Bosnia is a region of SE Europe on the Balkan peninsula, which in 2010 is part of the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina were formerly a part of the federation of Yugoslavia, which was broken up by the Yugoslav conflicts (Bosnian War) beginning in May of 1992.

History

In the middle ages, Bosnia and Herzegovina was just called "Bosnia", or "Kingdom of Bosnia". Herzegovina is a region of Bosnia, in the middle ages it was called "Hum", but it was renamed to Herzegovina. Ottomans occupied Bosnia, and in the Ottoman empire it was called "Bosnian vilayet". After Ottomans, Austro-Hungary annexed Bosnia, and it was the first time the term "Bosnia and Herzegovina" was used. In Yugoslavia, Bosnia was one of six constituent republics. It's full name was "Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina", and when Yugoslavia broke up, it was called the "Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.".