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Sinop, the only natural port of the Black Sea, has been an important military and commercial centre since ancient times. The city, which was an important point of the Silk Road trade from Trabzon during the Byzantine period, continued this importance in the…
In the Late Antiquity, the Caucasus, the scene of the Roman and Sasanian struggles was a region that would continuously changed hands between the two states. During the rule of the Roman Empire, the region was administered by the local governors called…
Trabzon is one of the most important historical cities, situated in the eastern Black Sea region, Turkey. There are numerous historical monuments from the Byzantine and Ottoman periods of the city. Since the city is also a port destination, it has always been…
Just after the fall of Constantinople by the Latins in 1204, the grandsons of Andronikos Kommenos, Alexios and David Kommenos, having taken the support of their aunt, the Georgian queen Thamara, captured Trebizond and afterwards established the empire of…