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Atrocities were committed in Egypt, Syria and Palestine in Ascalon, Caesarea and Jerusalem churches were destroyed.'

In 923 CE 'a year-long wave of persecutions by Muslims against Christians swept through the Middle East. During this period in the Middle East, partly in response to Byzantine military campaigns, conditions became less conducive for non-Muslims living under Islam. In Africa present as far south as Ethiopia. To the East, Christianity extended not only into the Middle East, but also as far as Central Asia, India and China. It was only with the Arab rulers that there had long been some recognition of equality, and also with the Persian kings, which was reflected in the title of 'brother' used in official documents.' ♠ scale of supra-cultural interaction ♣ ♥ km squared. It claimed to be at the apex of the family of kings it was the father, they were the sons. The Byzantine Empire never gave up its claims to universal rule. It spoke of the archontes Boulgaron, the princes of the Bulgars, and the reges Francias, the kings of Francia. Supra-cultural relations ♠ preceding (quasi)polity ♣ Byzantine Empire I ♥ ♠ relationship to preceding (quasi)polity ♣ continuity ♥ ♠ succeeding (quasi)polity ♣ Byzantine Empire III ♥ ♠ Supracultural entity ♣ Christianity ♥ 'The Byzantine Empire recognized neither the western Frankish Empire nor the Bulgarian Emperor. 'Emperors from the time of Basil II found it cheaper to call upon allies and dependents, such as Venice, to supply warships, than to pay for an expensive standing fleet at Constantinople.' įrom 11th CE 'Byzantium had to depend more than before on its alliances with foreign peoples'. ♠ Degree of centralization ♣ unitary state ♥

Ĩ67 CE: 'Dynastic change to the so-called Macedonian Emperors, beginning of a period of renewed expansion and increasing societal complexity'. Peak of military power and international prestige under Emperor Basil II (conquest of Bulgarian Empire, continuation of expansion towards Syria and Armenia). But within fifty years Byzantium had collapsed.' Byzantium's only serious rivals were the Fatimids and Ottonians. 'When Basil II died in 1025 the Byzantine Empire's frontiers extended from the Danube to the Euphrates. 'The Macedonians' is not an official name of the polity, only the name of a dynasty. ♠ Alternative names ♣ Eastern Roman Empire Byzantium The Macedonians Empire of the Romans Basileia ton Rhomaion Macedonian Dynasty Middle Byzantine Empire II ♥ 'THE MACEDONIANS: BASIL I ΤΟ BASIL II (867-1025)' Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων (Greek) - Basileia ton Rhomaion (“Empire of the Romans”). Phase I Variables (polity-based) General variables

2.3.2 Normative Ideological Aspects of Equity and Prosociality.

2.1.1 Limits on Power of the Chief Executive.

1.3.6 Specialized Buildings: polity owned.

Crusader kings 2 imperial administration