Medieval Serbia

Serbs belong to the Southslavonic group of Indo-European peoples. As their tradition, culture, language, beliefs, and customs show, the ethnogenesis of Serbs goes far back into the past. Serbian ancestors, Protoslavs and Old Serbs, were described in the 5th century BC by Herodotus, under the names of Neuri and Budini, living north of the Danube in the region between Dniepar and north-eastern Carpathian Mountains.

The first mention of the name "Serbs" appears in the 1st century BC (69- 75), in the Historia naturalis by Plinius Caecilius Secundus, who states that Serbs (Serbi) live on the coast of the Black Sea. In the 2nd century, Claudius Ptolomaius writes in his Geographica that Serbs (Serboi, Sirboi - Serboi, Sirboi) live behind the Caucasus, near the hinterland of the Black Sea. The first mention of the Serbian name on their present ethnical location appears in 822, in the work of Frank chronicler Einhardt (Annales regni Francorum). He confirms that Serbs are very numerous in Dalmatia.

During the great migrations in Europe (5th to 6th century), Serbian ancestors arrive to the Balkan Peninsula from several directions and settle in the wide area between four seas (Black, Adriatic, Aegean, and Ionian). It is on this location that the eldest Serbian feudal states Raska (later Serbia) and Duklja (later Zeta or Montenegro) were formed. From the second half of the 12th century Raska expanded by taking over the Byzantine territory. The medieval Serbian state reached the height of power under the rule of Nemanjic dynasty (1166-1371). From 1217 Serbia was a kingdom, and from 1346 an empire. The Serbian Orthodox Church acquired independence in 1219, thanks to its first Archbishop St. Sava Nemanjic (1175-1235), a man of wide education, who inspired the revival of Serbian literature, education, law and medicine. The medieval Serbian state was most powerful during the reign of Emperor Dusan Nemanjic, who consolidated the legal system of the empire by his Law issued in 1349 (with additions of 1354). Medieval Serbian art, architecture, and fresco painting have been included into the World Cultural Heritage, sponsored by UNESCO (monasteries Sopocani, Mileseva, Studenica).

An invasion by the Turks at the end of the 14th century cut short the development of Serbian countries, and they fell under Turkish occupation after the battles of Marica (1371) and Kosovo (1389). The occupation was completed by the end of the 15th century and it lasted for several centuries. The Turkish occupation was one of the most tragic periods in the Serbian history. Serbian population was heavily taxed (harach) to support the Turkish imperial machinery. But even more tragic was the blood tax (danak u krvi) when pre teenage boys were separated by force from their parents to be raised as Turkish soldiers (janicari), and pretty young Serbian girls were taken to harems.

music that I used:

1. Conan The Barbarian - Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZY2mRG5mzg

2. PC game Knights of Honor Soundtrack - Sword and Faith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlRgrF-9H0&feature=related

3. Anastasia - Time Never Dies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx5Eb0aYsDY

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[Serb94pfc]

Koja je ovo karta na 1:43

[shonneee]

@Serb94pfc

South Slavic tribes - "izguglaj" pod tim imenom i naci ces sliku tj. kartu

[SpartaRocks]

long live serbia and orthodoxy!

love from your greek brothers

[jurdan50]

pieknie pokazana historia Serbii 5*****

[AquaRaphsody]

ЖИВЕЛА ЛЕПА НАША СРБИЈА!

[ARIEL3EIRE]

Piekne, az serce rosnie:)

[G6600]

@3SRBIJACCCC Ima tu jedan mali problemčić. Ti kako ih sada popularno nazivaju Vlastimirovići mada su im to nadenuli moderni istoričari, nisu bili kneževi Raške no kraljevi. Predturska Raška nikada nije bila kneževina no županstvo i posle veliko županstvo i bila je potčinjena "slovenskom kraljevstvu Dalmacije" čiji su kraljevi bili ti Vlastimirovići. Tom isotm kraljevstvu bila je potčinjena i banovina Bosna i županije Huma i Zete i Hrvatske.

[3SRBIJACCCC]

@TheSerbianLover Рашка кнежевина Властимировића,није плаћала ником порез,није била вазал,и никаква страна војска није била у њој. Тако да је била независна. Али да,увек је била у некаквој сенци Византије која је сматрала да јо то њена територија. Тако да да. хД

[TheSerbianLover]

@3SRBIJACCCC Човече, кнежевина у средњем веку није могла бити независна држава. Само краљевине и царевине се сматрају потпуно независним државама.

[3SRBIJACCCC]

@TheSerbianLover Ако ћемо тако,Рашка је прва била која је имала пуну независтност са кнезом на челу,за време Властимировића и врхунцом моћи за време кнеза Часлава (930 до 950).

Човече како разбијам. хД

[TheSerbianLover]

@3SRBIJACCCC Зета је прва српска држава која је имала краља на челу. Кад је нека држава краљевина, онда, мајку му, ваљда је и независна држава. Такође, ако је нека држава вазал другој држави, то не значи да је део ње. Тако да ти разлози и нису баш комплетни.

[3SRBIJACCCC]

@TheSerbianLover Оне нису имале пуну независност,кратко су трајале и нису биле јасно формиране као државе,а Србија и Босна су досегле славу и пуну независност.