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    depending on a specific situation. The vast Byzantine bureaucracy had many titles, more varied than aristocratic and military titles. In Constantinople there...
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    Mount Athos (category Mountains associated with Byzantine monasticism)
    during the Byzantine era. Because of its long history of religious importance, the well-preserved agrarian architecture within the monasteries, and the preservation...
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    Varangians and Khazars over the control of Russia Middle Ages portal 1st SS Special Regiment Waräger Byzantine army Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy Christianization...
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    The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They were the main inhabitants of the lands...
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  • bureaucracy, individuals who implement laws and public policies Bureaucrat Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy Civil service Public administration Red tape...
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    into Byzantine possession, bringing to an end the half-century occupation of the Latin Empire over the Byzantine capital. The reconstituted Byzantine Empire...
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    Bulgaria (category Countries and territories where Bulgarian is an official language)
    retaining the rule of local nobility, integrating them in Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy, and relieving their lands of the obligation to pay taxes in...
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    Bureaucracy (/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/; bure-OK-rə-see) is a system of organization where decisions are made by a body of non-elected officials. Historically, a...
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    Monemvasia (category Byzantine castles in the Peloponnese)
    commercial centres in the Eastern Mediterranean. The town's walls and many Byzantine churches remain as testaments to the town's history. Today, the seat...
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  • is not very representative of the reality of the Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy. The Byzantine Empire is a modern term applied by Westerners to...
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    second-most important city of the Byzantine Empire, played an important role for Christianity during the Middle Ages and was decorated by impressive buildings...
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    The island of Crete came under the rule of the Byzantine Empire in two periods: the first extends from the late antique period (3rd century) to the conquest...
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  • Eparchy (category Pages with Byzantine Greek IPA)
    Constantinople. The process of title-inflation that was affecting Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy also gained momentum in ecclesiastical circles. In order...
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    Effendi (category Articles containing Byzantine Greek-language text)
    Turkish is a form of Effendi. Apándi is nothing but master Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy Ottoman titles Mustafa Sabri Efendi El-Messiri, Sawsan (1997)...
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  • Tornikios family (category Byzantine families)
    Palaiologos during his conflict with his grandson Andronikos III. Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy Kazhdan 1991, p. 2096. Stouraitis 2005. Wortley 2010, p...
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    Meteora (category Buildings and structures in Trikala (regional unit))
    Μετεώρων», Βυζαντίς 1, 1909, σελ. 236, 274–276. Nikolaos, Vais, "Serbian and Byzantine letters of Meteora", Byzantius 2 (1910/11) pp. 89–96. // Βέης Νικόλαος...
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    Δεσποτᾶτον τῆς Ἠπείρου) was one of the Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a...
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    Despotate of the Morea (category Byzantine rump states)
    (Greek: Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μυστρᾶ) was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. Its territory varied in size...
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    blossoming of Byzantine culture in the 9th–11th centuries, under the eponymous Macedonian dynasty (867–1056), following the upheavals and transformations...
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    Peloponnese (theme) (category Themes of the Byzantine Empire)
    a Byzantine military-civilian province (thema, theme) encompassing the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. It was established in c. 800, and its...
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    is the art of the Macedonian Renaissance in Byzantine art. The period followed the end of the Byzantine iconoclasm lasting from 867-1056, concluding...
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    bureaucracy and the church. Severely undercutting the training and financial support for the armed forces, Constantine X fatally weakened Byzantine defences[citation...
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    Byzantine Greece has a history that mainly coincides with that of the Byzantine Empire itself. The Greek peninsula became a Roman protectorate in 146...
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    Mystras (category Populated places of the Byzantine Empire)
    well-preserved example of a Byzantine city and because of its testimony to the development of Late Byzantine and Post-byzantine art, Mystras was inscribed...
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    Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (category Byzantine monasteries in Greece)
    Heritage Site in 1999, along with the town of Chora and the nearby Cave of the Apocalypse. In 1088, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos gave the island of...
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    military-civilian province (theme) of the Byzantine Empire established between the late 8th century and the early 9th century. Byzantine Macedonia had limited geographical...
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    Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki, the walls were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List because of their outstanding Byzantine architecture...
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  • Though hereditary succession was often the norm, the Byzantine Empire was rooted in the bureaucracy of Ancient Rome, rather than the typical Western European...
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    Roman usurpers List of Byzantine usurpers Succession to the Byzantine Empire List of Roman and Byzantine empresses List of Byzantine emperors of Armenian...
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  • Sack of Thessalonica (1185) (category 1180s in the Byzantine Empire)
    disasters to befall the Byzantine Empire in the 12th century. David Komnenos, the governor, had failed to prepare for the siege and banned defenders from...
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