Archive for June, 2008

highlandsofturkeycover Researches in the highlands of Turkey   1869

By Tozer, Henry Fanshawe, describing his travels in 1861, 1863, 1865. Thessalonica consists of 60,000 inhabitants, Jews, Turks, Greeks, Wallachians. Greeks were always living in Thessalonica. Population of Monastir consists of Turks, Wallachs, Bulgarians and Greeks. Ochrida consists of mainly Albanians and Bulgarians. Bulgarians of Ochrida sent their children to Bulgarian schools. Skopje (Uskub) was in the time of Ottomans a ...

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280px Philip II of Macedon CdM Philip II of Macedon

The famous king (Βασιλεύς) of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great, Philip II was born in 383/82 BC. He was son of the king Amyntas III and queen Eurydice. His brothers were Alexander II, Perdiccas III and Eurynoe, while he had also 3 half brothers, the sons of Gygaea,  namely Menelaus, Arrhidaeus and Archelaus. ...

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theamericanreviewmacedoqo6 The American Review of Reviews Causes of the Balkan Wars 1912

From an American point of view. The participants of the Balkan Wars were Turks, Bulgarians, Greeks, and Servians, with the Albanians and KoutzoVlachs thrown in , but still NO "Ethnic Macedonians" . By ChicagoGeorge

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americanforeignrelationjo6 American Foreign Relations 1913

American minister in Greece, and his report of the events in 1913. The underlined parts clearly indicate that he believes The Monastir region of Macedonia is a mixture of mainly Bulgarians and Greeks. By ChicagoGeorge

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theedinburghreview1901td4 The Edinburgh Review 1901

Yet more evidence of Greek and Bulgarian rivalry in Macedonia with no signs of any "Ethnic Macedonian" group in 1901. By ChicagoGeorge

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tfe no thumb Redefining US foreign policy and interests in south eastern Europe

Dr. George Voskopoulos June 25, 2008 For almost half a century of Cold War antagonism US foreign policy played a catalytic role in keeping allies together and providing sound and much required leadership. Joseph Nye rightly suggested that for "almost five decades, the containment of Soviet power provided a North Star to guide American foreign policy". Washington ...

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40yearsinconstantinopleau3 Forty Years in Constantinople by Edwin Pears 1916

Describing the situation of Ottoman Macedonia before liberation. Bulgarians and Greeks at each other's throats in Macedonia with the Turks playing both sides. Of course no sign of alleged "Ethnic Macedonians".

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encyclopaediaofancientgreececover Nigel Guy wilson , Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece (2006)

Quote: 1) "The latest archaeological findings have confirmed that Macedonia took it's name from a tribe of tall , Greek-speaking people , the Makednoi ..." 2) "The Macedonian kingdom streched more or less as far north as the present northern border of Greece." 3) "The "vulgar" Macedonians were not unanimously accepted by "refined" southern Greeks , especialy the ...

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nationalhistories National Histories, Natural States by Robert Shannan Peckam

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tfe no thumb Memoirs on the Ionian Islands,1816 by Gen. Gillaume de Vaudoncourt

Memoirs on the Ionian Islands,: Considered in a Commercial, Political and military point of view. In page 138 we have : "Sandgiak of Ochrida,holding the jurisdiction of Ochrida,situated to the E. of the lake of that name,and inhabited by Bulgarians." In pages 140 and 141 there is another one prove what the inhabitants of Vardarska was: Monastiri.otherwise called Toli,or Bitolia..............and ...

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