SOCIAL CLEAVAGES AND NATIONAL “AWAKENING” IN OTTOMAN MACEDONIA
Basil G. Gounaris Thessaloniki Introduction In early summer 1992 a lavish monograph was published in Skopje entitled Macedonia on old Maps. In the first chapter of the book, which is called ‘A History without a Geography,’ Ilija Petrushevski states that: These maps present the undeniable historical and scientific facts about the distinctness of the ...
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The Vlachs of Greece and their Misunderstood History
Helen Abadzi January 2004 Abstract The Vlachs speak a language that evolved from Latin. Latin was transmitted by Romans to many peoples and was used as an international language for centuries. Most Vlach populations live in and around the borders of modern Greece. The word „Vlachs‟ appears in the Byzantine documents at about the 10th ...
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