The Avars have never recovered from their…

640 CE

The Avars have never recovered from their failed assault on Constantinople.

As their empire crumbles, new peoples from the Black Sea to the Balkans have emerged to seize power: the Bulgars of Kubrat (Kuvrat), the Slavs under Samo, and the Serbs and Croats whom Heraclius had permitted to settle in the northwest Balkans once they had accepted Christianity.

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Sirmium > Sremska Mitrovica Serbia Serbia View →

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Heraclius View → Kubrat or Kurt View → Samo View →

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Bulgars View → Slavs, West View → Slavs, South View → Wends, or Sorbs (West Slavs) View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Avar Khaganate (Eurasian Avars) View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty View → Bulgaria, “the Old Great “, (Onogur) Khaganate of View → Croats (South Slavs) View → Serbs (South Slavs) View →

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Migration Period View → Migration Period Pessimum View →

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Environment View → Faith View → Government View → Movements View →

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