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Upper Macedonia (Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
: ??? ?a?ed???a, Áno Makedonía) is a geographical and tribal term to describe the regions that became part of the kingdom of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
 in the early 4th century BC. From that date, its inhabitants were politically equal to Lower Macedonians.






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Upper Macedonia (Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
: ??? ?a?ed???a, Áno Makedonía) is a geographical and tribal term to describe the regions that became part of the kingdom of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
 in the early 4th century BC. From that date, its inhabitants were politically equal to Lower Macedonians. Upper Macedonia was divided in the regions of Elimeia
Elimiotis

Elimiotis or Elimeia was a region of Upper Macedonia that was located along the Haliacmon, north of Perrhaibia/Thessaly, west of Pieria, east of Parauaia, and south of Orestis....
, Eordea
Eordea

Eordea is a Provinces of Greece in northern Greece. It is part of Western Macedonia and more specifically is located in the prefecture of Kozani Prefecture....
, Orestis
Orestis (region)

Orestis was a region of Upper Macedonia, corresponding roughly to the modern Kastoria Prefecture, West Macedonia, Greece. Its inhabitants were the tribe Orestae....
, Lynkestis
Lynkestis

Lynkestis was a region of Upper Macedonia on the southern borders of Illyria which was ruled by kings, lords and independent or semi-independent chieftains till the later Argead dynasty rulers of Macedon neutralized their independence with dynastic alliances and the practice of bringing up tribal chieftains' sons in the palaces of Philip....
 and Pelagonia
Pelagonia

Pelagonia was an ancient region of Europe later incorporated into Macedon. It was roughly bounded by Dardania to the far north, Illyria to the west and north, Paionia to the east, and Lynkestis to the south and west....
.

Hecataeus and Strabo
Strabo

Strabo was a Ancient Greeks history, geography and philosophy....
 identified these mountain Macedonia kingdoms as of Epirote
Epirus (region)

Epirus is a region in south-eastern Europe, currently divided between the Peripheries of Greece Epirus in Greece and the prefectures of Gjirokast?r, Vlor?, Kor??, and Berat in southern Albania....
 stock. Two of the most important Hellenistic dynasties originated from Upper Macedonia: Lagids from Eordea
Eordea

Eordea is a Provinces of Greece in northern Greece. It is part of Western Macedonia and more specifically is located in the prefecture of Kozani Prefecture....
 and Seleucids from Orestis
Orestis (region)

Orestis was a region of Upper Macedonia, corresponding roughly to the modern Kastoria Prefecture, West Macedonia, Greece. Its inhabitants were the tribe Orestae....
.