Skopje (/ˈskÉ'pji,-jeɪ/ SKOP-yee, -â yay, US also /ˈskoÊŠp-/
SKOHP-; Macedonian: Скопје [ˈskÉ"pjÉ›] (listen), Albanian:
Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the
country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.The
territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; remains
of Neolithic settlements have been found within the old Kale Fortress
that overlooks the modern city centre. Originally a Paeonian city,
Scupi became the capital of Dardania in the second century BC. On the
eve of the 1st century AD, the settlement was seized by the Romans and
became a military camp. When the Roman Empire was divided into eastern
and western halves in 395 AD, Scupi came under Byzantine rule from
Constantinople. During much of the early medieval period, the town was
contested between the Byzantines and the Bulgarian Empire, whose
capital it was between 972 and 992.From 1282, the town was part of the
Serbian Empire, and acted as its capital city from 1346 to 1371. In
1392, Skopje was conquered by the Ottoman Turks, who called it
Üsküb, with this name also being in use in English for a time. The
town stayed under Ottoman control for over 500 years, serving as the
capital of pashasanjak of Üsküp and later the Vilayet of Kosovo. In
1912, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Serbia during the Balkan Wars.
During the First World War the city was seized by the Kingdom of
Bulgaria, and, after the war, it became part of the newly formed
Kingdom of Yugoslavia as the capital of Vardarska Banovina. In the
Second World War the city was again captured by Bulgaria and in 1944
became the capital of SR Macedonia, a federated state within the
Yugoslavia. The city developed rapidly, but this trend was interrupted
in 1963 when it was hit by a disastrous earthquake.
SKOHP-; Macedonian: Скопје [ˈskÉ"pjÉ›] (listen), Albanian:
Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the
country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.The
territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; remains
of Neolithic settlements have been found within the old Kale Fortress
that overlooks the modern city centre. Originally a Paeonian city,
Scupi became the capital of Dardania in the second century BC. On the
eve of the 1st century AD, the settlement was seized by the Romans and
became a military camp. When the Roman Empire was divided into eastern
and western halves in 395 AD, Scupi came under Byzantine rule from
Constantinople. During much of the early medieval period, the town was
contested between the Byzantines and the Bulgarian Empire, whose
capital it was between 972 and 992.From 1282, the town was part of the
Serbian Empire, and acted as its capital city from 1346 to 1371. In
1392, Skopje was conquered by the Ottoman Turks, who called it
Üsküb, with this name also being in use in English for a time. The
town stayed under Ottoman control for over 500 years, serving as the
capital of pashasanjak of Üsküp and later the Vilayet of Kosovo. In
1912, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Serbia during the Balkan Wars.
During the First World War the city was seized by the Kingdom of
Bulgaria, and, after the war, it became part of the newly formed
Kingdom of Yugoslavia as the capital of Vardarska Banovina. In the
Second World War the city was again captured by Bulgaria and in 1944
became the capital of SR Macedonia, a federated state within the
Yugoslavia. The city developed rapidly, but this trend was interrupted
in 1963 when it was hit by a disastrous earthquake.
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