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Born of the Black Sea
Daughter of Sarmatians
The Croats settled in the Balkans and formed two Principalities: Dalmatia and Pannonia. The establishment of the Trpimirovic dynasty ca 850 brought strengthening to the Dalmatian Croat Duchy, which became a Kingdom in 925.
In 1102 Croatia entered into a personal union with the Hungarian Kingdom. After the 1526 Battle of Mohacs the "reliquiae reliquiarum" of Croatia became a part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1527. In 1918 Croatia joined the Kingdom of Serbia into a Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Kingdom of Yugoslavia).
In 1941-1945 an Axis puppet-state known as the Independent State of Croatia existed. After it suffered a defeat at the hand of the Allies, Croatia became a constitutive federal republic of the SFRY.
In 1991 Croatia proclaimed independence by holding the first democratic elections in the country but had to fight a long and bloody war until 1995.
Croatia was recognized on January 15, 1992 by the European Union and the UN.
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Croatia
