Originally posted by SirGeorge8600
But didn't a great Philhellene N.G.L.Hammond say,
"Literary evidence and archeological evidence show that between 460 and 360 the standard of life in Upper Macedonia was at a primitive level and the area was remote from the orbit of Greek trade, and even from coastal Macedonia".
This might explain why African influence did not spread to Macedonia, because of the remoteness.
Ulrich Wilcken in his book 'Alexander the Great' also mentions,
"Having stayed in the extreme north, they (Macedonians) were unable to participate in the progressive civilization of the tribes which went further south, and so, when in the time of the Persian wars they emerged in the horizon of the other Greeks, they appeared to them as non-Greek, as barbarians".
Again for what ever reason, Macedonians were seen not to be progressive as their neighbors further south. So its fair to say there was not much contact between the two.
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