More specifically, the emphasis is placed on the change of its position after the Great Eastern Crisis (1875–1881). Namely, for the first time since the Ottoman conquests in the Middle Ages, Macedonia's position within the empire changed from being a central to a peripheral Ottoman province,...
As the dynasties fought, the whole country slipped into anarchy and the remnants of Alexander's empire went their own various ways. It wasn’t until Antigonus II that Macedon regained stability. Under his successors, Macedon even began to reassert its military prowess. ...
Emperor Basil I. A depiction of Byzantine Emperor Basil I, of the Macedonian Dynasty, on horseback.Macedonian RenaissanceThe time of the Macedonian Dynasty’s rule over the Byzantine Empire is sometimes called the Byzantine Renaissance or the Macedonian Renaissance. A long period of military struggle...
After theBalkan Wars(1912–13), the geographical area of Macedonia, which had been part of theOttoman Empire, was divided among these three Balkan states. The southern portion of Macedonia became part of Greece, most of the northern portion became part of Serbia (later part of theKingdom of...
Macedonia, ancient kingdom centred on the plain in the northeastern corner of the Greek peninsula, at the head of theGulf of Thérmai. In the 4th centurybceit achievedhegemonyoverGreeceand conquered lands as far east as theIndus River, establishing a short-lived empire that introduced theHelleni...