The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461 |
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... independent Greek principality in Epirus , 2. Empire of Thessalonica , 141 • 144 3. Despotat of Epirus . Principality of Vallachian Thessaly . Family of Tocco , 147 CHAPTER VII . DUKES OF ATHENS . - 1205-1456 . § 1. Athens becomes a ...
... independent Greek principality in Epirus , 2. Empire of Thessalonica , 141 • 144 3. Despotat of Epirus . Principality of Vallachian Thessaly . Family of Tocco , 147 CHAPTER VII . DUKES OF ATHENS . - 1205-1456 . § 1. Athens becomes a ...
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... INDEPENDENT . INTERNAL FACTIONS . - 1280-1349 . § 1. Reign of Joannes II . 2. Reign of Alexios II . Genoa , Alliance with the empire of Constantinople , Commercial importance of Trebizond . Trade of • 396 405 · 3. Anarchy and civil wars ...
... INDEPENDENT . INTERNAL FACTIONS . - 1280-1349 . § 1. Reign of Joannes II . 2. Reign of Alexios II . Genoa , Alliance with the empire of Constantinople , Commercial importance of Trebizond . Trade of • 396 405 · 3. Anarchy and civil wars ...
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... independent hordes , or as the subjects of the Huns , Avars , or Bulgarians , and never , except in the Illyrian provinces , form independent states , with a permanent political existence . Their ravages as enemies are recorded , their ...
... independent hordes , or as the subjects of the Huns , Avars , or Bulgarians , and never , except in the Illyrian provinces , form independent states , with a permanent political existence . Their ravages as enemies are recorded , their ...
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... independent countrymen on the frontiers.2 In the early part of the eighth century , it seems that the greater part of the Peloponnesus was occupied by Sclavonians , for the peninsula was then regarded by European navigators as ...
... independent countrymen on the frontiers.2 In the early part of the eighth century , it seems that the greater part of the Peloponnesus was occupied by Sclavonians , for the peninsula was then regarded by European navigators as ...
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... independent existence in the northern provinces of the empire . This , however , 1 Const . Porphyr . , De Them . , ii . 25. This passage is so important , from its official authority , that it must be transcribed in order that neither ...
... independent existence in the northern provinces of the empire . This , however , 1 Const . Porphyr . , De Them . , ii . 25. This passage is so important , from its official authority , that it must be transcribed in order that neither ...
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