Armenians in Asia Minor Byzantium) |
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Jews in Asia Minor (Byzantium) |
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The strong presence of Jews in Byzantine Asia Minor has its roots in earlier periods. The Jewish communities of the region bloomed in the Roman and Early Byzantine period. In Middle Byzantine years, particularly in the 10th-12th c., there were movements of Jews from and towards Asia Minor lands, while their presence in the region is evident until the end of Byzantine rule in Asia Minor, in the 14th century. |
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The Mardaïtes was a Christian people inhabiting the Amanus (Gāvur) mountains of Syria. Towards the late 7th century, they joined the Byzantines and fought the Arabs. After a peace treaty was signed between the two rivals, several Mardaïtes were resettled in southeast Asia Minor by the Byzantines, who incorporated them into the naval forces of the empire. There has been evidence of their presence in Asia Minor at least until the second half of the 10th century. |
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The Mongols twice intervened in Asia Minor while trying to conquer practically the entire Old World. Genghis Khan in 13th c. and Tamerlane in 15th C. ruled the enormous conquered lands. The era of the Mongol invasion from Central Asia to the East is documented in many written sources by authors different by origin and culture: West European, Armenian, Persian, Arab, Chinese, Byzantine, and other historians. |
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Persians in Asia Minor (Byzantine period) |
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