Quote: The principal geographical discoveries of our traveller, are the nature of the country between the Dead Sea and the gulf of Aelana, now Akaba;-- the extent, conformation, and detailed topography of the Haouran;--the site of Apameia on the Orontes, one of the most important cities of Syria under the Macedonian Greeks;   Quote: When the Macedonian Greeks first became acquainted with this ...

The Yugoslav Communists implemented many measures to foster a "Macedonian" consciousness amongst the local populace in a historical context and in a region where such an ethno/national identity hardly existed. The Communists manufactured a version of history that lent a historical legitimacy to the new "Macedonian" nation. One measure that they implemented in order to sanitize ...