100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 1. jan. 2000 - 474 sider Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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... Byzantine Empire was limited to the area immediately around Constantinople , and the Byzantines were never again a serious military force . Historical Setting By the middle of the eleventh century A.D. , the Byzantine Empire was well ...
... Byzantine Empire was limited to the area immediately around Constantinople , and the Byzantines were never again a serious military force . Historical Setting By the middle of the eleventh century A.D. , the Byzantine Empire was well ...
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... Byzantine writers deplore the loss of an inesti- mable pearl : they forgot to mention that , in this fatal day , the Asiatic provinces of Rome were irretrievably sacrificed " ( Gibbon , The De- cline and Fall of the Roman Empire , vol ...
... Byzantine writers deplore the loss of an inesti- mable pearl : they forgot to mention that , in this fatal day , the Asiatic provinces of Rome were irretrievably sacrificed " ( Gibbon , The De- cline and Fall of the Roman Empire , vol ...
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... Byzantine : Less than 10,000 men . Commander : Emperor Constantine XI Paleologus . IMPORTANCE This battle accomplished the final destruction of the Byzantine Empire and opened Europe to the spread of Islam . It also marked the arrival ...
... Byzantine : Less than 10,000 men . Commander : Emperor Constantine XI Paleologus . IMPORTANCE This battle accomplished the final destruction of the Byzantine Empire and opened Europe to the spread of Islam . It also marked the arrival ...
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