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History of Croatia
This is the history of Croatia. See also the list of rulers of Croatia, the history of Europe, and the history of present-day nations and states.
1 Croatian lands before the Croats (until 7th c.)
- Main article: Croatia before the Croats
The area known as Croatia today has been inhabited throughout the prehistoric period, since the Stone Age. In the middle Paleolithic there lived Neandertals in Krapina. In the early Neolithic period, the Starcevo, Vinca, Sopot and Hvar cultures were scattered around the region. The Iron Age left traces of the Hallstatt culture (proto- Illyrians) and the La Tène culture (proto- Celts).
In recorded history, the area was inhabited by the IllyriaThis article is about an ancient civilization in southeastern Europe; see also Illyria (software), Illyria (character in the TV series Angel). In classical history, Illyria or Illyricum or Illyrikon was a region of the western Balkan Peninsula inhabited bns, and since the 4th century BC5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC other centuries) ( 2nd millennium BC 1st millennium BC 1st millennium AD) Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire Romans build first aqueduct Chinese use bellows Sig also colonized by the Celts and by the Greeks. Illyria was a sovereign state until the Romans60 and 400 with major cities. During this time only Dacia and Mesopotamia were added to the Empire but were lost before 300. The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman state in the centuries following its reorganization under t conquered it in 168 BCCenturies: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 173 BC 172 BC 171 BC 170 BC 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC Events June 22 Thi. The Western Empire organized the provincesA Roman province (Latin, provincia was the largest territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's foreign possessions (beyond the Italian peninsula). The word province in modern English therefore has its origins in the term employed by the Roma of PannoniaPannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Today, Pannonia is largely identical with what is called " Transdanubia" in Hungary. and Dalmatia, which after its downfall passed to the Huns, the Ostrogoths and then to the Byzantium. Forebears of Croatia's current Slav population settled there in the 7th century.
