<Ol> <Li> From the fall of Smederevo until conquest of Belgrade, Mačva and Vojvodina </Li> </Ol> <Li> From the fall of Smederevo until conquest of Belgrade, Mačva and Vojvodina </Li> <P> Serbia (/ ˈsɜːrbiə / (listen); Serbian: Србија / Srbija (sř̩bija)), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija (repǔblika sř̩bija)), is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe in the southern Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans . It borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; Macedonia to the south; Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro to the west and claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo . Serbia numbers around 7 million residents . Its capital, Belgrade, ranks among the oldest and largest cities in southeastern Europe . </P> <P> Following the Slavic migrations to the Balkans postdating the 6th century, Serbs established several states in the early Middle Ages . The Serbian Kingdom obtained recognition by Rome and the Byzantine Empire in 1217, reaching its peak in 1346 as a relatively short - lived Serbian Empire . </P>

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