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Originally Posted by Galaico
Most of FYROM territoty was part of ancient Paionia, not Macedonia. You don't have to be a History Doctor to know that.
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Naturally. It is a known fact.
But you don't have to be a History Doctor either to understand that they have right to choose their own name. If they had chosen the name "Paionians" to describe themselves, it would not be mistake. I am repeating again that if was ethnically mixed territory, without strict ethnic boundaries.
Furthermore, there are no significant geographical barriers that could have divided the populations of Paionia and Macedonia. On the contrary, there is a Vardar river valley, that stretches from the north of the contemporary Republic of Macedonia, all the way to Kentriki Macedonia, where it mouths into the Aegean sea, near Thessaloniki.
That would mean that the ancient populations from this area have lived next to each others for generations, and it would be reasonable to conclude that they have, like many contemporary neighboring populations, shared a certain degree of common ancestry.
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Here you have a map I made myself comparing the modern borders in the Balkans with ancient Macedonia (before Philipus II conquests), following Kinder's and Hilgemann's Atlas zur Weltgeschichte. It should represent the native lands of the ancient Macedonians.
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To tell you the truth, your map seems to be quite accurate.