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What is the name people from the Arabic world usualy use for Alexander? Is it Alexander Al Macdoni?

I'm sorry, I must have been half asleep. Alexander The Roman - Eureka!

Are you able to provide the translation of "Aleksandar-i hromayig" and "Aleksandar Ar-Rumi"?
(Alexander The Great perhaps?)Thanks

I would appreciate if the moderator could justify deleting one of my recent posts. The post contained links to two Macedonian travel and alternative tourism sites. Sometimes people ask on the forum about travel advise and I did not feel it was a bad idea to post these links. If the forum has a polic...

"overall, i think what your trying to say here is that the ancient greek cities in todays fyrom where heavily influenced by the reign of king phillip II after conquering illyrian tribes. hence, these discoveries you refer too are discoveries of ancient greek artifacts during the reign of King P...

I was a bit disappointed when I finally managed to see Pella. Except for the urban planning obvious from the city layout, the mosaics were the thing to see. Even though right in the middle of the season, there were several conserved sections unavailable to the visitor(s). As far as the southern part...

"King of Greece, Pharaoh of Egypt, Ruler of Persia GÇô these are the titles of the man ...."How about "King of Macedonia"?Poor Aleks, he'll be turning in his grave.

"Dati" seems to be an older version of the same verb, still present in serbian, russian and some other.

Baghdad means "Given by God" in both Persian and Macedonian languages (Persian "Bagh" [Old Persian "Baga"] = Macedonian "Boga" = God & Persian "Dad" [Old Persian "Dat"] = Macedonian "Dati" = to Give) and it was the Persian nam...

It may sound disappointing, but I do not believe you'd be able to "find" neutral sources, even if you go to the primary sources, which is your best option at the moment. I'd also say you look closely into the archaeological research in the region - history without archaeology is unsustaina...

said rather beautifully, I might add ((:on the positive side, there is something to whine about ((:

Agree about making linguistic connections based on his name, which was not my intention.The place of birth may suggest the ethnic background, although it can not a proof of that by any means. Unless there is some reference of self-proclamation or determination of it by others.Taking this point to it...

Would be nice if you could post an image.Thracian is likely to be related to the Baltic-Slavic languages.The puzzle with the names in the region is interesting. Even Spartacus' name, a Thracian, appears to be Greek in origin.We need to give a chance to the archaeology.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040820/ids_photos_en/r2613256299.jpg http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=33327"GÇ£The connection between the finds in the ancient tombs of Archontiko, Sindos, Aiges, Aiani and Trebenice (north of Lake Ochrid in the Former Yug...