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Montenegrins. By: Bren’na , Lindsay, and Josh R. Where did the people come from?. They have an Albanian origin. Slavic invasions certainly decreased the enormous territory of Illyria. Who were they ruled by and what time?. Under Roman empire, province of Illyria
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Montenegrins By: Bren’na , Lindsay, and Josh R.
Where did the people come from? • They have an Albanian origin. • Slavic invasions certainly decreased the enormous territory of Illyria.
Who were they ruled by and what time? • Under Roman empire, province of Illyria • Ruled under the Ottoman Empire in 1389.
The Rulers Influence • The Ottomans and Albanians began an alliance with Russia in the early 18th century. • They supported Siberia before and after World War I. During this time it was occupied by Italians. • In 1992, one year after the breakup of the Yugoslavia, the Montenegrins and Serbians combined a Federal Republic.
Wars/Conflicts were they involved in before breakup of Yugoslavia? • Serbs, Macedonians and Montenegrins were under the repressive autocratic control of the Ottoman Turks, Eastern Orthodox in religion, used the Cyrillic alphabet and were less economically developed.
Religion’s they practice • A multi-religious country. • Although Orthodox Christianity is the dominant religion, there are also numerous adherents of Islam and Catholic Christianity
Economy • mostly a service based economy, currently in the progress of economic transition
Physical Geography • Nobody lives in the mountains. So the mountains are dividing the cities apart. • The rivers provide water for food, drinking, etc… • Also the rivers provide boat travel and water for farmers to use for irrigtion. • The sea provides import and export trade for this country.