Central Bosnia (Bosnian:Srednja Bosna,Croatian:Središnja Bosna) is a centralsubregion ofBosnia, which consists of a core mountainous area with several basins, valleys and mountains.[1] It is bordered byBosnian Krajina to the northwest,Tropolje (Livno area) to the west,Herzegovina to the south,Sarajevo to the east andTuzla to the northeast. It is a part of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is divided between theCentral Bosnia Canton and theZenica-Doboj Canton, with a population of around 800,000.[2] The largest city in the region isZenica, with the Sarajevo-Zenica basin being the most densely populated area. Its highest peaks areVranica (2,110 m),Šćit (1,780 m) andBitovnja (1,700 m).[3]
The area was inhabited by Neolithic farmers during theFirst Agricultural Revolution. The first inhabitants of the region were theKakanj, later replaced by the NeolithicButmir culture. The largest Butmir site is inOkolište, nearVisoko At its height, with a population numbering between 1000 and 3000 inhabitants, Okolište is one of the largestNeolithic settlements insoutheast Europe.[4] Some of the firstIndo-Europeans are thought to be members ofeneolithicVučedol culture[a] which flourished between 3000 and 2200 BC.[b]
The Iron Age saw the emergence of theCentral Bosnian cultural group, with its significant site ofFortress Pod inBugojno.[5] This group is commonly associated with the laterIllyrian tribe ofDaesitiates, which dominated Central Bosnia until the arrival ofRoman Empire, when the Illyrians were conquered by Roman EmperorAugustus. The Daesitiates were the first to revolt under the leadership ofBato the Daesitiate in theGreat Illyrian revolt, which began in the spring of 6 AD. The role of the Daesitiates in the rebellion would be their demise, and after subsequentRomanization, they disappeared as a distinct group.[6]
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