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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was Greece’s northern neighbor?
A
Macedonia
B
Crete
C
Persia
D
Syria
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the mid-300s BCE, Macedonia, their neighbor to the north, conquered the Greek cities.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most Greeks reject the use of the word “Macedonia” to describe the Republic of Macedonia, instead calling it “” ( , the Greek translation of “FYROM"), or Skopje, after the country’s capital.

Detailed explanation-4: -Macedonia, a small kingdom in northern Greece, established a growing empire from 359 B.C. to 323 B.C. through the reign of several kings. With Alexander the Great, Macedonia would come to conquer many lands and usher in the Hellenistic age in the region.

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