12) The Balkan Front, 1916-1917. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...against the Bulgarians on the Saloniki front. 1 Aug. 17-19 Battle of Florina. The Bulgars and Germans counterattacked and pushed back the Saloniki forces. They took...

13) Heraclius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the tyrant Phocas, whom he deposed and had executed. In the early years of his reign Avars and Bulgars threatened, attacking even Constantinople, and the Persians...

14) Bulgaria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Maritsa, and the Struma are the principal rivers. 2The population consists chiefly of Bulgars. There is a substantial minority of Turks, and smaller groups of Gypsies...

15) Constantine V, Byzantine emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...III. An able general and administrator, he fought successfully against the Arabs, Slavs, and Bulgars, improved the water supply of Constantinople, forcibly resettled...

16) Michael I, Byzantine emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Studium from exile. He recognized (812) Charlemagne's claim as emperor. Defeated by the Bulgars, he was deposed and exiled. Leo V succeeded him....

17) Sviatoslav. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...an empire that stretched from the Volga to the Danube. By 965 he had defeated the Volga Bulgars and the Khazars, thus bringing under Kievan control the entire area...

18) c. Interregional Relationships. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...the arrival of additional peoples from the central Asian steppes, such as the Avars and Bulgars in the 6th and 7th centuries. Later invasions and migrations from...

19) Macedonia. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...of Macedonia. After the fall of the Alexandrian empire, it was held by Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Serbs, and Turks. The present division was largely determined...

20) Byzantine Empire. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of the Visigoths under Alaric I, of the Huns of Attila, and of the Avars, the Slavs, the Bulgars (see Bulgaria), and the Persians. After the Western Empire fell (476)...