macedonia

     

Maceonia may refer to:

Trivia about macedonia

  • Alexander the Great was born in this mountainous kingdom of Northern Greece
  • Skopje is the capital of this nation that was once part of Yugoslavia
  • In 338 B.C. this country's Philip II defeated Thebes & Athens at the Battle of Chaeronea
  • From 1946 to 1991, this nation on Greece's border was Yugoslavia's southernmost republic
  • This Yugoslavian republic covers part of and shares its name with Alexander the Great's ancient home
  • Demosthenes of Athens railed against Philip, "Not even a barbarian... a vile fellow of" this land
  • Skopje
  • After it broke from Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece objected to its use of Hellenic symbols
  • On March 31, 1999 3 U.S. soldiers were captured while patrolling near this country's border with Serbia
  • When this country gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece objected to its name & flag
  • You've "aced" the category if you know that Albania lies on the Western border of this country
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  • Alexander the Great's father made the soldiers of this land formidable by introducing an extra-long spear
  • One of the successor states to Yugoslavia:Skopje
  • Greece is possessive about this name, so the U.N. has a member nation called the Former Yugoslav Republic of this
  • In the 1990s Greece imposed a trade embargo on this nation in a dispute over its name
  • Greece placed trade embargoes on this neighbor for appropriating the name of one of its provinces
  • Although it's controversial, the U.N. designates one member nation "The former Yugoslav Republic of" this
  • The M in IMRO, which rebelled against Ottoman rule, refers to ths Balkan republic near Greece