This article is about the history of Serbs in general, including the history of Serbs in Serbia and other historical Serbian Lands, as well as history of Serbian regional migrations and modern Serb diaspora. For history of Serbia itself, see History of Serbia.
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1526–1530
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1686–1699
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1702–1882
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1718–1739
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1788–1791
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1804–1815
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1815–1882
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1848–1849
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1849–1860
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1882–1918
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1918–1941
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1941–1944
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1944–1992
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1992–2006
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The History of the Serbs spans from the Early Middle Ages to present.[1] Serbs, a South Slavic people, traditionally live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and North Macedonia. A Serbian diaspora dispersed people of Serb descent to Western Europe, North America and Australia.
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