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In ), Emona ( Ljubljana ), Nauportus ( Vrhnika ), Poetovia ( Ptuj ). The modern country's territory was split among the Roman provinces of Dalmatia, Italia, Noricum, and Pannonia. KARANTANIA The 's Tribal Union. Samo connected the Western and the Southern Slavic nations and it spanned from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea. Its purpose was to defend the Slavic nations from the Bavarians, the Lombards and the Obers. It collapsed due to the death of Samo ( 658 ) and the disconnected link between the Western and the Southern Slavs. After the demise of Samo 's Tribal Union, Karantanians established their duchy under the guidance of knez (lord) Valuk . In 745 Karantania became diplomatically dependent on the Bavarians and in 820 it lost its political independence to the Franks. GERMAN DOMINATION From as early as the 9th Century , the lands inhabited by Karantanians , later Slovenes , fell under non-Karantanian ruler, including partial but co-operative control by Bavaria n dukes and by the Republic Of Venice . The Slovenes living in the provinces of Carinthia , Carniola and Styria , lived under the rule of the Habsburg dynasty from the 14th Century until 1918 , with the exception of Napoleon 's 4-year tutelage of parts of modern-day Slovenia and Croatia — the " Illyrian Provinces ". While the elites of these regions mostly became Germanized, the peasants strongly resisted Germanizing influences and retained their unique Slavic language and culture. After some flirtation with the of 1573 . In the 19th century intellectuals codified Slovene into a literary language, and Slovene nationalist movements began to take hold, initially demanding Slovene autonomy within the framework of the Habsburg Monarchy (see United Slovenia ). YUGOSLAVIA In 1918, after World War I , the Slovenes joined with other southern Slav peoples in forming the State Of Slovenes, Croats And Serbs ( October 29 , 1918 ) and then the Kingdom Of Serbs, Croats And Slovenes ( December 1 , 1918 ) under King Peter I Of Serbia . Renamed in 1929 , the Kingdom Of Yugoslavia fell to the Axis Powers during World War II , when Germany , Italy and Hungary each annexed parts of Slovenia. Following Yugoslav Partisan Resistance to German , Hungarian , and Italian occupation and elimination of rival resistance groups that were forced into open collaboration with Italian and/or German forces while fighting communism, Josip Broz Tito established the Socialist Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia in 1945, of which Slovenia formed a constituent republic. Slovenia continued to form Yugoslavia's most prosperous and advanced Republic throughout the Communist era, at the forefront of Yugoslavia's unique version of communism. INDEPENDENT SLOVENIA Within a few years of Tito's death in 1980 , Belgrade initiated plans to continue concentrating political and economic power in its hands. Defying the politicians in Belgrade, Slovenia embraced Democracy and opened its society in the cultural, civic, and economic spheres to a degree almost unprecedented in the communist world. In September 1989 , the General Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia adopted an amendment to its constitution asserting Slovenia's right to secede from Yugoslavia. On on May 22 , 1992 . Historical ties to Western Europe made Slovenia a strong candidate for accession to the European Union and NATO . It became a member of NATO in March 2004 and joined the European Union on May 1 , 2004 . SEE ALSO
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