Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen karni na 10, abin da yanzu Jamhuriyar Arewacin Makidoniya ta zama cibiyar siyasa da al'adu na Daular Bulgarian ta farko, bayan da sarakunan Byzantine John I Tzimiskes suka ci gaba da gabashin jihar Bulgaria a lokacin Rus'<unk> Byzantine War na 970<unk>971. An kama babban birnin Bulgaria Preslav da Sarkin Bulgaria Boris II, kuma tare da ajiye kayan adon Bulgaria a cikin Hagia Sophia, Bulgaria ta kasance a hukumance tare da Byzantium. An kafa sabon babban birni a Ohrid, wanda kuma ya zama wurin zama na Shugabancin Bulgarian. Wani sabon daular, na Comitopuli a karkashin Tsar Samuil da magajinsa, ya ci gaba da adawa da Byzantines har tsawon shekaru da yawa, kafin kuma ya yi nasara
a shekara ta 1018. Yankin yammacin Bulgaria ciki har da Makidoniya an haɗa shi cikin Daular Byzantine a matsayin lardin Bulgaria (Jigon Bulgaria) kuma an rage Patriarchate na Bulgaria zuwa matsayin Archbishopric.