"It is a lovely thing to live with great courage and die leaving
an everlasting fame." Alexander The Great Long before the
birth of Christ, the land directly above what we know as
Greece today, was called Macedonia. Macedonia still
exists, but it is now Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and modern
Greece. Macedonia was considered to be part of ancient
Greece, but the people of these two countries couldn't be
more different. No people in history ever gave so much to
the human race as the ancient Greeks. They produced
architectural monuments, four of the greatest dramatic
actors who ever lived, one of the most brilliant statesmen
and two of the greatest historians. Scientists, philosophers
and artists all thrived in this country. The political system
we call democracy had its roots in this culture. The
Macedonians in comparison with their Greek neighbors
were crude and fierce in their outlook. They were a rough
people. They never produced any artists, philosophers, or
great......
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