Editing Montenegro (section)

== History ==
The territory of present-day Montenegro was inhabited by Illyrian communities before Roman expansion brought it into the provinces of Illyricum and Dalmatia. Coastal towns remained connected to Adriatic trade after the division of the Roman Empire. Slavic groups settled across the region during the sixth and seventh centuries.<ref name="britannica-history"/><ref name="balkans-history"/>

The medieval principality of Duklja developed around the southern Adriatic and Lake Skadar. It was later known as Zeta and came under the rule of several dynasties, including the Nemanjić, Balšić, and Crnojević families. Cetinje became a political and religious centre under the Crnojević rulers during the late fifteenth century. The name Montenegro came into wider use during the same period.

From the sixteenth century, much of the interior was governed from Cetinje by Orthodox prince-bishops. Ottoman authority was stronger in surrounding lowlands and frontier districts, while Venice controlled parts of the Bay of Kotor and other coastal territory. Petar II Petrović-Njegoš strengthened central institutions during the nineteenth century. In 1852, Danilo I ended the prince-bishopric and established a secular principality.

The Congress of Berlin recognized Montenegro as an independent state on 13 July 1878 and enlarged its territory toward the Adriatic. Nikola I proclaimed the Kingdom of Montenegro on 28 August 1910. During the [[First World War]], Austro-Hungarian forces occupied the country in January 1916. In November 1918, an assembly in Podgorica voted to remove Nikola I and unite Montenegro with Serbia. Montenegro then became part of the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]], later renamed [[Yugoslavia]].

Italian forces occupied Montenegro during the [[Second World War]], followed by German occupation after Italy's surrender in 1943. Partisan forces regained control in 1944. Montenegro became one of the constituent republics of socialist Yugoslavia after the war. Podgorica was renamed Titograd in 1946 and recovered its earlier name in 1992.

Montenegro remained with Serbia when the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed in 1992. That federation was replaced by the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. An independence referendum was held on 21 May 2006. The Parliament of Montenegro declared independence on 3 June, and the state union ended shortly afterward. A new constitution was adopted in 2007.