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    Macedonia is a country located in Europe in the central Balkan Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Skopje. Macedonia has a long and rich history dating back thousands of years, including being part of Alexander the Great's empire that spanned three continents. After his death, Macedonia came under Roman and later Ottoman Turkish rule for centuries. Macedonia declared independence peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991 and maintains a distinct cultural identity today through its alphabet, holidays, traditions, architecture, and music.

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    Macedonia is a country located in Europe in the central Balkan Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Skopje. Macedonia has a long and rich history dating back thousands of years, including being part of Alexander the Great's empire that spanned three continents. After his death, Macedonia came under Roman and later Ottoman Turkish rule for centuries. Macedonia declared independence peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991 and maintains a distinct cultural identity today through its alphabet, holidays, traditions, architecture, and music.

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    MACEDONIA – МАКЕДОНИЈА

    (Motto: Freedom or Death)


    Where is it ?!?
    In Europe – Center of The Balkan
    Macedonian Map – Maryland
    Capital - Skopje
    History
    ●
    The name "Macedonia" is the oldest surviving
    name of a country in Europe.
    ●
    Old European civilization flourished in Macedonia
    between 7000 and 3500 BC.
    Alexander The Great
    3 Continents
    After Death
    Under the Roman Empire
    ●
    14,000 blinded

    ●
    After a battle between Macedonian Emperor
    Samuel and Byzantine Emperor Basil II, Samuel
    was saved and in revenge Basil II blinded 14,000
    of Samuel's soldiers and even tough Samuel
    survived the battle his heart stopped when he saw
    his men.
    Ottoman Empire

    ●
    5 centuries under the Ottoman Empire and the worst
    thing the Turkish Emperor did was enforce a blood
    tax. Young boys and girls were given to the Emperor
    and he decided their faith. Parents cut off their kid's
    fingers just so they can keep them from his hands
    because that way they weren't good enough for him.
    The Independence Movement

    ●
    The second half of the 19th century was the fight for the
    liberation of Macedonia.
    After WWI Macedonia was split and Serbia, Bulgaria,
    ●

    Greece and Albania all got a part of it.


    ●
    In between the two World Wars a lot of people tried to make
    Macedonia an independent country so it can be an equal
    part of the future Balkan Federation.
    Socialist Federal Republic of
    Yugoslavia
    (Motto: Brotherhood and Unity)
    1945-1991

    ●
    In 1945 Macedonia became a part of the
    Yugoslavian Republic.
    ●
    In 1991 Macedonia declared it's independence
    from SFRY and was the only country to do it
    peacefully.
    The Alphabet
    Today's Alphabet – 31 letters
    Holidays (Christian Orthodox)

    Божиќ (Christmas)- January 6th


    ●

    Велигден (Easter)- April/May


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    Macedonian Calendar
    Traditional Clothing
    Traditional Food
    Architecture
    Ohrid – 365 Churches
    Musicians

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