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History of Croatia before the Croats, the Glossary

The area known as Croatia today has been inhabited throughout the prehistoric period, ever since the Stone Age, up to the Migrations Period and the arrival of the White Croats.^[1]

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Ancient Croatia
Prehistoric Europe

Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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The Ardiaei were an Illyrian people who resided in the territory of present-day Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia between the Adriatic coast on the south, Konjic on the north, along the Neretva river and its right bank on the west, and extending to Lake Shkodra to the southeast.

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Šćitarjevo

Šćitarjevo is a settlement that is officially part of the city of Velika Gorica, Croatia.

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Šibenik

Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea.

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Bronze Age Europe

The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Cardium pottery

Cardium pottery or Cardial ware is a Neolithic decorative style that gets its name from the imprinting of the clay with the heart-shaped shell of the Corculum cardissa, a member of the cockle family Cardiidae.

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Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Castellieri culture

The Castellieri culture developed in Istria during the Early and Middle Bronze Age, and later expanded into Friuli, Dalmatia and the neighbouring areas.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.

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Cetina culture

The Cetina culture is the name for the culture of the inhabitants of the Middle Dalmatian coast, and especially its hinterland, during the early Bronze Age (1900 to 1600 BC), or, according to Paul Reineck's chronology, Br A1 - A2/B1 (2200. – 1500 BC.). It is named after the numerous sites along the Cetina river in Central Dalmatia and Herzegovina.

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Chalcolithic Europe

The European Chalcolithic, the Chalcolithic (also Eneolithic, Copper Age) period of Prehistoric Europe, lasted roughly from 5000 to 2000 BC, developing from the preceding Neolithic period and followed by the Bronze Age. History of Croatia before the Croats and Chalcolithic Europe are prehistoric Europe.

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Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.

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Dalmatae

The Delmatae, alternatively Dalmatae, during the Roman period, were a group of Illyrian tribes in Dalmatia, contemporary southern Croatia and western Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Dalmatia (Roman province)

Dalmatia was a Roman province.

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Dalmatian language

Dalmatian or Dalmatic (dalmatico, dalmatski) was a group of Romance varieties that developed along the coast of Dalmatia.

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Danilo culture

Danilo culture (Danilska kultura) was a Neolithic culture of the Dalmatian coast of Croatia and parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dating to 4700-3900 BC.

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Danilo, Croatia

Danilo is a village near Šibenik, Croatia, population 376 (census 2011).

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Dinaric Alps

The Dinaric Alps, also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea.

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Diocletian

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Diokletianós; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305.

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Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger

Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger (October 25, 1856, in Zagreb – December 24, 1936, Zagreb) was a Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archeologist.

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Drava

The Drava or Drave (Drau,; Drava; Drava; Dráva; Drava), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe. by Jürgen Utrata (2014). Retrieved 10 Apr 2014. With a length of,, 27 November 2014 or, if the length of its Sextner Bach source is added, it is the fifth or sixth longest tributary of the Danube, after the Tisza, Sava, Prut, Mureș and likely Siret.

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Grapčeva cave

Grapčeva cave (Croatian: Grapčeva spilja) is a Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeological site.

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Greek colonisation

Greek colonisation refers to the expansion of Archaic Greeks, particularly during the 8th–6th centuries BC, across the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

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Hallstatt culture

The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe (Hallstatt C, Hallstatt D) from the 8th to 6th centuries BC, developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC (Late Bronze Age) and followed in much of its area by the La Tène culture.

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Heraclius

Heraclius (Hērákleios; – 11 February 641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641.

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Histri

The Histri or Istri (Ἴστροι) were an ancient people inhabiting the Istrian Peninsula, to which they gave the name.

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Hrvatsko Zagorje

Hrvatsko Zagorje (Croatian Zagorje; zagorje is Croatian for 'backland' or 'behind the hills') is a cultural region in northern Croatia, traditionally separated from the country's capital Zagreb by the Medvednica Mountain.

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Human migration

Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region).

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Huns

The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

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Hvar

Hvar (Chakavian: Hvor or For, Pharos, Pharia, Lesina) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis and Korčula.

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Hvar culture

Hvar culture, also known as Hvar-Lisičići culture, was a Neolithic and Chalcolithic culture on the eastern Adriatic coast, named after the Adriatic island of Hvar.

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Iapodes

The Iapodes (or Iapydes, Japodes; Ἰάποδες) were an ancient people who dwelt north of and inland from the Liburnians, off the Adriatic coast and eastwards of the Istrian peninsula.

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Illyrian language

The Illyrian language was an Indo-European language or group of languages spoken by the Illyrians in Southeast Europe during antiquity.

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Illyrians

The Illyrians (Ἰλλυριοί, Illyrioi; Illyrii) were a group of Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times.

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Illyricum (Roman province)

Illyricum was a Roman province that existed from 27 BC to sometime during the reign of Vespasian (69–79 AD).

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Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.

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Iron Age Europe

In Europe, the Iron Age is the last stage of the prehistoric period and the first of the protohistoric periods,The Junior Encyclopædia Britannica: A reference library of general knowledge. History of Croatia before the Croats and Iron Age Europe are prehistoric Europe.

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Istria

Istria (Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria) is the largest peninsula to border the Adriatic Sea.

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Istro-Romanian language

The Istro-Romanian language (rumârește, vlășește) is an Eastern Romance language, spoken in a few villages and hamlets in the peninsula of Istria in Croatia, as well as in the diaspora of this people.

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Jerome

Jerome (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.

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Justinian I

Justinian I (Iūstīniānus,; Ioustinianós,; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.

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Krapina

Krapina (Korpona) is a town in northern Croatia and the administrative centre of Krapina-Zagorje County with a population of 4,482 (2011) and a total municipality population of 12,480 (2011).

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Krapina Neanderthal site

Krapina Neanderthal site, also known as Hušnjakovo Hill (Hušnjakovo brdo) is a Paleolithic archaeological site located near Krapina, Croatia.

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La Tène culture

The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture.

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Liburnians

The Liburnians or Liburni (Λιβυρνοί) were an ancient tribe inhabiting the district called Liburnia, a coastal region of the northeastern Adriatic between the rivers Arsia (Raša) and Titius (Krka) in what is now Croatia.

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Lombards

The Lombards or Longobards (Longobardi) were a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774.

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Migration Period

The Migration Period (circa 300 to 600 AD), also known as the Barbarian Invasions, was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of the post-Roman kingdoms.

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Nakovanj

Nakovanj or Nakovana is a village located in the west of the Pelješac peninsula in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, on the inland part of the peninsula, by the road connecting Viganj and Lovište.

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Neanderthal

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Neolithic Europe

The European Neolithic is the period from the arrival of Neolithic (New Stone Age) technology and the associated population of Early European Farmers in Europe, (the approximate time of the first farming societies in Greece) until –1700 BC (the beginning of Bronze Age Europe with the Nordic Bronze Age). History of Croatia before the Croats and Neolithic Europe are prehistoric Europe.

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Northern Croatia

Northern Croatia or North Croatia (Sjeverna Hrvatska) refers to the northern parts of Croatia, encompassing Zagreb, Varaždin, Međimurje, Zagorje and Koprivnica-Križevci counties, including the cities of Zagreb, Varaždin, Čakovec, Krapina, Koprivnica and Križevci.

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Odoacer

Odoacer (– 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493).

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Origin hypotheses of the Croats

The Croats trace their origins to a southwards migration of some of the Early Slavs in the 6th- and 7th-centuries CE, a tradition supported by anthropological, genetic, and ethnological studies.

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Ostrogoths

The Ostrogoths (Ostrogothi, Austrogothi) were a Roman-era Germanic people.

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Otočac

Otočac is a town in Croatia, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.

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Paleolithic

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.

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Pannonia

Pannonia was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia.

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Pannonian Avars

The Pannonian Avars were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins.

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Pelješac

Pelješac (Chakavian: Pelišac; Sabbioncello) is a peninsula in southern Dalmatia in Croatia.

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Pope John IV

Pope John IV (Ioannes IV; died 12 October 642) was the bishop of Rome from 24 December 640 to his death.

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Prehistory

Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.

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Pula

Pula, also known as Pola (Pola; Puola; Pulj; Póla), is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula in northwestern Croatia, with a population of 52,220 in 2021.

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Recorded history

Recorded history or written history describes the historical events that have been recorded in a written form or other documented communication which are subsequently evaluated by historians using the historical method.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman roads

Roman roads (viae Romanae; singular: via Romana; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

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Romance languages

The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are directly descended from Vulgar Latin.

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Saint Marinus

Marinus (San Marino) was an Early Christian and the founder of a chapel and monastery in 301 from whose initial community the state of San Marino later grew.

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San Marino

San Marino (San Maréin or San Maroin), officially the Republic of San Marino (Repubblica di San Marino) and also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino), is a European microstate and enclave within Italy.

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Sava

The Sava is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube.

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Scordisci

The Scordisci (Σκορδίσκοι; Scordiscii, Scordistae) were an Iron Age cultural group who emerged after the Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe, and who were centered in the territory of present-day Serbia, at the confluence of the Savus (Sava), Dravus (Drava), Margus (Morava) and Danube rivers.

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Slavs

The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages.

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Smilčić

Smilčić is a village in Croatia.

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Sopot culture

The Sopot culture is a neolithic archaeological culture that was first identified in eastern Slavonia in modern-day Croatia, and was since also found in several sites in Hungary.

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Starčevo culture

The Starčevo culture is an archaeological culture of Southeastern Europe, dating to the Neolithic period between c. 6200 and 4500 BCE.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Theodoric the Great

Theodoric (or Theoderic) the Great (454 – 30 August 526), also called Theodoric the Amal, was king of the Ostrogoths (475–526), and ruler of the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy between 493 and 526, regent of the Visigoths (511–526), and a patrician of the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Trajan

Trajan (born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, adopted name Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

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Trogir

Trogir (historically known as Traù (from Dalmatian, Venetian and Italian); Tragurium; Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, Tragyrion or Τραγούριον, Tragourion) is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia, with a population of 10,923 (2011) and a total municipal population of 13,192 (2011).

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Urnfield culture

The Urnfield culture was a late Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition.

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Valens

Valens (Ouálēs; 328 – 9 August 378) was Roman emperor from 364 to 378.

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Valentinian I

Valentinian I (Valentinianus; 32117 November 375), sometimes called Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375.

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Veternica (cave)

Veternica is a cave located on Medvednica mountain in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Vinča culture

The Vinča culture (ʋîːntʃa), also known as Turdaș culture, Turdaș–Vinča culture or Vinča-Turdaș culture, is a Neolithic archaeological culture of Southeast Europe, dated to the period 5400–4500 BC.

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Vindija Cave

Vindija Cave is an archaeological site associated with Neanderthals and modern humans, located in the municipality of Donja Voća, northern Croatia.

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Vinkovci

Vinkovci is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia.

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Vis (island)

Vis (Issa, Lissa) is a small Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea.

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Vučedol

Vučedol in Croatia, is an archeological site, an elevated ground on the right bank of the River Danube, which also forms the border with Serbia.

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Vučedol culture

The Vučedol culture (Вучедолска култура) flourished between 3000 and 2200 BC (the Eneolithic period of earliest copper-smithing), centered in Syrmia and eastern Slavonia on the right bank of the Danube river, but possibly spreading throughout the Pannonian plain and western Balkans and southward.

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Vukovar

Vukovar (Вуковар, Vukovár, Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern regions of Syrmia and Slavonia.

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White Croats

The White Croats (Bijeli Hrvati; Biali Chorwaci; Bílí Chorvati; Bili khorvaty), also known simply as Croats, were a group of Early Slavic tribes that lived between East Slavic and West Slavic tribes in the historical region of Galicia north of the Carpathian Mountains (in modern Western Ukraine and Southeastern-Southern Poland), and possibly in Northeastern Bohemia.

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Zadar

Zadar (Zara; see also other names) is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia.

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Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Croatia_before_the_Croats

Also known as Croatia before the Croats, Prehistoric Croatia, Prehistory of Croatia.

, Neanderthal, Neolithic, Neolithic Europe, Northern Croatia, Odoacer, Origin hypotheses of the Croats, Ostrogoths, Otočac, Paleolithic, Pannonia, Pannonian Avars, Pelješac, Pope John IV, Prehistory, Pula, Recorded history, Roman Empire, Roman roads, Romance languages, Saint Marinus, San Marino, Sava, Scordisci, Slavs, Smilčić, Sopot culture, Starčevo culture, Stone Age, Theodoric the Great, Trajan, Trogir, Urnfield culture, Valens, Valentinian I, Veternica (cave), Vinča culture, Vindija Cave, Vinkovci, Vis (island), Vučedol, Vučedol culture, Vukovar, White Croats, Zadar, Zagreb.

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Ancient Croatia

Prehistoric Europe

References