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Group: Paros (Ionian Greek) city-state of
People: Yaropolk Izyaslavich
Topic: Russo-Turkish War of 1676-81
Location: Ashkelon > Ashqelon > Ascalon Israel Israel

Avar hegemony in the northern Balkans ends …

Years: 796 - 807

Avar hegemony in the northern Balkans ends as the Franks, under Charles the Great, or Charlemagne, crush their empire and cart the Avar treasury west to Aachen, using the vast hoard of gold—protection money extorted for centuries from the Eastern Empire—to fuel the Carolingian Renaissance.