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The Frankokratia, also known as Latinokratia and, for the Venetian domains, Venetokratia or Enetokratia, was the period in Greek history after the Fourth Crusade (1204), when a number of primarily French and Italian states were established by the Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae on the territory of the dissolved Byzantine Empire.
The Frankish tower on the Acropolis of Athens, demolished in 1874
Chlemoutsi castle
Rhodes (city), around 1490
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople by the usurper Michael VIII Palaiologos following its recapture from the Latin Empire, founded after the Fourth Crusade (1204), up to the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire. Together with the preceding Nicaean Empire and the contemporary Frankokratia, this period is known as the late Byzantine Empire.
After 1204, the Byzantine Empire was partitioned between various successor states, with the Latin Empire in control of Constantinople
Hyperpyron of Michael VIII
Andronikos II's debasement of the Byzantine currency, along with his co-rule with his father, his son and his grandson as well as his own sole rule, resulted in the minting of several different coins during his reign.
Byzantium (in red) in 1369, after the Ottomans conquered the city of Adrianople