Here's another view: the dark green blob was for four centuries the Ottoman's westernmost province: Bosnia, which hovered just over the mountains from the skinny republic of Dubrovnik shown in magenta. Pale green Venice encroached with its string of islands and shoreline colonies creeping like a snake on the northeast shore of the Adriatic. For citizens of tiny Dubrovnik, good fences, and diplomacy, make good neighbors. (Thanks to the University of Texas for putting this map into the public domain.)
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