= Dubrovnik = '''Dubrovnik''' is a city in Croatia. <> ---- == History == Dubrovnik was settled by refugees from Epidaurum in the 7th century and developed as a [[WorldHistory/DalmatianCityStates|city state]] under the protection of the [[WorldHistory/ByzantineEmpire|Byzantine Empire]]. The names ''Dubrovnik'' and ''Ragusa'' were used interchangeably for centuries. The latter was used for the official name ('''Republic of Ragusa''') until 1808. The city was a merchant republic and secured free trade rights from their neighbors: [[Serbia/Monarchs#Grand_Principality_and_Kingdom_of_Serbia|Serbia]] in 1186; the banate of [[BosniaHerzegovina/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Bosnia|Bosnia]] in 1189; and the Byzantines themselves in 1191. They submitted to [[Italy/Democratization#Republic_of_Venice|Venetian]] suzerainty in 1205, then were conquered by [[Hungary/LouisI|Louis I]] in 1358, then became an [[WorldHistory/OttomanEmpire|Ottoman]] tributary in 1458. The city remained generally autonomous and actually benefited from preferential trade access to the rest of the Ottoman Empire. In the 17th century, as the Ottomans were expelled from nearby Hungary and Croatia, they offered suzerainty to the [[Austria/Monarchs#Austrian_Empire|Habsburgs]]. Instead, most of their territory was ceded to Venice. Furthermore, to forestall outright conquest by the Venetian, they ceded a small strip of the coast to the Ottomans. Following a brief [[WorldHistory/NapoleonicWars|Napoleonic conquest]], Dubrovnik was ceded to the [[Austria/Monarchs#Austrian_Empire|Austrian Empire]]. ---- CategoryRicottone CategoryRicottone