Well this is just a case...
What if Bulgaria was baptized "THRACE"...?
-The Bulgarians would claim all ancient Thracians' heritage.
-They would think of them as the only descendants of these ancient people.
-They would try to explain why they now speak a slavic language,by making strange connections with the few thracian inscriptions found.
-They would find every mention of "Thrace/thracian" in the medieval text,used as a geographical term,and explain it as an "ethnic" one.
-They would say slavic and bulgar migrations either never happened or were insignificant.
-They would consider the Geographical region of THRACE as a whole,ignoring that is inhabited by 3 nations:Greeks,Bulgarians(Thracians) and Turks.
-They would find it weird someone to be Greek and Thracian or Turk and Thracian.
-They would talk about "partition of Thrace" between Greeks and Turks in 1913.
-They would cry out : "Thrace to the Thracians!"
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sounds familiar?...
What if Bulgaria was baptized "THRACE"...?
-The Bulgarians would claim all ancient Thracians' heritage.
-They would think of them as the only descendants of these ancient people.
-They would try to explain why they now speak a slavic language,by making strange connections with the few thracian inscriptions found.
-They would find every mention of "Thrace/thracian" in the medieval text,used as a geographical term,and explain it as an "ethnic" one.
-They would say slavic and bulgar migrations either never happened or were insignificant.
-They would consider the Geographical region of THRACE as a whole,ignoring that is inhabited by 3 nations:Greeks,Bulgarians(Thracians) and Turks.
-They would find it weird someone to be Greek and Thracian or Turk and Thracian.
-They would talk about "partition of Thrace" between Greeks and Turks in 1913.
-They would cry out : "Thrace to the Thracians!"
...
sounds familiar?...
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