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Duke Branimir 880s, spoke old Slavic Chakavian from the Dalmatian hinterland.

Duke Branimir 880s, spoke old Slavic Chakavian from the Dalmatian hinterland.

Mr Branimir is the first Croatian. His tribe the old Slavic Chakavian speakers are the first Croatians (Hrvati or Hrovati). Early medieval Western Balkans must had have multiple Slavic ethnic tribes which there history has not been recorded. They were all identified as Slavs a Greco-Roman perspective. The Slavs found themselves living amongst a medieval multi-ethnic region. It was the most powerful chieftains, leaders who left a mark on history.  

Mr Branimir is, I believe, the first Croatian. His tribe, the old Slavic Chakavian speakers, are the first Croatians (Hrvati or more accurately Hrovati). The early medieval Western Balkans must had have multiple Slavic ethnic tribes. It appears that their history has not been recorded. Frome a Greco -Roman perspective they were all identified as Slavs. The Slavs found themselves living in a medieval multi-ethnic region. It was the most powerful chieftains who were leaders and they left a mark on history. The old language groups still reflect the many Slavic tribes who invaded Roman Dalmatia.

The first question I ask how far back does one go in proclaiming Croatian nationhood. In the past the Yugoslav Communist party, Pan-Slavism and the Croatian Nationalistic movements have taken this to extremes. These Pan-Slaviic, Nationalistic and Communist ideologies have created so much pain, destruction and falsehoods.

The first question I ask is how far back does one go in proclaiming Croatian nationhood? In the past the Yugoslav Communist party, Pan-Slavists and the Croatian Nationalistic movements have taken this to extremes. These Pan-Slaviic, Nationalistic and Communist ideologies have created so much pain, destruction and falsehoods by clinging to these false beliefs. For example does a seventh generation Australian with British background start saying in modern Australia that he is a Saxon and starts a nationalistic movement to assert his beliefs upon others.  

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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YbS9QmwDC58C&pg=PA248&dq=Dalmatia+Croatia+medieval&hl=en&ei=Yd0iTpXWO62JmQWBg-CyAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Dalmatia%20Croatia%20medieval&f=false The Early Medieval Balkans:] by John Van Antwerp Fine (p248)

*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YbS9QmwDC58C&pg=PA248&dq=Dalmatia+Croatia+medieval&hl=en&ei=Yd0iTpXWO62JmQWBg-CyAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Dalmatia%20Croatia%20medieval&f=false The Early Medieval Balkans:] by John Van Antwerp Fine (p248)

*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&pg=PA172&dq=Dalmatia+medieval&hl=en&ei=DuMiTvORD4fPmAWVx5y3Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false When Ethnicity did not Matter in the Balkans] by John Van Antwerp Fine (p39, p172)

*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&pg=PA172&dq=Dalmatia+medieval&hl=en&ei=DuMiTvORD4fPmAWVx5y3Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false When Ethnicity did not Matter in the Balkans] by John Van Antwerp Fine (p39, p172)

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Some time after the collapse of independence state in 1102 the political power within the Provence was transferred from Dalmatia to the Zagreb region (further inland).  Zagreb today is the capital of modern Croatia.

Some time after the collapse of the old medievial Croatia state in 1102 the political power within the Provence was transferred from Dalmatia to the Zagreb region (further inland).  Zagreb today is the capital of modern Croatia.

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