Macedonia region - Etymology of the name of Macedonia

According to ancient Greek mythology, Macedon - ancient Greek Μακεδών Makedōn, poetic Μακηδών Makēdōn - was the name of the first phylarch (tribal chief) of the Μακεδόνες Makedónes, the part of the Μακεδνοί MakednoíSee also:

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Macedonia region - Ancient Macedonia 500 BC to 146 BC. For a more complete treatment of early Macedonia, see Macedon. Macedonia is known to have been inhabited since Neolithic times. Its recorded history began with the emergence of the ancient kingdom of Macedon in what is now the Greek part of Macedonia and the neighbouring Bitola district in the south of today's Republic of Macedonia. By 500 BC, the early Macedonian kingdom had become subject to the Persian Empire but played no significant part in t ...

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The name of Macedonia has not been always used with regard to the region as defined above. In its beginnings, the ancient state of Macedon encompassed only a part of this region, approximately equal to the present-day Greek Macedonia. The Roman province of Macedonia covered a much larger area than Macedon, including almost all of present-day geographical region of Macedonia, along with large parts of central Albania and Greece. In the Byzantine empire, there was a number of different themas (provinces) dividing the geographical region ...

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As a frontier region where several very different cultures meet, Macedonia has an extremely diverse demographic profile. Greeks form the majority of its population, living almost entirely in Greece. The second largest group of people in the region are the Macedonians, a Slavic people who form the majority of the population in the Republic of Macedonia. There is a small 3,000-strong Macedonian minority in the Bulgarian region of Blagoevgrad, which is otherwise known as Pirin Macedonia. The number of Slavic Macedonians in Greek Macedoni ...

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