Macedonia Research Paper Introduction It’s a warm summer day in Macedonia you’re family is all packed on the couch to watch the national team play. There is 1 minute left and the ball is whipped into the penalty box, and the Macedonian legend Aleksandar Trajkovski scores you’re whole family then starts screaming. Well that’s what you would do if you lived in Macedonia. Macedonia is one of the newest countries in the world but it has still been a very ancient civilization. It is located in the Southeast of Europe and its capital city is Skopje. Macedonia has unique qualities such as its geography, history, culture, economy, and its current events. Geography, Climate, and Location At first let's begin with Macedonia’s vivid climate, mountainous …show more content…
It’s main religion is Orthodox Christianity. It even states this in the book Cultures Of The World Macedonia “About 70% of all Macedonians are Orthodox” (Knowlton). This show that it is very current. On the other hand a way it shows it is very ancient is by showing what they wear, in an article called Macedonians it states, “They wear garments made of coarse and tightly woven yarn” (No Author could be found). This shows they still make their own clothes. Away that show they are ancients is that they have like ancient China where a person controls all and has a handful of people to help …show more content…
Its currency is the Macedonian Denar. In the CultureGrams it states that the main crops are tobacco, grapes, fruit, eggs, milk, vegetables, “Major crops include grapes, tobacco, vegetables, fruits, eggs, and milk.” (CultureGrams). They export these things along with other things. In an article I found it states that Macedonia is the 116th largest exporting country, “Macedonia is the 116th largest export economy in the world and the 61st most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index” (Author Could Not Be Found). In the same article it stated, “Other things they export include Lead Ore, Copper Ore, and knitted clothes” (Author Could Not Be
Demosthenes and Isocrates came to prominence in fourth century B.C.E. Athens as public speakers and as politicians. Isocrates was a teacher of rhetoric, or the art of public speaking, while Demosthenes was a professional litigator, writing speeches for clients arguing in the courts of law, and occasionally presenting arguments himself. Both men were highly respected citizens and opinion makers throughout the sphere of influence maintained by Athens, though they held opposing views regarding the proper course for Athenian government, warfare between the Greek city-states, and the prospect of invasion from the Persian Empire to the east. While the Greek city-states engaged in fratricidal warfare, Philip of Macedon began consolidation of his political power by essentially offering up his highly trained professional Macedonian army as mercenary soldiers to the various city-states requesting assistance or protection and demanding control as hegemon or monarch of the city-state in return for military aid. Following a declaration of truce, Philip would impose his rule upon the vanquished as well.
Philippi is a city rich in ancient history, and is possibly the most important archeological site of the great plain of eastern Macedonia.? The ancient town has seen the fate of the West played out within its borders on several occasions and majestic ruins left from the town?s extraordinary history testify to the great civilizations that have inhabited the region.? Philippi is most famous for two reasons: it was the scene of one of the most decisive battles in history, and it was the first European city to accept Christianity (Willett).
Bury, J. B.; Russell Meiggs (2000). A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great
The Niitsitapi (also called Blackfoot Indians), reside in the Great Plains of Montana as well as Alberta and Saskatchewan located in Canada. Only one of the Niitsitapi tribes are named Siksika, also known as Blackfoot.
Slobodan Milosevic and many others who were born in WW2 have had troubled childhoods, Milosevic’s parents committing suicide which would traumatize any adult . He rose through the ranks of Tito’s communist party and survived the late 60’s purges where he became a close ally to the 1980’s party leader Ivan Stambolic. When Slobodan Milosevic was president of Serbia, Time Magazine interviewed him in 1995 just after the Dayton peace accords. His interview focused on four key actions that were affecting former Yugoslavia. Firstly, the atrocities that ethnic Serbs were perpetrating against Bosniak’s. Secondly his national speeches that focused on Serbian nationalism that gained him enough power to force the party leader Ivan Stambolic out of office. Thirdly his alliances with Serb nationalists and paramilitaries in other states such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia had implicated him in sending military munitions to these nationalists. Fourthly, the Time Magazine interview is important because it show’s Milosevic’s Machiavellian nature as someone who will lie directly to people on atrocities that his government had been supporting to sustain his power.
For centuries we've seen chaos and order ebb and flow amongst the ethnic groups of the Balkans. From the Adriatic to the West, and the Black sea to the East; Albanians, Bosniaks, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Romanians, Serbs, Slovenes, and Turks are widely spread across this mostly mountainous region. Higher elevations experience bitter cold and windy winters, and the majority those regions suffers from poor quality soil making tillage difficult. In the midst of the various mountain...
Yugoslavia was a very diverse, ethnic, and peaceful place under communist rule ("Genocide in Bosnia--1992-1995"). For 40 years it stayed this way ("Genocide in Bosnia--1992-1995"). Provinces declared...
Alexander’s first battle came when he was only sixteen. Philip, his father had gone away on a campaign and left Macedonia u...
Peter Green’s, Alexander of Macedon, takes us on a journey to Ancient Macedonia, to the early beginnings of Alexander’s life right up to his controversial death. This material is a revision and expansion from Green’s book, “Alexander the Great” originally published in 1970. In this detailed narrative of Alexander the Great, Green helps the reader to better understand Alexander’s life and the world he grew up in. Green begins this historical biography with Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon, and how he came into power.
Yugoslavia was fabricated in the year of 1918. Located near the country of Italy, the territory is now broken up into six independent countries. The nation started to fall apart in the late 1980 's, following the World War II victory for the Allies. While some countries can benefit from diversity, there was just too much for Yugoslavia to survive. Yugoslavia as a nation failed because of too much autonomy between the six nations that came to be, too many different cultures in one nation, and simply a subjugation of overflowing diversity.
“Was it not for the careful planning and bold actions of Philip II of Macedon, Alexander would have little or no place in history” . Philip II was the basis of Macedonia’s success because without what he had already done for Macedonia, Alexander the Great would not have been able to obtain his reputable name. Before Alexander the Great became king, Philip II had already established the unification of Macedonia, an effective army, and a stable economy. This paper will cover how Philip II managed to create a successful Macedonia before his son Alexander took the throne.
As mentioned earlier Greece is a very geographically complex country. Greece is surrounded by Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey and the republic of Macedonia. These are all North of Greece’s Mainland to varying degrees. With Albania to the northwest, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the straight north and Turkey to the northeast. The Rhodope and Pindus mountains cause Greece to form natural barriers with its neighbors. To the west it borders the Ionian sea, to the east the Aegean sea.Greece is also located at the Southern end of the balkan Peninsula , which causes the southern portion of the country to stick out in...
As it existed in 1990, Yugoslavia was bounded on the north by Austria and Hungary, on the northeast by Romania, on the east by Bulgaria, on the south by Greece, and on the west by Albania, the Adriatic Sea, and Italy. It was 600 miles from north to south and 250 miles from west to east at its widest part. Its total area was 98,766 square miles. Three years later the country’s area had been reduced by 60 percent and its population of 23 million cut by more than half. The provinces of Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina had seceded, leaving Serbia and Montenegro as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The description below covers Yugoslavia, as it existed prior to disintegration.
Heckel, Waldemar and Ryan Jones and Christa Hooks. Macedonian warrior: Alexander’s elite infantryman. Osprey: Oxford. 2006.
Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. (2005) Macedonia (FYROM): Post Conflict Situation and U.S. Policy. Library of Congress: updated January 24 2005.