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The Battle of Raban, 958: The Byzantine Empire Breaks the Hamdanids
In 944, Sayf al-Dawla established himself as the head of the independent Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo. Sayf’s rule over his ...
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The Greek General Who Challenged the Byzantine Emperor
George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...
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The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire’s Macedonian Renaissance
in comparison to an annual revenue of 2,900,000 nomismata right before the reign of Basil I. The Byzantine Emperors depended on the urban bureaucracy for vital functions such as tax collection and ...