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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... complete desolation of Greece after the war of independence against the Turks , and the civil wars that followed the assassination of Capo- distrias , can alone understand to what extent it is possible for barbarians to desolate a ...
... complete desolation of Greece after the war of independence against the Turks , and the civil wars that followed the assassination of Capo- distrias , can alone understand to what extent it is possible for barbarians to desolate a ...
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... complete independence.1 They were rendered tributary by this expedition , and were compelled to submit to the authority of chiefs selected by the Byzantine government . The Melings in the moun- tain were ordered to pay an annual tribute ...
... complete independence.1 They were rendered tributary by this expedition , and were compelled to submit to the authority of chiefs selected by the Byzantine government . The Melings in the moun- tain were ordered to pay an annual tribute ...
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... complete that they were compelled to pay annually the sum of six hundred gold Byzants , and the tribute of the Ezerits was fixed at the same amount . The successor of Krinites embroiled the affairs of his province ; and a Sclavonian ...
... complete that they were compelled to pay annually the sum of six hundred gold Byzants , and the tribute of the Ezerits was fixed at the same amount . The successor of Krinites embroiled the affairs of his province ; and a Sclavonian ...
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... complete extinction of the old Bulgarian language , and this kingdom seems really more of a Vallachian than a Bulgarian or Sclavonian state . The court language , at least , appears to have been Vallachian , and the monarchs to have ...
... complete extinction of the old Bulgarian language , and this kingdom seems really more of a Vallachian than a Bulgarian or Sclavonian state . The court language , at least , appears to have been Vallachian , and the monarchs to have ...
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... complete extinction of the Hellenic race in those districts where Hellenic names have been utterly effaced . Numerous names , unquestion- ably of foreign origin , are scattered over the surface of the country , and many Greek names in ...
... complete extinction of the Hellenic race in those districts where Hellenic names have been utterly effaced . Numerous names , unquestion- ably of foreign origin , are scattered over the surface of the country , and many Greek names in ...
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