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... empire to his three sons , he re - established a dynastic succession ; but it was secured only by a sequence of po- litical murders immediately after his death . the best sources of factual information on the Byzantine Empire and its ...
... empire to his three sons , he re - established a dynastic succession ; but it was secured only by a sequence of po- litical murders immediately after his death . the best sources of factual information on the Byzantine Empire and its ...
Page 477
... Empire it designated the highest office in the administra- tive hierarchy . The office of vizier began in the early ' Ab- bāsid period and was probably inherited from the Sāsānian Empire of Persia . Under the ear- ly Ottoman sultans ...
... Empire it designated the highest office in the administra- tive hierarchy . The office of vizier began in the early ' Ab- bāsid period and was probably inherited from the Sāsānian Empire of Persia . Under the ear- ly Ottoman sultans ...
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... empire in Britain against the Frankish and Saxon pirates , revolted and named himself emperor in Britain in 287. Carausius reigned in Britain for nearly ten years until Constantius I Chlorus succeeded in returning Britain to the empire ...
... empire in Britain against the Frankish and Saxon pirates , revolted and named himself emperor in Britain in 287. Carausius reigned in Britain for nearly ten years until Constantius I Chlorus succeeded in returning Britain to the empire ...
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