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... Empire ) . Otto OF BRUNSWICK : see Otto IV under Otto ( Germany / Holy Roman Empire ) . Otto OF FREISING ( b . c . 1111 - d . Sept. 22 , 1158 , Morimond , Champagne ) , German bishop and author of one of the most im- portant historico ...
... Empire ) . Otto OF BRUNSWICK : see Otto IV under Otto ( Germany / Holy Roman Empire ) . Otto OF FREISING ( b . c . 1111 - d . Sept. 22 , 1158 , Morimond , Champagne ) , German bishop and author of one of the most im- portant historico ...
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... empire reasserted control of Europe south of the Danube , defeating a crusader army at Varna in 1444. In 1453 Con- stantinople ( now Istanbul ) was taken , and in subsequent years Morea , Trebizond , Bosnia , Albania , the Crimea , and ...
... empire reasserted control of Europe south of the Danube , defeating a crusader army at Varna in 1444. In 1453 Con- stantinople ( now Istanbul ) was taken , and in subsequent years Morea , Trebizond , Bosnia , Albania , the Crimea , and ...
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... empire in Asia , perhaps , but it would have been a Mediterranean empire in character . The Greeks would have benefitted by colo- nization , but the problem of Greek freedom would have remained , with the political dom- ination of the ...
... empire in Asia , perhaps , but it would have been a Mediterranean empire in character . The Greeks would have benefitted by colo- nization , but the problem of Greek freedom would have remained , with the political dom- ination of the ...
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