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Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid-19th century.
Macedonia or Macedon, the ancient kingdom, [13] was located on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.It was centered on the fertile plains west of the Gulf of Salonica (today north-western Greece); the first Macedonian state emerged in the 8th or early 7th century BC.
The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological remains. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records.
Macedonia (Greece), a former administrative region, spanning today three administrative subdivisions of northern Greece; Macedonia (region), a geographic and historical region that today includes parts of six Balkan countries (see map) Macedonia, Makedonia, Makedonija, or Makedoniya may also refer to:
The first known author that overtly speaks of a Macedonian nationality and language was Georgi Pulevski, who in 1875 published in Belgrade a Dictionary of Three languages: Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, in which he wrote that the Macedonians are a separate nation and the place which is theirs is called Macedonia. [122]
Florida (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ d ə / ⓘ FLORR-ih-də; Spanish: [floˈɾiða]) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south.
The first Macedonian immigrants to the U.S. arrived in the late 19th century from the Bansko region of what is today Bulgarian Macedonia. These Macedonians had often been educated by American missionaries and were encouraged to migrate to the United States for higher education or to attend missionary schools. [22]
The history of Macedonia encompasses various periods of history in a region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe, with borders that have varied considerably over time. For history of the whole Macedonian region, see History of Macedonia (region). For history of the ancient kingdom, see History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom).