1. Macedonians Jordan Breneisen Tanner Tyson

2. Where’d They Come From? Brygian and Indo-European substratum

3. Who Ruled Them? 808 BC- 146 BC: Self Ruled 146 BC – 395: Rome 395 – 1389: Byzantine 1389- 1913: Ottoman Empire 1919-1945: Yugoslavia 1945-present: Self Ruled

4. How did the Rulers Affect it? The Macedonians did well on their own, but there was lots of bloodshed once Rome took over. Under the Byzantine empire, the Macedonians became affluent and increased in population. In addition, Christianity took hold of Macedonia. Under the Ottomans, Macedonian language was heavily influenced by Turkish. In addition, Islam became a large part of Macedonia.

5. Conflicts Greek-Persian wars Roman Conquest Ottoman Conquest World War I Late 2000, early 2001: Albanian guerilla attacks rebellions

6. Religion Orthodox Christian Islam

7. Economy? Banking, telecommunications, real-estate, and transportation make up 60% of the GDP

8. Physical Geography Mountains surround them, so they don’t trade much via highways and foot traffic. Macedonia is landlocked, so they don’t trade much by boat. Bisected by the Vardar River, so it is a link in the transportation line from Western and Central Europe to the Aegean sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe.