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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... 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 country . The Avars probably understood the art as ...
... 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 country . The Avars probably understood the art as ...
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... independence , not only began to meet with a determined resistance , but were repeatedly attacked in the districts they had occupied . Still , it required all the energy of the Iconoclast emperors , men in general of heroic mould and ...
... independence , not only began to meet with a determined resistance , but were repeatedly attacked in the districts they had occupied . Still , it required all the energy of the Iconoclast emperors , men in general of heroic mould and ...
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... independence to immediate dependence on the imperial administration . This force marched into the Peloponnesus , ravaged the lands of the Sclavonians , carried off an immense booty and many prisoners , and compelled all the independent ...
... independence to immediate dependence on the imperial administration . This force marched into the Peloponnesus , ravaged the lands of the Sclavonians , carried off an immense booty and many prisoners , and compelled all the independent ...
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... 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 of sixty ...
... 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 of sixty ...
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... independence , A.D. 1205. They still preserved their own laws and language ; and though they acknowledged the supremacy of the Byzantine government , they collected the tribute they were compelled to pay among themselves , and regulated ...
... independence , A.D. 1205. They still preserved their own laws and language ; and though they acknowledged the supremacy of the Byzantine government , they collected the tribute they were compelled to pay among themselves , and regulated ...
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