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Zachlumia
Origins
Hum emerged among Slavs settled between the Neretva and Dubrovnik in the 7th to 9th centuries. Its best-known early ruler, Mihajlo Višević, governed in the early 10th century, allied with Simeon I of the First Bulgarian Empire and attending church councils at Split.
Rule and society
Princes ruled from Ston and Bona near Blagaj, over a population divided between Catholic and Orthodox churches. Hum often fell under neighbours: Duklja, the Kingdom of Croatia and later the Grand Principality of Serbia. Prince Miroslav, brother of Stefan Nemanja, ruled it in the late 12th century and commissioned the Miroslav Gospel, a masterpiece of Cyrillic illumination.
Decline and legacy
In 1326 Stephen II Kotromanić of the Banate of Bosnia took most of Hum, and in 1333 Ston and Pelješac were sold to the Republic of Ragusa. The region later became the core of Herzegovina.
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- Zachlumia was a vassal of First Bulgarian Empire924 CE – 927 CE
- Zachlumia was part of Grand Principality of Serbia1168 CE – 1217 CE
- Zachlumia was part of Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)1217 CE – 1326 CE
- Zachlumia was conquered by Banate of Bosnia1326 CE
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