Macedonia Μακεδονία, MakedonÃa is a geographic area and historical province of Greece. In ancient times it was the location of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia.
If Kosovo can have independence If Macedonia is all of a sudden a country. Then Corsica deserves independence!
Aristotle was born in the town of Stageira, Chalkidiki, Macedonia in the Northern part of Greece. He lived in Greece. Some of his places of residence included Macedonia, Athens and Mytiline a Greek island in the Aegean.
Macedonia is located next to the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. The Republic of Macedonia is in the northern part of the area known as Macedonia. Macedonia is in Europe.
Macedonia's real homeland is the regions Dityiki and Kentriki Macedonia currently occupied be Greece as well as the island of Thasos , and western Thrace , also in Greece . The current republic of Macedonia makes up only 39% of Macedonia's actual homeland . Greece has occupied 51% of Macedonia's homeland . Bulgaria's region of Blageovgrad , or Pirin in Macedonian makes 9% of Macedonia's homeland and The part of Albania known as 'Mala Prespa' makes up 1% . All of this territory was seized under the Bucharest treaty in which when Macedonia was 'liberated' from the Ottomans , It was divided up between Greece [ who massacred all Macedonian civilians [over 1million] mercilessly and indiscriminently ], Bulgaria , Albania and Serbia . The republic of Macedonia gained independence from Serbia with the fall of Yugoslavia in 1991 .
Alexander the great began his conquest in Macedonia and he defeated the Persians
Yes, he was king of Macedonia.
The population of Macedonia - Greece - is 2,844,587.
Ancient Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula is now a province named Macedonia of the Hellenic Republic.
In Greek, both Macedon and Macedonia are translated as Macedonia (Μακεδονία Makedonίa). But in English, Macedonia is usually referred to the historical province of Macedonia in north Greece and Macedon is always referred to as the ancient Greek kingdom.
Ancient Aegae (Modern Vergina) was the first capital of Macedonia. It was subsequently moved to Pella. Under Roman occupation, the capital was moved to Thessaloniki. When Macedonia was liberated in 1912 from the Ottoman occupation Thessaloniki was retained as the capital.
Macedonia was not an integral part of Bulgaria
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia