History of Slovenia

The history of Slovenia chronicles the period of the Slovene territory from the 5th Century BC to the present times. In the Early Bronze Age, Proto-Illyrian tribes settled an area stretching from present-day Albania to the city of Trieste. Slovenian territory was part of the Roman Empire, and it was devastated by Barbarian incursions in late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages, since the main route from the Pannonian plain to Italy ran through present-day Slovenia. Alpine Slavs, ancestors of modern-day Slovenes settled the area in the late 6th Century A.D. The Holy Roman Empire controlled the land for nearly 1,000 years, and between the mid 14th century and 1918 most of Slovenia was under Habsburg rule. In 1918, Slovenes joined Yugoslavia, while the west of the country was annexed to Italy. Between 1945 and 1990, Slovenia was under Yugoslav Communist regime. The country gained its independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991, and is today a modern state and a member of the European Union and NATO.

Read more about History Of Slovenia:  Prehistory, The Middle Ages, Early Modern Period, Age of Enlightenment To The National Movement, Clashing Nationalisms in The Late 19th Century, World War One, Merging Into The Yugoslav State and Struggle For The Border Areas, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Fascist Italianization of Littoral Slovenes and Resistance, World War II, Slovenia in The Titoist Yugoslavia, Republic of Slovenia (1990-present)

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