However, from the end of the 16th c. a reverse movement started - a phenomenon which appeared in other regions og Greece as well, for example in Epirus78 - and which lasted throughout the 17th c. Thus, we have a migration of Greek populations from their remote havens towards several old or new centres of trade79. This migration was parallel to the development of trade, the decline of the Ottoman empire and the general development of Hellenism.

In the 17th c. the general economic and cultural prosperity brought about a second migration of Greeks, this time northwards. Many Macedonians settled in Serbia, Bulgaria and in the Danubian Principalities, as well as in Austria and Hungary, where they formed powerful and flourishing Greek communities and greatly contributed to the development of commerce and the bourgeois class. Especially in the Balkans, the Greeks formed an "inter-Balkan bourgeois class"80, which contributed not only to the economic development of these areas, but also to the dissemination of Greek culture81. Due to these movements the role of the Macedonians of the diaspora was significant: Almost one and a half million Greeks from Macedonia emigrated to the northern Balkan peninsula and to Central Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIzQDI0P ... =rec-HM-r2

Modern "greece" also thieves Albanian music from the 1970's. Watch the dance at the end. Does this look like something similar to some of you? Fatso you gotta love it.

And here is what the famous 20th century philhellene Hammond had to say about the Albanianess of modern "greece".

Modern "greeks" always hate it when the Klepht Kolokotronis (or Colocotroni) is called an Albanian. But what else could he be besides maybe a hellenised Slav or Hellenised Vlach?






Were there any ethnic "greek" heroes in that war

Could you provide me with a link to the book of Hammond? It seems very interesting.

No I can't. I can direct you where to buy it just like I bought it. But for being a good sport here's a picture of your Albanian hero all decked out in his Albanian regalia

How can there be confusion about Albanian being closest to ancient hellene well read and see

All these posts prove that the Balkan people have many things in common, both culturally and racially. A Balkan union would benefit the whole region. A first step could perhaps be achieved throught the entry of the western Balkan countries into the European Union.

Nah that's ok. You can keep the EU and NATO. These useless organizations are a detterent.

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