Bosnia Bosna Босна | |||||||||
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8/9th century–1154 | |||||||||
Capital | possibly Katera or Desnik | ||||||||
Demonym | Bosnians | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
• Type | Principality | ||||||||
Knez | |||||||||
• 838 AD | Ratimir | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 8/9th century | ||||||||
1154 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bosnia (Greek: Βοσωνα/Bosona, Serbo-Croatian: Bosna), in the Early Middle Ages to early High Middle Ages, was a territorially and politically defined entity,[1] governed at first by knez and then by a ruler with the ban title, possibly from at least 838 AD.[2][3] Situated, broadly, around upper and middle course of the Bosna river, between valleys of the Drina river on the east and the Vrbas river on the west, which comprise a wider area of central and eastern modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.