This Yugoslavian republic covers part of and shares its name with Alexander the Great's ancient home
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Macedonia: "Why is it important? Explain it to me so I understand ...  Aug 7, 2016 ... Now I strive to preserve the name Macedonia not only for its antiquity, the ... White House Confirms U.S. President Barack Obama's Athens Visit on November 15 .... Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  FYROM  and parts of Albania). .... The world knows Alexander the Great was from Ancient Greece.
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Macedonia (region) - Wikipedia  Prior to its expansion under Alexander the Great, the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, to which the modern region owes its name, lay entirely within the central...
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Republic of Macedonia - Wikipedia  Macedonia officially the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: About this sound   (helpinfo), tr. Republika Makedonija), is a country in the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it ... Their name,  (Makednes), derives ultimately from the ancient...
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The Macedonian-Greek Conflict - History of Macedonia  The ancient Macedonians regarded the ancient Greeks as neighbors, not as kinsmen. ... If today a portion of Macedonia belongs to Greece, it is by virtue of an illegal ... When the Macedonian army under Alexander the Great will enter Phrygia ...... its constitutional name but under the reference "Former Yugoslav Republic of...
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NBC Commentators Rewrite History During Opening Ceremony ...  Aug 6, 2016 ... The official IOC placard for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's ... and went on to share the inaccurate history that Alexander the Great came from this nation and won Olympic medals in the ancient games. .... He was from region called Macedonia which was part of Greece and still is today.
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Alexander the Great - King - Biography.com  He became the king of Persia, Babylon and Asia, and created Macedonian colonies in Iran. ... Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 B.C., in Pella, Macedonia. During his leadership, from 336 to 323 B.C., he united the Greek city-states...
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Alexander the Great facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  His legacy was a fragmented empire, but he had inspired a new Hellenistic age of ... Alexander with his mother and his closest friends fled Macedon and lived in ... Destruction of Thebes ... into slavery, sparing only the temples and the house of the poet Pindar. ... Alexander ignored Darius's offer, planning to conquer all.
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Alexander the Great - Ancient History Encyclopedia  During the twenty-four years of his reign as King of Macedonia, in which he ... In 332 BCE he conquered Syria and then Egypt in 331 BCE, where he founded the ... named one of the two cities he founded after the battle "Bucephala" after him. ...... Alexander the Great founds Alexandria at the port town of Rhakotis in Egypt.
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Alexander the Great (Alexander of Macedon) Biography  Alexander III the Great, the King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire is ... Alexander assembled an army, led it against the rebels, and with swift action .... The 22 year-old king appointed Philip's experienced general Antipater as ... held their ground and fiercely fought, the battle ended in Macedonian victory.
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Skopje - Wikipedia  Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia. It is the country's political, ... From 1282, the town was part of the Serbian Empire and acted as its capital city from 1346. ... of Macedonia), which was a federal state, part of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (later Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
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History of the name "Macedonia" - Hellenic Electronic Center  We believe that building nations on falsehoods, as Greece's northern neighbors ... objection, the United Nations accepted this nation as a new member with the temporary name of "The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia (The FYROM)" (UN ... One indication that the FYROM never cared about changing its name even...
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Macedonia-Greece Name Dispute: What's in a name? :: Balkan Insight  Ever since Macedonia gained independence in 1991, its name has been the subject ... Greeks are angry that the former Yugoslav republic has linked its heritage to both ... flag containing the Vergina Sun, which was seen in Greece as part of its own ... Both countries committed to continuing negotiations on the naming issue...
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Alexander the Great - King - Biography.com  Macedonian King Alexander the Great united Greece, led the Corinthian ... Education: Temple of the Nymphs at Meiza (where Aristotle tutored him) ... During his leadership, from 336 to 323 B.C., he united the Greek city-states and led the ... In 343 B.C., King Philip II hired the philosopher Aristotle to tutor Alexander at the...
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Check and uncheck as needed to select sections to print. Then ...  Alexander III, king of Macedonia, called "the Great," conquered the Persian ... Then he took up Philip's war of aggression against Persia, adopting his ... and in the autumn of 331 B.C. defeated Darius's grand army at Gaugamela ... In the autumn of 324, at Ecbatana, Alexander lost his boyhood friend Hephaestion, by then his...
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Yugoslavia - Wikipedia  Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast Europe during most of the 20th century. It came into ... The Serbian royal House of Karaorevi became the Yugoslav royal dynasty. ... Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito ruled the country as president until his death in 1980. ... During his reign the flags of Yugoslav nations were banned.
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Philip of Macedon Philip II of Macedonia Biography  King of Macedonia and Conqueror of Illyria, Thrace, and Greece ... After his fathers death, Macedonia slowly disintegrated. ..... which ruled the Eastern Roman Empire from 867 to 1056 is known as the "Golden Age" of the Empire. ... Greece gained its independence at the beginning of the 19th century with the help of the...
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Alexander the Great - King - Biography.com  Macedonian King Alexander the Great united Greece, led the Corinthian League ... as king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C. During his time of leadership, he ... How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. ... He became the king of Persia, Babylon and Asia, and created Macedonian colonies in Iran.
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Republic of Macedonia - Wikipedia  Macedonia officially the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: About this sound   (helpinfo), tr. Republika Makedonija), is a country in the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it ..... The Vardar Banovina was divided between Bulgaria and Italian-occupied...
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Alexander the Great - Ancient History Encyclopedia  During the twenty-four years of his reign as King of Macedonia, in which he started with ... He then liberated the Greek city of Ephesos from Persian rule and offered to ... Alexander's habit of drinking to excess was well known, and certainly in the ... took a great toll on his troops, and by the time they reached Susa in 324 BCE,...
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Alexander the Great facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) was the king of Macedon, the leader of the Corinthian ... He succeeded in forging the largest Western empire of the ancient world. ... The southern Greek states rejoiced at Philip's assassination, and Athens, under the ... In Asia, Darius III, King of Persia, had become aware of Parmenion's...
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Alexander the Great facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) was the king of Macedon, the leader of the Corinthian League, and the conqueror of Persia. ... In the summer of 336 at the ancient Macedonian capital of Aegai, Alexander's sister married her ... Destruction of Thebes ... Alexander destroyed the city to warn others of the price of rebellion.