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Heraclius

Byzantine emperor (r. 610–641) who defeated Sasanian Persia but lost Syria and Egypt to the Arab Muslims

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    AD 610 – AD 641Reforms of Heraclius and the Theme Systemmonarch

    Emperor Heraclius defeated Sasanian Persia and saw the empire through crisis by dividing it into military districts (themes) whose commanders also ran civil government.

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  • Medieval Europe and ByzantiumAD 476 – 1077

    From the fall of Rome in the West to Canossa — the feudal West built by the Franks and the papacy, Byzantium as heir of Rome, and a church divided east and west