History of Macedonia in the 20th Century
Today Macedonia has two main ethnic groups Macedonians and Albanians that’s because part of Albania was taken by Macedonia in one of the many wars. Macedonia has been on wars forever and it has a long history. War after war after war, since ancient times they never had peace.
The present territory of Macedonia has been a crossroads for both traders and defeaters moving between the European continent and Asia. In 323 BC Alexander the Great extended the country including, Albania, present Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, and most of Asia minor. This lasted until 148BC when the Romans took over. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 6th century. The country was occupied by the Byzantine Empire until the 14th century. Then the country was conquered by the Ottoman Turks which ruled for about four centuries.
The Balkan country’s Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Greece, finally pushed the Turks out of the country in 1912 that was......
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