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2006-09-24 07:59:32 · 24 answers · asked by JACQUELINE Newcombe 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Macedonia is one of the biggest regions of Greece. It is situated in the north part of Greece and it borders 3 Balkan states.
The ancient Macedonia was a Greek kingdom and it was roughly the same size as the modern region of Macedonia. From the Greek state of Macedonia Alexander started his epic campaign of spreading the Greek culture and the Greek civilization all over the known word. His campaign was so successful that for nearly 300 years Greek (Hellenistic) Kingdoms controlled Asia Minor, Middle East, Egypt and even the north part of India.
There is also a state that emerged from Yugoslavia and it is officially recognized by UN as FYROM meaning Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. That country has no relation with ancient (or modern) Greek Macedonia but it is instead a Slavic/Albanian country. {The 1/3 of the population is Slav-Macedonians (of Bulgarian origin) and the 2/3 is Albanian/Macedonians}
During the communist dictatorship of Tito a great propaganda took place in that state. The propaganda tried to “convert” the mixed population to believe that they are linked to the ancient Greek Macedonians and that they need to take real Macedonia back from Greece.
The propaganda has worked on some on the Slavs and some (few fanatics) actually believe that they are true Macedonians and although they speak a Slavic language and they are part of the Slavic culture they actually believe that they are not Slavs!!!!
Of course the government of FYROM (Slavic/Albanian-Macedonia) has clearly stated that they are not linked to Greek Macedonia and Alexander the Great and is still doing a great effort to stop the few fanatics from compromising the stability of the new state.
Also the Slav/Albanian Macedonia is negotiating with Greece (under the UN authority) for an international name that will not insult the Greeks and will not have any claim against Greek Macedonia.
(The name that the country is using for itself is actually Makedonija but they are using internationally the Greek name Macedonia and a lot tend to confuse the Slavic/Albanian state with Greek Macedonia).
2006-09-24 22:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by ragzeus 6 · 16⤊ 25⤋
Macedonia is a republic in the Balkans, it was part of Yugoslavia and its population is with Slavic origin. There's a province Macedonia in Northern Greece, where the people are also called 'Macedonians'. The Slavic Macedonians and the Greek Macedonians have in common the culture (byzantine), the traditions and the folklore, although the languages between them are different, with a mutual understanding of 5-10%.
2014-06-06 12:16:36 · answer #2 · answered by Titus 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The former Yugoslavian repulic of Macedonia has borders with Greece, Serbia, Albania and Bulgaria in the Balkan peninsula in eastern europe.
The region of Macedonia covers also parts of Greece, Bulgaria and Albania. There is dispute between Greece and FYRM over the name of Macedonia and this region i smore a geographic rather than politically recognized area.
2006-09-24 08:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by Chris C 2 · 8⤊ 3⤋
The Republic of Macedonia is located on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The territory of republic is located between 40 deg 50' and 42 deg 20' north latitude and 20 deg 27'30'' and 23 deg 05', east longitude. It is part of the larger geographic region of Macedonia which includes also Pirin Macedonia in Bulgaria and Aegean Macedonia in Greece. The territory of the republic is sometimes called Vardar Macedonia after the Vardar River, which flows through the country southeast into Greece.
2006-09-24 08:08:34 · answer #4 · answered by lalalala 2 · 12⤊ 5⤋
The Republic of Macedonia, often referred to as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It borders Serbia to the north, Albania to the west, Greece to the south, and Bulgaria to the east. As the result of a naming dispute with Greece, in 1993 it was admitted to the United Nations under the provisional name the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), pending resolution of the dispute.
The capital is Skopje, with more than 600,000 inhabitants, and there are a number of smaller cities, notably Bitola, Prilep, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Veles, Štip, and Strumica. It has more than 50 natural and artificial lakes and sixteen mountains higher than 2,000 meters (6,550 ft) above sea level.
The country is a member of the UN and the Council of Europe and an associate member of La Francophonie, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Since December 2005 it is also a candidate for joining the European Union and has applied for NATO membership.
2006-09-24 08:15:17 · answer #5 · answered by Tyne34 1 · 13⤊ 6⤋
There is a country, Macedonia, north and east of Greece.
There is a city, Macedonia, Ohio which is in northern Summit County, Ohio.
Those are the two Macedonias I know about! :)
2006-09-24 08:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by Malika 5 · 12⤊ 6⤋
There are two Macedonias - one is a republic in the southern part of what used to be Yugoslavia - the other, going back further (to the time of Alexangder the Great more than 2000 years ago) was a Greek Kingdom in the northern part of present day Greece - not too far from present day Macedonia.
The present day Macedonia is Slavic and has no descendant relation to ancient Greek Macedonia. This is quite a sore spot with most Greeks who will tell you that the Slavic Macedonia coopted their name and identity. To make it more complicated however, there are some historians who believe that ALL modern days Greeks are in fact Slavs and are not the descendents of the ancient Greeks - that they merely "took" the Greek language somewhat similar to how the French language is really an adopted language by Gauls who assumed Latin
2006-09-24 08:32:30 · answer #7 · answered by Strangerbarry 4 · 7⤊ 10⤋
Macedonia is a Country above Greece along time ago it used to be part of Greece.
2006-09-26 02:28:44 · answer #8 · answered by El Greco 2 · 5⤊ 8⤋
Macedonia is a breakaway country of the former Yugoslav republic. It is officialy called FYROM - Former Yugoslav Repeublic Of Macedonia. It's location is in South eastern Europe. The link below will guide you to a web page with a load of details about the country.
2006-09-24 08:06:00 · answer #9 · answered by John "007"!!! 3 · 6⤊ 7⤋
Macedonia was a kingdom in the ancient world in what is modern day Greece.
There are two modern places called Macedonia. One is a region within Greece. The other is one of the now-independent parts of the former Yugoslavia. This new republic wanted to be called Macedonia but Greece objected. So it is known as FYROM - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
2006-09-24 08:18:13 · answer #10 · answered by Bridget F 3 · 5⤊ 10⤋
Macedonia is region on Balkan Peninsula, only one part have freedom Republic of Macedonia. Bitola with post number 7000 is very beautiful city..
http://www.bitola.de/
http://faq.macedonia.org/travel/cities/bitola.html
2006-09-27 03:15:35 · answer #11 · answered by makedonka 1 · 11⤊ 6⤋