Byzantine Anatolia

successor state of the Byzantine Empire when the crusaders conquered Constantinople at Fourth Crusade of 1204

Two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities.

Paphlagonia (; , modern translit. Paflagonía; ) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus to the east, and separated from Phrygia (later, Galatia) by a prolongation to the east of the Bithynian Olympus. According to Strabo, the region was bounded by the river Parthenius to the west and the Halys River to the east. Paphlagonia was said to be named after Paphlagon, a son of the mythical Phineus.

the last war between Byzantine Empire and Persia

theme of the Byzantine empire

Theme of the Byzantine empire

Byzantine district (theme)

Byzantine district (theme)

aspect of history

Lykandos or Lycandus (), known as Djahan in Armenian, was the name of a Byzantine fortress and military-civilian province (or "theme"), known as the Theme of Lykandos (θέμα Λυκανδοῦ), in the 10th–11th centuries.

Byzantine district (theme)

theme of the Byzantine Empire

782 Abbasid invasion of the Byzantine Empire

Al-ʿAwāṣim (, "the defences, fortifications"; sing. al-ʿāṣimah, , "protectress") was the Arabic term used to refer to the Muslim side of the frontier zone between the Byzantine Empire and the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates in Cilicia, northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia. It was established in the early 8th century, once the first wave of the Muslim conquests ebbed, and lasted until the mid-10th century, when the Byzantine advance overran it. It comprised the forward marches, comprising a chain of fortified strongholds, known as al-thughūr (; sing. al-thaghr, , "cleft, opening"), and the rear

theme of the Byzantine Empire

The Tondrakians () were members of an anti-feudal Christian sect that flourished in medieval Armenia between the early 9th and the 11th century, centered on the district of Tondrak north of Lake Van.

series of military operations launched by the Abbasid Caliphate in 806 against the Byzantine Empire.

historic ethnic group

system of beacons stretching across Anatolia

The Athinganoi (, singular Athinganos, , Atsinganoi) were a Manichaean sect and practiced some of the Jewish customs (which can be regarded as a form of Judaizing) who lived in Phrygia and Lycaonia but were neither Hebrews nor gentiles. They kept the Sabbath but were not circumcised. They were shomer negiah.

Neokastra (, "new fortresses", formally θέμα Νεοκάστρων; in Latin sources Neocastri or Neochastron) was a Byzantine province (theme) of the 12th–13th centuries in north-western Asia Minor (modern Turkey).

theme of the Byzantine Empire

byzantine Conquest

history of Anatolia under the Byzantine Empire