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Serbia Political map of Serbia showing its national boundaries, major cities including Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis, and Kragujevac, and neighboring countries such as Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia. An inset locator map highlights Serbia's position within Europe. This map shows the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to its greatest extent in 1683-99, highlighting different periods under rulers such as Mehmed II, Selim I, and Süleyman the Magnificent, and marking key cities, seas, and geographical boundaries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Map showing the borders of Austria-Hungary in 1914 outlined in orange, overlaid on present-day Central and Eastern Europe. The map highlights how the former empire's territory now includes parts or all of Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Ukraine, Poland, and Italy, with current national boundaries and capitals labeled. Peter I, king of Serbia Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este, and his wife Sophie ride in an open carriage in Sarajevo, both dressed formally, with a man standing beside the carriage.
How the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I
Serbian troops, c. 1914 Three side-by-side historical maps show the changing borders of Yugoslavia in 1919, 1946, and 1992. The 1919 map labels the region as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. The 1946 map shows Yugoslavia with internal republics like Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Kosovo. The 1992 map depicts the breakup of Yugoslavia, with independent countries including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the remaining Yugoslavia consisting of Serbi Alexander I

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