Pope Leo X called Croatia the Antemurale Christianitatis in 1519, given that several Croatian soldiers made significant contributions to the struggle against the Turks. The advancement of Ottoman Empire in Europe was stopped on Croatian soil, which could be in this sense regarded as a historical gate of European civilization. Nevertheless the Muslim Ottoman civilization conquered part of Croatia from the 15th to the 19th century and some Croats converted to Islam.
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