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Kramer, Christina. Lazarov, Risto. This Is the Republic of Macedonia , Liebman, Robert. Lunt, Horace. Stolz, I. Titunik, and L. Dolezel, eds. Perry, Duncan M. Radin, A. Rossos, Andrew. Roudometoff, Victor, ed. Rubin, Barnett, ed. Sachs, Nahoma. Macedonia and Its Relations with Greece , Statistical Office of Macedonia.
Ethnology of the Macedonians , Wilkinson, H. Toggle navigation. Culture Name Macedonian. History and Ethnic Relations Emergence of the Nation. Urbanism, Architecture, and the Use of Space The traditional culture is rural, but today more than 60 percent of the population is urban, with a quarter of the national residents living in metropolitan Skopje.
Food and Economy Food in Daily Life. Social Stratification Classes and Castes. Political Life Government. Social Welfare and Change Programs The state provides social welfare to needy families and grants pensions to retirees. Nongovernmental Organizations and Other Associations Macedonia has numerous foreign and domestic nongovernmental organizations. Marriage, Family, and Kinship Marriage. Socialization Infant Care. Etiquette In the traditional culture, the young show deference to the old.
Religion Religious Beliefs. Medicine and Health Care Medicine is modern, but there are also the traditional folk healers, normally old women, who deal with mysterious illnesses such as warts and maladies caused by the evil eye. Secular Celebrations Official holidays include the New Year on 1 and 2 January, Orthodox Christmas on 7 January, Easter Monday, the International Day of Labor on 1 and 2 Traditional dress follows ethnic lines but, due to increasing modernization, it has become less common in recent years.
The Arts and Humanities Support for the Arts. The State of the Physical and Social Sciences The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, founded in at Skopje, has sections of biological and medical sciences and of mathematical and technical sciences.
Bibliography Arbatski, Yuriy. Beathing the Tapan , Miloslavlevski, Slavko. Fakti za Makedonija , Poulton, Hugh. Who Are the Macedonians? Also read article about Macedonia from Wikipedia. User Contributions: 1. It is a very good and useful piece of information.
I thank these people very much. It helped me with my project!!!! I was very good information. You provide really good and complete piece of information at this site. Modern Macedonian culture is unknown to the majority of other nations, so it is always helpful to read sites like that. All good, except the line were Ancient Macedonians were considered non-Greeks. I understand that there is a conflict being on, on that issue political and scientifical , but since there are many scientists that believe the exact opposite - that ancient Macedonians were Greek - I think that an objective informative site, should avoid this kind of statements, until a final decision is made in the scientifical world.
Thank you. Robert Jupiter. It helped me alot with my project! Thanks, Sandy. No devision needs to be made in the scientific world to conclude that. Thak you soooo much for this web site. Thank you very much! The info is great.
And yes - Macedonians were not Greeks. People should not believe everything they see on TV. Thanks again! It is very good. It contains info that is not provided in other sites. I think the same as Mr. Robert, no statement should be made until a final desicion is taken. Alexander the Great. Informative article to say the least however, Macedonians are known as Macedonians and nothing else.
As indicated above "Slavo-Macedonian, Skopia" are not alternative names but considered slang and prejudice terms. The section is not accurate and so please remove as soon as possible. Jasminaa xxx. I have been to Macedonia, the first day I went there was 55 degrees!
And cooled down during the night. It is a beautiful country the water is fresh everything is fresh. It is all green with Mountains. There is a Mountian and it starts with P.
It is al least an hour or half an hour away from Manastir Bitola. I just thought I would tell you about Macedonia so you know what it is like. All green, hot, beautiful and everything fresh! The Airport is in between Macedonia and Greece. It is about 4 or 3 and a half hours to get to Macedonia from the Airport. And I am 12 years old and travelling Macedonia was the best vacation i've ever been to. I am just telling you about Macedonia so you would know.
Dont trust anything they say on TV it is not true. I am telling the truth, I have been and I didnt want to come back to Australia. Thanks for reading! Lots of info, but not the kind of info I need.
Please try to add more info about holiday traditions and many other christmas figures. Sincerley, Jasmine. I want to remind to a last results of DNA results from Balkan area worked on these project with Swiss Igenea institute and two more Genetic institute from different country.
Please you must see these great results. DNA is last word with no discussion. Good day, Boban P. Sofi the country Greece did not exist in the time of Alexander the great, so you are misled, also i have seen that very map the non edited version is clear Macedonia was never part of any greek cities, why would Alexander conquer Sparta ,Thebes if he was Greek? G This really helped me with my project!
U made my life easier! I have been trying to understand my heritage. I love every thing Macedonian. This helped me, with my heritage and my school work. This is very useful I agree, but on the condition that this name is NOT already used by others. Our freedom stops where the freedom of another begins. And, in any case, what kind of new Macedonian nation can this be when we, our fathers, our grandparents and our grandparents, have always been called Bulgarians?
And the Mycenaeans themselves were closely related to the earlier Minoans, the study reveals, another great civilization that flourished on the island of Crete from B.
By comparing 1. By signing up, you agree to share your email address with the publication. The ancient Mycenaeans and Minoans were most closely related to each other, and they both got three-quarters of their DNA from early farmers who lived in Greece and southwestern Anatolia, which is now part of Turkey, the team reports today in Nature.
Both cultures additionally inherited DNA from people from the eastern Caucasus, near modern-day Iran, suggesting an early migration of people from the east after the early farmers settled there but before Mycenaeans split from Minoans. This dancing Minoan woman from a fresco at Knossos, Crete — B. Artists in both cultures painted dark-haired, dark-eyed people on frescoes and pottery who resemble each other, although the two cultures spoke and wrote different languages.
The Mycenaeans were more militaristic, with art replete with spears and images of war, whereas Minoan art showed few signs of warfare, Lazaridis says. Because the Minoans script used hieroglyphics, some archaeologists thought they were partly Egyptian, which turns out to be false.
When the researchers compared the DNA of modern Greeks to that of ancient Mycenaeans, they found a lot of genetic overlap. The results also show it is possible to get ancient DNA from the hot, dry landscape of the eastern Mediterranean, Renfrew says. He and others now have hope for getting DNA from groups such as the mysterious Hittites who came to ancient Anatolia sometime before B.
Archaeologist Kristian Kristiansen of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, who was not involved in the work, agrees.
At last the truth has bin told about Macedonians. And they did. Makedonija was born. Fact number 10 is incorrect! Alexander and his kingdom is in the region of Greece. The tablet is written in Doric Greek and most greeks can translate it today. The alphabet and language remain the same since back then—the only inclusions are lower case letters and spacing between words. Historical records prove Alexander spread Greek culture and the beliefs of the Greek gods.
This is why North Macedonia was made to change their flag, remove any claim to Alexander naming of the airport, etc. Nice try, though! I,ve been following up your exchange of ideas with great interest — as a citizen of what today is Republic of Finland. Not always have been so, however. What has amazed me most of this dispute is — looking from here far north — the comparison, that if you go up north starting from our capital Helsinki, what will you find: a province called Lapland.
And if you take it from there to the west to Sweden, what will you find: a province called Lapland. And if you continue further to the west from there to Norway, what will you find: a province called Lapland.
Great points you can not answer became you know not what you say… Confused to confuse those that know not any better… You know better the propaganda pill you swallowed went straight to your brain cells and killed more than a few…. Lmao you are one confused person. Greeks are Greeks and Serbian is Serbian. You Greeks fight over the name Macedonia because you want to be Macedonian. Macedonia was the toughest empire and since it has fallen Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia have all taken a piece of the country… this is why there is a Macedonian region in Greece.
Alexander the great, king if macedonia not greece. The way the english took over america. There are still natives, just as well as there are nativ Macedonians in Macedonia. If you want to go back in time… the balkans were once under Turkish rule… do you classify Greeks as Turks? USA, you need to decide how you want to be called. You may either be a Slav from Vardarska?
In regards of history, I say that you are confused in such a great extend that you need to do a serious research about who Ancient Macedonians were! Only forgot to mention that Macedonians were one of the Hellenic tribes back then, like Spartans, Corinthians, Athenians, etc. Philippos was the first that called all Hellenic tribes to be united under the term of Hellenes! Every ancient Macedonian ruin and script found is written in the Greek language.
Just do a little of research and if you are Macedonian as you claim try read them. You know, contemporary Hellenes or Greeks can still read those ancient scripts. What about you? It is you from Vardarska that actually fight over the name of Macedonia because you want to be Macedonians. You have to be proud of who you are. You have to be proud of your Slavic history instead of trying to be somebody else!
The late President of the Greek Republic, K. Today, you can see museum house dedicated to her in the center of the capital city of Skopje. That is true, previous area of Slav republic! The country has as many as 34 mountain peaks, each with a height of more than 2, meters above the sea-level; with Mount Golem Karb being the highest at 2, meters above sea-level.
It is official to Slavs and of course to Vardarska as well. And it is correctly mentioned that it was taught by their disciples at a monastery in Ohrid, from whence it spread across the eastern Slavic world. Not to be confused with Macedonia and the former Kingdom of Macedonia which is Greek!
The first version was based on a symbol found on ancient tombstones discovered in in the town of Vergina area of Macedonia in Greece.
Vardarska, the so called FYRoM tried to claim that they owned the copyright to use the symbol, despite that has nothing to do with Slavic civilization. So, in order not to be confused, downbelow you will find some extra information about Macedonia, so to be well informed when visited that historical part of Greece! Macedonia Greece For other uses, see Macedonia disambiguation.
Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region, dominated by mountains in the interior and the port cities of Thessaloniki or Salonika and Kavala on its southern coastline. It incorporates most of the territories of ancient Macedon, a kingdom ruled by the Argeads whose most celebrated members were Alexander the Great and his father Philip II. Even before the establishment of the modern Greek state in , it was identified as a Greek province, albeit without clearly defined geographical borders.
Ancient Macedonia was a Greek kingdom. You have no business associating it with this Slavic state. This was proven when they took D. That time there was no Greece. The Greeks had many countries and the Makedonia was one of them. Greeks or Macedonians, it is the same thing. Is that so hard to understand?
It is logical because not all of the ancient Macedonia is within the Greek borders today. I think you should take what you have and look forward. You told me that I should look forward. But do not you. You insult Greece and Greeks all the time, why?
Vasilis Vasilis Vasilis!!! DNA does prove that people in the balkan come across as white people with blue eyes and blond hair Slavic People as Alexander the Great Matched all three. Now the difference between these to countries is not just there DNA looks but also have a completely different Language and culture.
Have not seen 1 ancient coin that has any writing other than Greek. There are 4 million Macedonian Greeks that are very proud of their ancestors. Your politicians are turning Bulgarian is that not true? It is actually YOU that need to read some history!
And I mean real history from official historical sources, not poor propaganda! Unfortunately all of those cities were fighting each other and unified only again their common enemy, Persians! However, they were speaking the same language and sharing the same customs. The only thing that you are admitting, and that really honors you is that you are originated from Slavic tribes. It is not bad. Actually you have to be proud that you are a Slav!
It is not hard to comprehend. You combine countries together to form a new country called Greece and now try to claim all those countries are ethnic Greek. This si basically what you are saying. City states is another type of propaganda. Are the croatians and slovenian ethnic Serbians, Yugoslavia united all the city states.
Also, Ottoman Empire Ruled the Balkans for years. So during that time if they excavated historical sites, is it fair to say they are Turkish because they were in Ottoman Land at time of excavataion.
This is exactly what you are doing now. Oh I forget. Greece expelled thousands of Macedonians from Aegean Macedonia after its division, renamed all macedonian surnames to sound Greek Koine an drenamed all the cities. And of course the Macedonia was banned hich they so love to call now Macedonia is Greek and they actually rename the Macedonian terrioty they took in to Northern Greece.
The homeland of ancient Macedonians including its capital are located in… Macedonia… Greece. Everyone always says they would have stood up for the Jews during WW2. The truth is the majority turn into monsters if the majority or people in authority do. In trying to understand why Germans would commit such atrocities Stanley Milgram revealed the true nature of the masses. The Macedonia name dispute is just another of this. Much safer to follow the pack than to have any actual ethics.
This effectively amounts to collusion in subtle attempt to ethnic cleanse Greeks. The billions that called former Yugoslavians are now morally complicit in a subtle attempted genocide. Did you forget about the Treaty of Bucharest. Or did they skip that in your history class… Macedonia was broken apart. A piece to Greece, a piece to Bulgaria and a piece to the Serbs….
Following the two Balkan wars of and and after the fall of Ottoman Empire, most of its European-held territories were divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia. An introduction of anti-Bulgarian measures took place like, Bulgarian teachers and clergy were expelled, Bulgarian language signs and books removed, and all Bulgarian organisations dissolved.
The Serbian government pursued a policy of forced Serbianisation in the region, which included systematic repression of other ehtnic groups by altering family surnames, internal colonisation, forced labor, and intense propaganda. To aid the implementation of this policy, some 50, Serbian army were stationed in the territory.
In , the Kingdom was officially renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and divided into provinces called banovinas. Thanks again USA for clarifying that about the Serbs! Your comment helps in order one to understand about the Slavic and Bulgarian origins of the contemporary people who are now living in the country, And of course enforce the point that those people are NOT of Macedonian Greek origins! Which Macedonia? By Bucharest treaty which was dedicated to the Greece side?
And before that, it was never Greece. This was a plan — there is now pipeline going through that area and if we connect the dots and follow the money as they say… Then the picture becomes much clearer why an entire country that has simply demanded a name that was NOT in any way shape or form theirs to use and to have and to flaunt and to rub in our Greek faces -a name of An Ancient territory and An Ancient People they have absolutely no connection to… This is the biggest farse ever in the history books and mankind….
I have been active in this fight since … I have gone to the white house after pres g bush signed papers the first week in office allowing someone other than GREEK to use the name Macedonia as they had no real connection to… There is where the story begins……….
Since then these liers thieves and clowns beleive as a whole the propaganda of their propagandists gov of which many were riddled with corruption and the farse continues….
Funny how you lie cheat steal abs rewite history and by propagating it bt repating over and over again you think it will stick… FYI Mount Olympis is the tallest peak in all of Macedonia … Please read and comprehension is key!!!
In DNA … there is proof … Talk is cheap and your lies and propaganda have ended … Take this entire stream down unless you want to be remembered as a Skopje Vardar liar theif clown. My Grandfather whom i loved dearly and by no choice of his own helped hellenise greece.
I guess the greeks couldn t do it on they re own…for how long? Lol Meanwhile his brother told the greeks to fuck off and became a partizan. Greeks, Africans or Turks…which one are they? Look at Greece now…birthplace of politics…lol Shame. Never had anything, never will No brother of mine. Then that makes you Turkish as well… because if i do recall the Ottoman ruled Greece as well…. Your name sounds like a Turkish one! You are not even Slav!
WTF were are you reading this shit from… it never happened man wtf are you saying. Read some history yourself that at s you claimed that you were Bulgarian or you dont know that?
You dont speak even Greek, you dont know our Gods, you just have a cyrillic alphabet that somehow reminds of Greece And Kyrillos and Methodios were GREEKS also You are eating your politic propaganda to take your taxes to build stupid monuments of Alexander, and believing that your past is Alexander…..
Macedonia is a Greek word meaning tall, long, from the makro. Alexander is a Greek name meaning protector of men, Phillip is a Greek name meaning friend. The first King of Macedonia was called Cacanus who left the Pelloponese and travelled north, this was in bc.
Cacanus had children which had children which had grandchildren who eventually became King Phillip and then King Alexander. Try and understand this, so ancestors of Alexander the Great came from the Pelloponese, that is not too hard to understand is it? He was born bc. Pella has Hellenic ancient ruins dating back to bc years, well before Alexander and Phillip were born, part of these ancient artifacts that were discovered was ancient Hellenic writing which I can read, that writing is called Doric Greek which is what Alexander spoke and also which the Spartans spoke and other Ancient Greek tribes spoke.
His mothers name was Olympia another Greek name, his half sister, Cassandra another Greek name. Do your homework,read your history. There are facts … These people claim be be one Tribe Macedonian… While they are a true mix of all of their neighbors i including Albanian and Greek… The only Macedonian they want to claim is Alexander the great who was Greek the only lake they claim ohrid lichnida wad named by Greeks… The only mountain they want claim is vodno gk; vouno even the name of the capital is a greek word for lookout as in the many lookout towers that Greeks left behind when the ottoman rule forced greeks out from that entire area including Albania … So Yugoslavia was these people all along.
Please they are liets theives and propagandist people that see a pipeline coming through That region. Nothing is othet than Greek when the name Macedonia is involved. And everything and anything you have named for us and in honor of my ancestors…. We thank you!!! Just as the various tribes of the American Indians — were many tribes and spoke slightly different or very different in fact… But they were all the same people!
MY GOD, to all of you that comment here and thank this idiot for the information he has given you!!!! First of all you must be analphabetic and stupid since you are totally clueless when it comes to history!
Because thats the language of Macedonians. So for all you idiots out there get your facts right. Greece is down the shit u moron…looks like syria nowdays…but u are in EU u stupid gypsys. How Funny are you — have you looked around lately…? Plan; They win we lose. Only one thing to be said macedonians hated Greeks years ago and still hate them today…. It is interesting to see how many people do not know Makedonian history, but are redy to mix it with Greek history which did not exist at time when ancient Makedonians settled the land we so well know from their history as Makedonia.
As individuals you have no right to create the history if suit you. You must see beyond and except the truth. Makedonians are older then years on that place.
The plain fact about Macedonia is years of existence. That beets Greece, and all other nations around the land of Macedonia. Why people do not recognise and except the historical facts of this ancient land is political stupidity. Go fight with them. Macedonians suffer for it. Smart politicians do not exist and thats why Macedonians suffer indignity from all other nations around.
Hi Norbert. About the number 3. Yugoslavia was bombed by NATO for 78 days and , died the rest went where??? Who were they??? Fact is you based your little ditty on no facts — just wishful thinking — May I ask you, what you studied in school???
In my opinion it clearly was not ancient history or maps or linguistics — ty. You are not honest here either.
When someone writes something that is not in the same ring with your you take away that, makedonia Greece and Makedones are Greeks.
All else is false. Vasilis, Give up on your propaganda man. Its falling like a domino.. One can not be two things at the same time. Choose one. Either you are Greek or Macedonian? Have fun.
Just be proud to be a Slav! If you were a Macedonian that would be very easy for you! Greece is an empire which was formed in with your Bavarian King. First time a country was ever called Greece. Greece is just another Yugoslavia waiting to fall apart and then its states countries will gain independence again.
Ethel Romans called Greece Greece or Greco. Original name Hellas. Alexander the Great united all the Hellenic states to become one nation Hellas. Treaty of Bucharest… that is land taken that was supposed to be given back after years…. You are talking to people that got internet just a short while ago and their propagandists gov has spoon fed them this info … They learned it from ours … When papa bush signed a paper the first week in office allowing them to use a name that was not theirs to use — his knowledge wad not challenged by anyone … Clearly he had none.
That is IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You sound like Gus from my big fat greek wedding. Were you around in bc? Because for all we know those names could originate from the roman or even egypt. Youre so naive and youre such a weird person for trying to dictate someone elses identity.
How do you feel when people call you Turkish? Or even Albanian? Because at one point in time your preciously Greece was once rules by both parties. So if you want to call out Gypsys just look into your history. For all you know , your great grandmother was Turkish. Boarders change… so what once was… is just that… it WAS.
So inform yourself before you open your ass again. The name of Alexandros is also of Greek origin. It is the archaeological foundings, written scripts and monuments found that prove this! It is you that are so naive and ignorant instead. Do not be ashamed of your slavic origins. No one calls Hellenes, Turkish or Albanians, while on the other hand both Turkish and Albanians are not ashamed of their origins as you did! You are Vardarian Slavs and you have to be proud!
For all you know , your great grandmother was Slav and that is not to be ashamed of. So, it is better for you to inform yourself before you open your mouth again! That simple! That is a Hellenic name! Instead of being so ignorant and brainwashed though confused, you need to start reading History! I mean the real one.
Get out of your box! Open your eyes or better your mind and read the Official History! Check the ancient findings and please, just try to seperate in your mind, Archaeology from Biology! Both, are actually, two different fields, although they end in to the same conclusion, however genes are going back some thousand years before explaining genetically the different colours of skin, hair.
All ProtoHeellenic and Hellenic tribes going some thousand years back explaining by that way the differences in feature characteristics.
So combining biological findings with those of the Archaeology all of the researchers -NOT only Greeks — came to the conclusion of the so-called Hellenic History! So if you will try to make some serious research you might deconfuse your brain regarding biology, as much as history as well. Ending, you either have to be proud of being a Macedonian of Greek origins if so or a Macedonian of Slavic origins if you would rather prefer to take the DNA test.
It was named by the Macedonian yep you got it Greeks who yup lived on that land for thousands of years and the true Macedonian are the Pontiac Greeks who srill live tpday and there are plenty of descendants to do DNA testing on and oh by way… I know plenty of them I live in a town that has the biggest polulation in the USA… Funny hpw that works!
Macedonia is definitely a place I need to go back to. I know how that feels. Well, I visited during the winter, which to be honest is not the best time to go, but I had a good time.
Would love to visit back during the summer, which is supposed to be much better. Made me revisit my history books. Anyways, some cool facts about the country. Never mind that he conquered Egypt.
Infact, Cleopatra, was Macedonian!!! Unfortunately the day I planned to go there was pretty snowy, so I had to stay in Skopje instead. I hope to go to Ohrid in my next visit. Thanks for giving the exact number of That is why. What the Scopian Krste Misirkov wrote in ? It would be better for you to pronounce it correct. Where is fact number 11? You got facts wrong… Details in everything wrong would just all wrong… Waste of time.
Not fabrication!!! Previously it was named Vardarska. How can a state change its name and nationality within a few days?
Its wonderful post, its just such a shame that there will always be people both, macedonian and greek that would find this kind of posts and turn everything political. There is no prove who is originaly who and who cares, dont fight about the past! Thanks, Martina! I agree. The purpose of this post is not political, but to show people around the world the interesting facts of Macedonia.
I visited this country not knowing much about it, so I want to share some of the wonderful things I saw and learned while there. The but to show people around the world the. Because when you are talking about Macedonia you are referring to Hellas, the country you visited is part of former Macedonia that is now called Vardarska. By the way have you visited any archaeological sites and if yes were you able to see and read any scripts?
In which language were there written? Rhetorical question! It is noting about politics. There is no doubt about it. Simple as that! This is nice. The name came from the ancient macedonian language. However, this is really nice facts. It is really good you are admitting, that the name came from the ancient macedonian language. Excuse me, but which language exactly is that?
Could you please refer to some archaeological and historical foundings showing writing scripts? Because if you do that you will suddenly realize that is all Greek to you! This is something interesting you would want to read up on. The so called Greeks of Today would never mention this.
You can also see that the language we speak today is the ancient language. So did the slavs really come from the North to the South. Something everyone is hiding in order to keep up the Greek Propaganda. It has no more to do with the Koine Greek found on ancient Macedonian artifacts than polish. No one who is Greek is hiding anything. The Slavs came from the north the Greeks came from the south. His teacher was Aristotle. His uncle from Athens Heracles. Born in the ancient city of Pella where ancient artifacts have been found which are Hellenic, including Doric writing dating back bc years.
Doric writing is an Ancient Greek language. I state bc, Alexander was born bc, do your maths, he spread Hellenic culture not Slavic culture, he probably did not know or care for Slavic culture.
Karanus came from Argos, Pelloponese. To the person who replied to my comment, if you cannot express yourself in a civilized manner it means you are frustrated and really not sure of your identity and no I have never been called Turkish or Albanian. Many year later, Scupi was occupied by various peoples, and therefore its name has been translated several times in several languages.
It is really funny! Thanks for sharing the article here! You just ridiculed yousreslves both! Tony for adding it and Norbert for accepting it, However, it was nice to read it just for laugh!!! On the other hand, if we would like to take it seriously, it proves what you are actually taught there. Ridiculous facts by ridiculous and ignorant people without any amount of true knowledge. Please, educate yourselves from official and reliable sources!
It is just a propagandistic reading for ignorants. Same thing of what NAZI did! Greeks, opposite of Vardarians, do not afraid of hiding anything. It is just, some things that are only for fun and other that need further investigation.
The only findings of historical interest proving what ancient Macedonians were speaking are written — unfortunately — for both of you in …Greek! What a pitty. So, Yes! The language you are speaking today is of Slavic origins and nothing to do with Ancient Macedonians. And, Yes, you are of Slavic origins! Propaganda is, unfortunately, all yours! Macedon is Greek Kingdom. Macedonians are Hellenic on this basis. FYRoM is not Macedon. History was never a strong point of Josip Broz Tito.
Because of those evasions as a Greek it has become very apparent to me that many of those that called the former Yugoslavians are far more interested in hiding that mistake than anything legitimately Macedonian.
To visit the homeland of Alexander, one must visit Greece. Ancient macedonians, founder of the Hellenism period, loved Hellenism. Modern former Yugoslavians on the other hand love their egos more than the Hellenic culture of ancient Macedonians which they oppose. In many respects they, and their supporters, are defacto anti-Macedonian. In the s,Macedonians speak a language codified in ,spoken by less than two million people, and with a very slender literature.
They are members of an Orthodox Church whose authority was established by a socialist political regime in They are heirs to a revolution that until the s was described by almost all sources as being Bulgarian. Because, if you are a Macedonian, then you are Greek! So, don not wish such a thing. Otherwise, you do not have to be afraid if you are a Vardarian of Slavic origins! Greeks have always lived in Macedon, the ancient Greek Kingdom.
When Genes Language and Peoples exist in same place for millennia…it means something. Fact: Greeks live in Macedon for more than three Millenniums. Greeks were there during the creation of the original Kingdom — Fact. Greeks were there during the Roman conquests which culminated in latin-Roman rule — Fact. Greeks were there during the Slavic invasions, incursions and attacks — Fact.
Greeks were there during Turkish domination of Haemus peninsula — Fact. Greeks were there during the Balkan Wars — Fact. Lest we forget — Greeks fought the Ottoman Empire and won. Greeks regained the ancient region of Macedon from the Ottoman-Turk.
And Greeks hold on to Macedon ever since. So it makes no sense for FYRoM, a recently established minor-Slavic country, to rewrite the demographic history of Macedon in ways that erase Hellenic identity from the ancient-Greek Kingdom.
It makes absolutely no sense for a modern Slavic country to covet the name of ancient-Greek Kingdom. So it makes absolutely no sense to want to alter these now very established academic reference points. Aristotle, considered by some the father of western philosophy, may have composed some of his most important works during the reign of Alexander the Great, including treatises on physics and metaphysics a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of reality.
Places of entertainment and leisure, such as parks and theaters, proliferated. A style of Greek drama called New Comedy became popular. Unlike earlier Greek comedies, which parodied public figures and events, New Comedy focused on the fictional trials of average citizens. Alexandria, an ancient Egyptian town thought to be founded by Alexander the Great, became a major hub of science during this period as well.
Greek mathematician Euclid, who taught in Alexandria, founded the study of geometry with his mathematical treatise The Elements. Archaeologists began to explore the ancient kingdom of Macedonia in the late 19th century while the region was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Soldiers fighting on the Macedonian Front along the Greek border during World War I uncovered ancient Macedonian artifacts while digging trenches.
British and French forces on the Macedonian Front employed archaeologists to work alongside troops in the trenches, occasionally using Bulgarian prisoners of war as workmen for their excavations.
They unearthed dozens of prehistoric, Bronze Age burial mounds. The city of Vergina, in northern Greece, is home to the most important ancient Macedonian archaeological site: the ruins of Aigai. The monumental palace uncovered there is considered one of the biggest, most lavish buildings of ancient Greece with colorful mosaics and elaborate stucco ornamentation.
In , researchers discovered the tombs of four Macedonian kings, including Phillip II, under a burial mound called the Great Tumulus. Scientists matched a massive hole in one of the leg bones uncovered there to a crippling lance wound Phillip had suffered during one of his early military campaigns.
The Republic of Macedonia—a small country on the Balkan Peninsula northwest of Greece—formed in after declaring independence from Yugoslavia. Macedonians and Greeks have since sparred over who gets to claim the history of ancient Macedonia as its own. In , it changed its name to the Republic of North Macedonia. Greece considers the dynasties of Phillip II and Alexander the Great to be part of Greek history and has for decades contested the use of a Greek name by the Republic of North Macedonia, a nation whose ethnic majority is Slavic.
Imagining Macedonia in prehistory, ca. Why Macedonia still has a second name; The Economist. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Beginning in the eighth century B. Among the many legacies The Roman Forum, known as Forum Romanum in Latin, was a site located at the center of the ancient city of Rome and the location of important religious, political and social activities.
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