Stobi

Stobi RIGHT-CLICK + OPEN LINK IN 'NEW TAB' *keep calling this place 'Strobi' instead of 'Stobi' ... I have a lot of problems with Greek names ... LOL SUMMARY 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 1. Greek 2. Bulgarian 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 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.