Monday, December 15, 2014

Religion, Ethnicity and Government: The Forces Shaping Former Yugoslavia - Cara Eckholm

During the communist era, Yugoslavia's Sarajevo was portrayed to the world as a city in which Muslims, Christians and Jews all lived in relative harmony. But following the breakup of the country, the peace gave way to open conflict and led to the eventual breakup of the country. National Geographic Young Explorer Cara Eckholm went to Sarajevo to study the architecture, customs and general ethnic makeup of the citizens to try to understand how different the city looks in the 21st Century from its Yugoslavian times.

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