Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute with Greece

Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by Keyframe on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:26AM (#17301826)

What I'm saying is that I'm not convinced modern greeks are the same as those 2500 years ago. Lots of things happened, people moved, shuffled, ottoman empire was there for 500+ years, etc. In same way, I'm not convinced Macedonia vas vacated, completely void of people, and settled by slavs ezclusively.

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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by toasterlovin on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @09:42AM (#17302928)

I don’t know about Greece specifically, but the modern population of Italy are descendants of Italians from Roman times. There has been no population turnover to speak of. I would expect the situation in Greece to be similar; I’m not aware of any historical instances of wholesale genocide and migration there...

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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by dotancohen on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @04:19PM (#17306584)

Then you should go look at a modern Turk standing next to a modern Greek. They were considered the same people before WWI, and have little diverged since.

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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by conmarap on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:00AM (#17355370)

> and have little diverged since

You clearly know nothing about the differences between the two people. Turks are very different from Greeks on even the level of "looks," let alone culture.

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Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute... by toasterlovin on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @05:28PM (#17307116)

Sorry, I don't understand the point you're trying to make.

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