
@quuaaarrrk8056 Жыл бұрын
My favourite part about this is that by annexing Bosnia, Austria-Hungary’s external borders actually became shorter.
@BreakstuffzMapping Жыл бұрын
Wdym by this
@quuaaarrrk8056 Жыл бұрын
@@BreakstuffzMapping Croatia shares around 1000 km of border with Bosnia-Herzegovina. In contrast, the borders between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia/Montenegro are in total only 600 km long. Thus, by incorporating BiH, into Austria-Hungary, the border between BiH and Croatia became an internal one, with the new external border being between BiH and Serbia/Montenegro.
@BreakstuffzMapping Жыл бұрын
@@quuaaarrrk8056 ah
@quuaaarrrk8056 Жыл бұрын
@@goranperunovich2381 All of Croatia has been part of Austria-Hungary since the Congress of Vienna 1815, parts of it even earlier.
@quuaaarrrk8056 Жыл бұрын
@@goranperunovich2381 Aside from Croatia existing (the Crownland of Croatia-Slavonia), I was clearly speaking about the territory belonging to modern-day Croatia.
@harveya1a952 Жыл бұрын
It’s because James Bisonette wanted to have a beach while still being in Bosnia
@nik65stgt60 Жыл бұрын
Great content!
@stefangrubesic2708 Жыл бұрын
As a Bosnian i never expected my country to be the co-topic of a History Matters video
@djozzy92 Жыл бұрын
Ni ja brate 😄
@jackroutledge352 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, Bosnia has had an awful lot of history happen to it over the years.
@stefangrubesic2708 Жыл бұрын
@@jackroutledge352 Oh yeah, when I talk to my international friends any try to go over just the most necessary parts it's a 15 minute monologue and it's like missing half of important stuff but still, it's a small country and like most people I talked to that aren't Europeans never heard of it
@djozzy92 Жыл бұрын
@@jackroutledge352 oh yeah 1000 years of sorrow and depression, but we're still alive 😅
@FarnhamJ07 Жыл бұрын
Really? Here in the US I feel like it is one of the better candidates for a History Matters video...lots of people here know little factoids about Bosnia, like it being European but having many Muslims; that it was part of Yugoslavia and ended up in the wars surrounding its dissolution, that Franz Ferdinand was kaput in Sarajevo, etc...but many don't know many details behind them. I suppose I didn't expect the Croatian Cutoff to be the chosen topic, but it connecting free-floating bits of knowledge like those mentioned seems to be HM's thing.
@Thebreakdownshow1 Жыл бұрын
These videos are so good but so simple. I am always trying to learn from your videos on how to tell a good story.
@3c3k Жыл бұрын
This was a really really interesting story fr
@captaincanuck6738 Жыл бұрын
You should do one on Point Roberts, British Columbia Canada. Now that is an interesting border oddity.
@AG-ni8jm Жыл бұрын
Man I love how HM comes up with topics I'd noticed before but to which I never gave much thought
@kdawg9477 Жыл бұрын
I been to both Croatia and Bosnia. Also got to go to the tiny piece of land to the Adriatic Sea. Very good and recommended
@carultch Жыл бұрын
It's about as much coastline as New Hampshire has.
@karaqakkzl Жыл бұрын
And Dubrovnik shelling is better than King's Landing Siege
@vietnowsoldo Жыл бұрын
@@carultch I bet you that it has double than New Hampshire. I'll even bet you that it has longer coast than South Africa. Or Sweden.
@carultch Жыл бұрын
@@vietnowsoldo You're going to bet me that Bosnia has more coastline than South Africa or Sweden? Do you even know how to read a map?
@vietnowsoldo Жыл бұрын
@@carultch Of course I can. I will bet you that it has longer coastline than California and New Hampshire combined. Croatian coast is the most indentured coast in Europe. If you add all of Islands, Croatian coastline becomes one of the largest in the world. Next time check before you comment such nonsense.
@jasa342 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Choud you make video about fall of Kingdom of Bosnia?
@connorgeorge6294 Жыл бұрын
Last year I took a coach from Dubrovnik to Split through Neum. We only passed through Croatian border checks, the Bosnian ones were unstaffed. The coach stopped to refuel in Neum so I had a bit of a wander. The ATM there gave out KM yet my phone remained on a Croatian network the whole time. A very weird little oddity
@Reulon Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's just a formality.
@dalibortrupina432 Жыл бұрын
When you passed thru Neum,you passed thru Dalmatia,Neum is Dalmatian coastal city it is not in Herzegovina or in Bosnia,but it is in Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina. 😇 To see Bosnia,you have to travel from Neum thru Herzegovina first and then after 180km you can reach nearest Bosnian city like Livno or Uskoplje. We Bosnians don't say Neum is Bosnia,but Dalmatia! Only Serbs and Muslims think that,because they are newcomers and don't understand history or geography of this part of Europe,only what radical Orthodox priesthood and radical Islamic mufties teach them,which is radicalism full of nonsense and lies! 😡😡 So,Neum is Dalmatia,you can see that by listening their music,its Dalmatian,no one in Bosnia plays dalmatian mandolina or ljerica and dances lindjo. 😁😁😁😁😇 Neum should be given back to Croatia,its Dalmatia and only Croats live there! God bless from Bosnian! 🇻🇦🕊️⚜️⚜️⚜️🕊️🇻🇦
@jusuftopic8469 Жыл бұрын
@@dalibortrupina432 It will not be given. Ili da ti pišem na Bosanski. Neum je u Bosni i Hercegovini a ti govori šta želiš. I neče biti vračen Hrvatskoj. Problem je eto što je baš blizu obali. U Hercegovini živi dosta hrvata i bosansca zajedno i mješaju kulturu ali Hercegovina je idalje Bosna i Hercegovina.
@zed3443 Жыл бұрын
Neum is 99% populated by Croats, you can see only Croatian flags in Neum and Croatian coat of arms, it was Croatian and it will be soon again !
@jusuftopic8469 Жыл бұрын
@@zed3443 Im not tqlking just about Neum. Ok a lot of Croats live there but its still bosnian Geographicly. It will never be Croatia.👋👋👋
@leonst.7471 Жыл бұрын
Interestingly enough there is now a bridge connecting croatia with itself again negating the border crosings needed in the past
@ararune3734 Ай бұрын
Yeah, before we had to bipass, now we only do straight, no LGBT pass.
@Sentiat Жыл бұрын
Croatia cant be the giga chad chile is by blocking all of Bosnia's coastline (chile blocks all of bolivia's coastline)
@moaen1 Жыл бұрын
Chile really said "no beaches🤨"
@manny2themaxxx333 Жыл бұрын
Boliva has more cocaine than Chilie. Black market go brrr.
@Croz89 Жыл бұрын
I get the impression Chile only exists because all the countries east of it couldn't be bothered to cross the Andes.
@peterg76yt Жыл бұрын
Chad doesn't have any coastline.
@slewone4905 Жыл бұрын
@@Croz89 Bolivia has no coastline, because Chile went to war with Bolivia and Peru, because they wanted all the bird poop they have. Bird poop was basically the oil of the 1800s.
@jvbiians2358 Жыл бұрын
Omg I can't believe you said everything correctly and even mentioned Sutorina.
@augustvonmackensen3902 Жыл бұрын
Video Suggestion: Why were the borders of Vichy France drawn the way they were? I know the purpose was obviously to control the coast to continue the war with Britain. But what decisions went into choosing exactly which bits to occupy and which bits to leave to the Vichy regime?
@Saionay Жыл бұрын
Somehow this has to be Napoleon's fault as well
@johntr5964 Жыл бұрын
I think that it had mostly to do with Nazi ideology.Hitler considered the Northern French to be Aryan,while the southerners were seen as inferior, on the same level with the Italians or the Spanish (because, despite being allied with the first and having a similar ideology with the second,Hitler never saw them as really equal). They were "lazy Mediterraneans" unlike their "Aryan" northern countrymen.
@alessbritish228 Жыл бұрын
@@Saionay bruh
@mojewjewjew4420 Жыл бұрын
@@johntr5964 source: trust me bro
@Poirecorp Жыл бұрын
@@johntr5964 There could be that theory, but in practice the Nazis showed great flexibility regarding what does and doesn't count as Aryan, German land or anything worth claiming when it suited them. The course of French occupation borders in particular is purely technical in nature.
@felixschrobenah3822 Жыл бұрын
I think that answering this awfully important question makes this video one of the best in the channel 😍😍😍
@fahadm8260 Жыл бұрын
I rented a car while on holiday and drove through that border, that area , the beach is one of the most beautiful places I've seen
@skenan Жыл бұрын
one small correction, the banovina borders werent drawn on ethnic lines, but the opposite. they were purposefully drawn to erase the old borders of countries that made up yugoslavia
@oduvijekPlavi Жыл бұрын
Correct, they were even named after the major rivers in effort to avoid using any national symbols
@vulpes7079 11 ай бұрын
Actually, they were drawn on ethnic lines As in, they were drawn so that 6 out of 9 of them had a Serb majority and so their local governments would be easily influenced in a way that was favourable to King Alexander's dictatorial rule If the King really wanted to erase ethnic divisions, he would have pushed ahead with something that was more similar to the old oblasts
@dylanbecerra4179 Жыл бұрын
Love this channel 🎉 Gotta say, I really love the marching animations 😅
@zvonimir684 Жыл бұрын
I have been watching you for years and I'm so happy you made a video about Croatia.
@materancic7318 Жыл бұрын
Same
@marsjfields Жыл бұрын
Same. (happy Croatian noises)
@whatsappvideos9665 Жыл бұрын
Wow... I could not stop thinking of Michael spicer's Christopher Nolan plot video, from how you spoke.
@moboutmen Жыл бұрын
"Well...." picture of a well. Brilliance!
@Osterochse Жыл бұрын
I once saw a football match in which Bosnia and Herzegovina played against Trinidad and Tobago. I was really curious how they managed to get 4 teams to play against one another on one football field.
@brcyca Жыл бұрын
😂
@readisgooddewaterkant7890 Жыл бұрын
That is a very good one
@oenrn Жыл бұрын
Threre's the old joke: "Who's playing?" "Austria - Hungary." "Oh, against whom?"
@plivajucipauk7742 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact is that Austrian part of empire had separate teams from Hungarian part even then
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
@@plivajucipauk7742 I didn't know that! They unwittingly prepared for 1918 with those teams!
@mihaelhajdic1435 Жыл бұрын
The Pelješac Bridge which connects the south bit of Croatia was funded by James Bizonette.
@bashmash8605 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Kelly Moneymaker
@bazoo513 Жыл бұрын
2:05 - No, the borders of "banovine" were specifically _not_ drawn along ethnic lines, on purpose. The first (and only) more or less "ethnic" banovina in the kingdom of Yugoslavia was short lived Banovina Hrvatska, a result of '39 agreement Cvetković-Maček. Otherwise, a pretty decent, if brief, explanation.
@user-pc2jp2yr3c 6 ай бұрын
The biggest feudal landowner in Bosnia was a Croatian, Grand Duke Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (ca. 1350-1416). He founded Jajce castle in Central Bosnia.
@megarockman Жыл бұрын
Fun fact - up until last June you couldn't drive from Dubrovnik (what used to be Ragusa) to the rest of Croatia because of the Beum corridor, and because Bosnia and Herzegovina aren't in the Schengen Area that meant border checkpoints. And THAT meant lots of shopping in Beum itself to avoid taxes. But last June Croatia opened up a new bridge that now goes around via islands and no longer makes the crossing necessary
@toledoseahawks3348 Жыл бұрын
" and because Bosnia and Herzegovina aren't in the Schengen Area that meant border checkpoints" Neither was Croatia.
@Amelos1494 Жыл бұрын
it's called Neum not Beum (you wrote it incorrectly twice)
@josephbartolovic8596 Жыл бұрын
Bosnia and Hercegovina is, And always will be part of Croatia no matter what powers decided in past and future development. Since 7th century is the birth place of Croatia. Croatia’s first king Tomislav was crowned in Today’s Bosnia . 910- 925 reign
@Amelos1494 Жыл бұрын
@@josephbartolovic8596 the Birthplace of Croatia was around Zadar. Also it is unknown when, where or by whom King Tomislav was crowned. Also Bosnia and Herzegovina fought bloody wars to be an independent country in the 14th century by its own will and desires. Bosnian rulers showed none interest in being part of Croatia ... ever You can however reject reality if you wish so.
@envadd.6556 Жыл бұрын
@@josephbartolovic8596 yes we always say you guys are Bosnians... now we just need brother Serbs to do the same thing and return to its mother. Thank you for finally admitting it
@Deepno-qh2cl Жыл бұрын
You could do a video on what the ottmon empire was doing during the napoleonic wars
@islammehmeov2334 Жыл бұрын
Ottoman empire battle napoleon and stop his conquest of egypt and syria
@simas4609 Жыл бұрын
They fought him in Egypt in 1799 i think. They finished war with Austria and they were fighting rebels in the Balkans. Most likely they did some stuff in Asia but idk what exactly.
@hamzatariq5073 Жыл бұрын
Napoleon was trying to convince the ottomans in 1798 to become allies.After which a combined franco turkish army could land in Mysore to help tipu sahib kick british out of india but sadly this failed because ottomans refused and tipu was killed in 1799 in the fourth anglo Mysore war
@flawyerlawyertv7454 Жыл бұрын
That's very interesting. 👏👏👏👏
@megapangolin1093 Жыл бұрын
As always, a fascinating precis of a complex regional quirk. TBH I couldn't quite keep up, trying to absorb every fact, in this complex situation. A trifle slower would help, just a thought for the future on very complex subjects (or it might be I am getting senile). Thank you.
@Losangelesharvey Ай бұрын
you can adjust playback speed to your liking
@iamahuman8800 Жыл бұрын
Also an interesting note is the majority of the population in that area is ethnicly Croatian anyway so the fact that there is a border distinction in the first place is kinda funny
@jacobpetote6514 Жыл бұрын
I loved Bosnia when I went there. Such a beautiful country
@craftah Жыл бұрын
depends
@unknown7042 Жыл бұрын
If you as American people meet Bosnian people they will love you but try meet Serb people in Bosnia and said you are from USA.. just try 😂
@craftah Жыл бұрын
@@unknown7042 dont generalize. normal people dont hate anyone just because of nationality
@unknown7042 Жыл бұрын
@@ivandragokrizanac9429 herceg Bosna? What is that? Bosna it's mean Bosnia?
@powderskier5547 Жыл бұрын
Try living there
@An89Go Жыл бұрын
It is important to highlight Croatia built a bride that now connects two parts of the country (and bypasses Bosnia and Herzegovina) while Bosnia and Herzegovina built a modern highway to connect with Neum while bypassing Croatia and border controls. So, everyone is happy is life is easier for both in summer season (for those who travel southward in Croatia and for local Bosnian tourists traveling to Neum).
@MrZdixo1 Жыл бұрын
Napoleon dubbed Duke of Ragusa to Marshal Marmont. But due to his betrayal (depending on who you ask) of Bonaparte, the term "Raguser" which meant to betray was named after him.
@MatijaCG Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) once owned a colony in Goa, India in the 16th century.
@Reulon Жыл бұрын
Stvarno? Jbt, ja i moji svi odoli - a ja to ne znam 😂
@jati3149 Жыл бұрын
That not true. Ragusa have trade there but not have colony
@Reulon Жыл бұрын
@@jati3149 I think you’re right.
@ararune3734 Ай бұрын
That's neither fun nor a fact, it never had colonies. You wanna know actual fun fact? Republic of Ragusa was the first in the world to abolish all slavery.
@Crimson_Edelweiss Жыл бұрын
Never have i seen the minefield that is our history be traversed in this way. Good job my friend
@HarvestStore Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@Darkfawfulx Жыл бұрын
Aren't the people of the corridor part of a Croat Canton in the Federation anyway? I'd assume the local population of the corridor is Croat.
@nosmokejazwinski6297 Жыл бұрын
No, they are not part of a Croat canton. The Canton is mixed, inhabited by both Croats and Bosniaks. However, the local population of the town of Neum is majority Croat.
@armandoacevedo1922 Жыл бұрын
My favorite part of all your videos is, "But fun fact: No." Thanks for the great work. Informative, educational, and funny AF!
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
I agree! "But fun fact: no" is quite a good recurring joke!
@billhanna2148 Жыл бұрын
Love your work so to the point, so historically correct, so hysterically cheeky 🤣😂
@danielmuller6454 Жыл бұрын
Man I love your sense of humor 😂😂
@Devan-he4kr Жыл бұрын
The Pelješac Bridge essentially still makes Croatia contiguous, because of the unique geography of the area.
@Scattaman-Priest Жыл бұрын
My daughter and I love these history shorts. We need one just on Napoleon and his lasting effects up to present day
@introsense4495 Жыл бұрын
2:30 Small correction, this map shows Croatia as Savska and Primorska Banovinas united, it never looked like that. Those two Banovinas were made into the Banovina of Croatia, which looked different, it included Dubrovnik, a lot more of Herzegovina and most notably all of Bosnian Posavina!
@introsense4495 Жыл бұрын
Also a bit of Serbian Syrmia, but not as notable
@elephantman6117 Жыл бұрын
History matters must do a really good job with these kinds of videos if there's just one little discrepancy.
@joelthomastr Жыл бұрын
Marty I have seen the future! They tell you more in 3 minutes than our documentaries do in half an hour! But at the end... so many strange names...
@dwiexotic Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing 🙏 terimakasih 🙏 watching from Indonesia 🇮🇩
@Janny890 Жыл бұрын
50/50 chance of every History Matters video featuring Napoleon Bonaparte.
@chinsaw2727 Жыл бұрын
He’s just arguably the most important figure of the modern age
@z3r4tui50 Жыл бұрын
Can you do a video explaining how much the axis powers helped eachother
@aaronmarks9366 Жыл бұрын
That was way more complicated than I was expecting
@chrishanzek8930 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Two small corrections: 1. Ragusa was not a nation, they have always been Croats. 2. As of the opening of the bridge last year, Croatia is no longer split in two.
@annurissimo1082 Жыл бұрын
Ragusa was a nation for longer than Croatia tho
@chrishanzek8930 Жыл бұрын
@@annurissimo1082 Again, Ragusa was not a nation; they have always been Croats. As an independent state, yes, they were an independent state longer than the Kingdom of Croatia and the modern Republic of Croatia.
@nosmokejazwinski6297 Жыл бұрын
@@chrishanzek8930seems like you are confusing ethnicity with a nation. Croat is an ethnicity. Ragusans were ethnic Croats, yes, but they were an Independent nation. Nation = country
@annurissimo1082 Жыл бұрын
@@chrishanzek8930 I have many documents claiming that Ragusa was an independent nation (which you confirm). Do you have any sources for why they were Croats since the 14th century?
@ahorrell Жыл бұрын
Fun fact - if you pass through Neum (the town in that tiny bit of coastal Bosnia) you will see many many many Croatian flags. Although you don't really need to pass through Neum anymore, since the EU funded a big bridge to connect Southern Dalmatia to the rest of Croatia. FYI this whole area is a super pretty
@anteveic327 Жыл бұрын
Bosnia & Herzegovina is a country of 3 peoples, one of them being Croats, who make 99% of population in Neum. Croats of B&H have their own flag, which looks almost like the flag of Croatia. Also, Neum is in Herzegovina, which is southern part of B&H, while Bosnia is the rest.
@VeldinX Жыл бұрын
@@anteveic327 What do you guys call a Muslim born in Croatia?
@lovre9038 Жыл бұрын
@@VeldinX Bosniak
@VeldinX Жыл бұрын
@@lovre9038 Hahahahahahahahaha so Alen Halilovic was a Bosniak or was he Croatian when he chose to play for Croatia? Lol this shit is too funny. If I convert to Catholicism in Bosnia am I a Croat right away or still just a Bosniak Catholic lol
@lovre9038 Жыл бұрын
@@VeldinX i wasnt playing attention to the question, we just say muslim
@adamweishaupt3733 Жыл бұрын
Can you make a video on the state of the Ottoman Empire during the Napoleonic Wars? It occurred to me watching this video I don't think I've ever heard Napoleon and the Ottomans mentioned in the same source except relating to the Egypt campaign, despite the Ottomans still presumably being a major player at that time.
@nowhereman6019 Жыл бұрын
Napoleon somehow works his way into all of European history.
@karl1ok Жыл бұрын
He broke up things he didn't even touch, like Denmark-Norway
@benb6060 Жыл бұрын
@@karl1ok I can imagine that's not entirely Napoleons fault. I bet Britain played a part after the whole peaceful naval demonstration (naval bombardment) when Denmark showed a little bit of support for France.
@userofthetube2701 Жыл бұрын
@Ben B Denmark stayed loyal to Napoleon when other states were abandoning the sinking ship. So when at the Congress of Vienna Sweden (which incidentally was being ruled by a former marshal of Napoleon) needed to be rewarded as the other allies had also gained territory, Norway was taken from Denmark and given to Sweden. So yeah, Napoleon did nothing to Denmark, but indirectly still caused a loss of territory.
@Lawnmower737 Жыл бұрын
Napoleon even made his way into a piece of American history, by selling land that was twice as big as America was, helping carve the way America expanded.
@hedwbedwbotiog6455 Жыл бұрын
Possible video suggestions: 1. How did English (and Scottish) overseas colonies react to the English Civil War? 2. Why did the Portuguese colony of Brazil take territories far to the west of the line drawn in the treaty of Tordesillas with Spain? 3. Why did the Irish language continue to decline after Ireland's independence?
@aidenbooksmith2351 Жыл бұрын
2. During the Iberian Union, lots of land swaps took effect and many territories were transferred to Portuguese colonial administrations that later became integrated into Brazil.
@zed3443 Жыл бұрын
Its important to note that in Neum and its surroundings Croats make 99% of population and whole shoutwest Bosnia (Herzegovina) is populated mostly with Croats.
@MrDeicide1 Жыл бұрын
No it's not important And before 1992 - nowhere near 99% of anybody lived in Neum...
@zed3443 Жыл бұрын
@@MrDeicide1 do we live in past or present, today is what matters and in Neum and in almost whole Herzegovina Croats are majority.
@TheStickman419 Жыл бұрын
The fact that this video has half a million views tells me that we would basically watch anything history matters provides
@michaelperkins1448 Жыл бұрын
A perfect video again
@yambo000 Жыл бұрын
Bosnia has no shoreline, it's completely continental. The part of the country of Bosnia & Herzegovina that has sea shore is in Herzegovina, which is Mediterranean by climate. This is an important distinction I'd say, because this is a country made up of two separate geographical regions and then also divided politically due to the war that happened when Yugoslavia collapsed. It's not ethnically homogeneous and the part that "splits" Croatia is actually populated by largely Croats. The exit to the sea is also now somewhat sealed of due to Croatia building a bridge that connects all of Croatia by road now. Ships of certain height can still navigate in and out.
@gibusgaming Жыл бұрын
Herzegovina does not exist in any legal document related to BiH other then it's name. Saying you have to call it Herzegovina is like saying "you can't say Neum borders Croatia, It only borders Dalmatia".
@yambo000 Жыл бұрын
Where does Bosnia exist except in the name too? Politically it's unimportant as country is further divided in to entities and cantons. Political division of the country didn't follow the geographical division, but that's true for both Bosnia and Herzegovina. Herzegovina does exist geographically there are cantons with the name Herzegovina in them that are in Herzegovina and they can't use the name Bosnia by law. It's a very well known fact that two regions are separate with separate historical origins too, only united by both being occupied by Turks in the same time. The name Croatia includes every Croatian region, from Slavonia to Dalmatia. The name Bosnia doesn't include Herzegovina otherwise it wouldn't be in the name of the country. Neum is not in between Bosnia and Herzegovina so that you can maybe say it belongs to both, it's about as far as it can be from Bosnia.
@gibusgaming Жыл бұрын
@@yambo000 Dalmatia is a region separate from Croatia, Neum does not border Croatia geographically. Dalmatia is an actual legally recognized region with solid borders in the Republic of Croatia. Hercegovina is not it is purely Geographical with no defined borders and no legal representation outside of cantons which are not considered regions.
@yambo000 Жыл бұрын
@@gibusgaming What the hell are you talking about? Every part of Croatia is Croatia, this is why the whole country in it's entirety uses one name. Every part of it has it's regional name, like Zagorje where Zagreb, the capital is located in.
@MrDeicide1 Жыл бұрын
Hertzegovina is a Part of Bosnia. It literally just means - a Dutchy. Saying it's a separate entity, is like saying Picardy is not a part of France.
@SantomPh Жыл бұрын
it's worth noting that the "teeth" of the Croat "mouth" are areas heavily occupied by ethnic Serbs in the north and ethnic Croats in the south. The province that contains the small coast of Neum is majority Croat. This prevents Croatia from having a more conventional country shape. The southern borderlands, which are Croat-heavy are interspersed with majority Bosniak cantons that would disrupt any unification attempts.
@geisaune793 Жыл бұрын
Hey great stuff okay now my suggestion for a future video is "Why is the country of Chile so long and thin?"
@010101110100 Жыл бұрын
Long story on a long coastline short: the Andes are a bit of a steep climb
@lukasgulis7674 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for one video about croatia
@somebodysomewhere2850 Жыл бұрын
Please do more about the Crazy Balkans! There are so many great stories there!
@ararune3734 Ай бұрын
THANK YOU! Finally someone asking the right question, I've been waiting for a decade for someone to make that title instead of "Why is Croatia taking all the coast?" I don't even need to watch the video, that's all I wanted from you
@mudza92 11 күн бұрын
People are asking why is Croatia taking all the coast because it is well known that dalmatian was under Bosnian Kingdom for couple hundred years. But luckily Bosnians are not so fanatic to say bring back the old borders or shit like that. We don't want it even if you gave it for free. But Neum is there to stay for a few thousand years or so at least.
@ararune3734 11 күн бұрын
@@mudza92 Are you trolling? All of Bosnia and Herzegovina was integral part of Croatia. I mean my brother, look up Croatian-Bulgarian wars, no mention of Bosniaks, it was Croatia, they waged war at Drina. There's a reason why it's named after a region, and not after the people. What old borders? If you wanna bring back old borders, Bosnia won't exist. Bosnians are quite fanatical wanting to hold 3 different nations hostage so they can dominate. That strip of land was given away by Austria, to the Ottomans. There's no "Bosnian" until Ottomans get here. Luckily, Croats are not so fanatical, nobody wants to deny you your right to self identity, just that you don't twist history. The so called "Bosnian Kingdom", that's like saying Kingdom of Slavonia and thinking these people weren't the same. It's like saying Bavarians are not a group of Germans. You know full well that's not why people are asking it, it's like saying eastern Ukraine is Russia because Russia is currently occupying it.
@mudza92 11 күн бұрын
@@ararune3734 There's Bosniaks in Povelja Kulin bana which copy of is still in Croatia and another in Russia. And it was written almost thousand years ago. Now I know every Croat knows about it, and the fact that most of you choose to claim ignorance and pretend it doesn't exist tells me all I need to know. You don't respect history, you accept only what benefits your point of view. And even if Bosnia was 2 years old, it's still a sovereign nation and there's nothing you can do about it. Luckily we have a thousand year long documented history and even longer oral history, and yet even much older archeological findings like Stećak, we had our own alphabet called Bosančica, we had Bosnian church. We had everything a kingdom was supposed to have, or should I say we had everything what makes one people, one nationality.
@ararune3734 11 күн бұрын
@@mudza92 I never said I want to do anything about it, I respect sovereignity of every nation, I'm not a Serb. You're right, if Bosnia was 2 years old, I'd still respect their right to self identity, however it's just BS and you know it, it was Croatian. Why are you embarrassed to be the same people? My brother in Christ...you're embarrassing yourself, so called "Bosančica" is nothing but Cyrilic, it wasn't even invented by Slavic people, let alone Bosnians. Also it was named that in 19th century by a Croat no less (Ćiro Truhelka). If you're going to use him as an argument, please take into consideration that he claimed Bosnian population was always Croatian, and he considered them the same race, whereas Serbs were distinct (due to Vlahs). You should read up on Ćiro Truhelka's Wikipedia. It's funny you're calling it Bosančica, because of a Croatian man, who considered Bosnian people to be Croats. LOOOL. First group insists that all Bosnian Cyrillic texts belong to the corpus of Croatian literacy, and the second school that all texts from Croatia and only a part from Bosnia and Herzegovina are to be placed into Croatian literary canon, so they exclude c. half of Bosnian Christian texts, but include all Franciscan and the majority of legal and commercial document. Also, the second school generally uses the name "Western Cyrillic" instead of "Croatian Cyrillic" (or Bosnian Cyrillic, for that matter). So no, it's not "Bosnian" script, Jesus Christ. My man, that's western Cyrilic, which was also used in Croatia, we might as well call it Croatian cyrilic. First "Bosnian" dictionary is created during the Ottoman invasion, that's very telling. And you know what script it's written in? Arabic. It's written in Arabic. The Western Cyrilic was used by Franciscans, you should know this order was founded in 13th century, after the Church Schism, they were Catholic (Croatian). It was also used in Dubrovnik and central Dalmatia.
@ararune3734 11 күн бұрын
@@mudza92 BTW, did you ever look at that so called Bosnian script? You can clearly see the influence of Glagolitic script which was used in Croatia. I don't know if you're just ignorant or feigning ignorance. I've seen so many Bosniaks who tell me they teach you at school that first Croatian dictionary was written 200 years after "Bosnian dictionary", by Ljudevit Gaj, which is completely untrue, Ljudevit didn't even write a dictionary, he made Gajica. The first Croatian dictionary was made in 1595 by Faust Vrančić. The so called "Bosančica" was used by many Croatian nobles, for example Frankopan family, do you want to claim them too? Bosnians really are desparate to make up some ancient history which isn't there. Get it through your head, until Ottomans, there is no separation of identity, you were all Croats, now you want to call yourself something else, which is fine, but don't twist history. We're not Serbs, we don't want to take anything that's yours. Look a bit deeper into this script and its' connection to Glagolitic.
@umeroff9482 Жыл бұрын
02:48 why is Andorra a part of Yugoslavia?
@itzadam9359 Жыл бұрын
Video idea as a loyal Patreon supporter: Why was Finland 🇫🇮 given autonomy in the Russian Empire?
@randomist3475 Жыл бұрын
I'm so surprised that my country featured here. Although, I will say that Croatia has been officially connected as a whole since last year. We have Peljesac bridge that connects the two parts together. Just a small info
@brainwheeze6328 Жыл бұрын
So your country actually goes over Bosnia and Herzegovina? Neat.
@randomist3475 Жыл бұрын
@@brainwheeze6328 yeah, exactly. It was a big event here, and the bridge took a while to build. But now Croatia is officially whole (again) 😂
@brainwheeze6328 Жыл бұрын
@@randomist3475 That's actually kind of funny how one country is hovering above the other!
@tremedar Жыл бұрын
@@brainwheeze6328 It's not going over their territory, it goes around.
@kalynxAD Жыл бұрын
It's a great bridge and a marvel of engineering!
@CoDjunky Жыл бұрын
It technically no longer cuts Croatia as they have built a bridge that connects their territories and they no longer have to go though Neum
@theohercules1943 Жыл бұрын
Yeeeesssss! Please do more Balkan content!
@prevara5162 Жыл бұрын
Finally a Croatia episode
@dylanking6960 Жыл бұрын
Because the Balkans weren't confusing enough already
@_monti142 Жыл бұрын
do more videos about former yugoslav countries or the balkans, thank you :D
@northernstar4811 Жыл бұрын
Croatia became a Kingdom in 925 to 1102 AD it was recognised by the Pope in Rome. Bosnia at this time was a region of the Kingdom of Croatia. Bosnia gets its name from the "Bosna River", while Herzegovina gets its name from the German word "Herzog" ( a Duke). So Herzegovina means the land of the Duke or the Duke`s land.
@MrDeicide1 Жыл бұрын
Bosnia was never a part of Croatia And it's called a Dutchy And Hertzegovina is a dutchy in Bosnia
@northernstar4811 Жыл бұрын
@@MrDeicide1 Bosnia and Herzegovina is a republic and not a Duchy ( which would mean a Duke is in charge of it).
@tariver1693 Жыл бұрын
0:37 In case you are wondering - it's written دولت meaning "state" in Ottoman. Probably they looked up on Wikipedia how Ottoman Empire is written in Ottoman and copied the first word of "Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOsmānīye", which, word by word, means State Sublime of Osman (or Ottoman).
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
I'm assuming that the Ottomans would _not_ have had a random sign saying "State" on their walls!
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