Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a historical region in Croatia. In ancient times it was pare of Roman Empire, in the medieval era it was part of Kingdom of Croatia, between 1420 and 1797 part of Republic of Venice with the exception of the small but stable Republic of Ragusa (1358–1808) in the south.

Between 1815 and 1918, a crownland of Austria, lying along the North-East coast of the Adriatic, and bounded on the land side by Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. It was then known as the Kingdom of Dalmatia. Half the land was pasture, only one-ninth of it was arable, which yielded cereals, wine, oil, honey, and fruit.

After the World War I, Dalmatia was split between the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which controlled most of it, and the Kingdom of Italy, which held several smaller parts. After World War II, the People's Republic of Croatia as a part of Yugoslavia took complete control over the area. Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1990s, Dalmatia became part of the Republic of Croatia.

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Dalriads, Daltonganj Vidhan Sabha Constituency, Daltonism, Dalu Vidhan Sabha Constituency, Dam the king of Vidarbh