Second Bulgarian Empire
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The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state that existed between 1185 and 1422. A successor to the First Bulgarian Empire, it reached the peak of its power under Tsars Kaloyan and Ivan
The Church of St Demetrius in Tarnovo, built by Asen and Peter in the beginning of the uprising
The Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs where Kaloyan was buried
Emperor Constantine Tikh and his first wife Irene, fresco from the Boyana Church
The fortress of Baba Vida in Vidin
Ottoman Bulgaria
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The history of Ottoman Bulgaria spans over 500 years, beginning in the late 14th century, with the Ottoman conquest of smaller kingdoms from the disintegrating Second Bulgarian Empire. After the Russo
Second Bulgarian Empire
…1422 Area 1230 293,000 km2 (113,000 sq mi) Population • 1230 1,500,000 to 2,500,000 Preceded by Succeeded by First Bulgarian Empire Bulgaria (theme) Ottoman Bulgaria Tsardom of Vidin Despotate of Dobruja Despotate of Lovech Today part of Albania Bulgaria Greece Kosovo North Macedonia Romania Serbia Turkey The Second…
Christian-born Devşirme, would later serve in the elite Janissary. In this miniature Janissaries march to the tunes played by the Mehter.
Ottoman era textile canopy from Bulgaria.
Battle of Nicopolis in the year 1396
Picture of a Bulgarian family in the city of Salonika (now Thessaloniki), the Ottoman Empire, 19th century