Stobi
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*keep calling this place 'Strobi' instead of 'Stobi'
... I have a lot of problems with Greek names ... LOL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28Greece%29
Stobi
ancient town of Paeonia
land and kingdom of Paeonians
said to be allies of Trojans
during Persian invasion of Greece
conquered Paeonians deported to Asia
Stobi means 'pillar' or 'post' (ancient Paeonian)
Paeonia
located immediately north of ancient Macedonia
now: modern Greek region of Macedonia
Macedonia = part of Northern Greece, plus Thrace & sometimes Thessaly + Epirus
incorporates most territories of ancient Macedon, kingdom ruled by the Argeads
member Alexander the Great & his father Philip II
Argead dynasty = ancient Greek ruling house
traced origins to Argos
Macedonia
derives from the Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía) kingdom (later region)
fm ancient Gk. 'makednós' (tall, slim)
early 5th century BC, region came under Persian rule
to destruction of Xerxes at Plataea
6th & 7th Centuries
Slavic, Avar, Bulgarian + Magyar invasions
1224, Greek Macedonia and the city of Thessalonica
at the heart of Empire of Thessalonica (brief)
Greek Macedonia in restored Byzantine Empire control
1340s - Greek Macedonia (except Thessaloniki & maybe Veria)
conquered by Serbian ruler:
Stefan Dušan
after Dušan's death divided
b/w Serbia & Bulgaria
fell quickly to Ottoman Turks
(Thessaloniki holding out to 1387)
capture of Thessalonica prelude to fall of Constantinople
Greek Macedonia
at end of the Ottoman Empire
much of region known as Rumelia
from Ottoman Turkish: Rumeli, 'Land of the Romans'
1912-1913, Balkan Wars
1913, Rumelia (Greek Macedonia)
divided by Treaty of Bucharest (1913)
following each took portions:
- Greece (largest portion)
- Bulgaria
- Serbia
- Albania (small portion)
oldest European humanoid found in this region
sizeable community of Sephardic Jews (centred in Thessaloniki)
Slavic-Speaking Northern Split
1870s Slavic-speaking northern Greece community split into two
hostile & opposed groups with different national identities
Post WWII Slavic Split
post-WWII, on defeat of Bulgaria, further split occurred in Slavic group
1. conservatives left with occupying Bulgarian army to Bulgaria
2. leftists identifying as Slavic Macedonians joined communist rebel army
(Democratic Army of Greece)
1946-1949 Civil War - thereafter Slavic Macedonians left Greece & settled in
Yugoslav Socialist Republic of Macedonia (or migrated elsewhere)
1941-1944, occupied by the Axis powers WWII
Germany held western & central portion
Bulgaria occupied & annexed eastern Macedonia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28Greece%29
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The ruins looked so beautiful, I had to find out about where they were.
This is a quickie partial look.
Think it might take some time for me to understand all these people involved in this one tiny region. It's still all a blur to me when it comes to the Greeks, Bulgarians etc.
For some reason, my brain shuts when I look at Greek names. They don't feel comfortable to me ... it's an effort.
But I'm getting very accustomed to the script. It's very much like Russian (that I do lots of look-ups on), and it's not intimidating anymore.
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