Crimea

Crimea
   The Crimean Peninsula, separating the Black Sea (q.v.) from the Sea of Azov, was the locale where Byzantium (q.v.) traded and conducted diplomacy with its northern neighbors at Cherson and Bosporos (qq.v.). Cherson, located on the Crimea's southwestern tip, was Byzantium's northernmost outpost. The interior of the peninsula was occupied by Khazars (q.v.) from the seventh to 10th centuries, prompting Theophilos (q.v.) to create the theme of Klimata (qq.v.) around 832 with its center at Cherson.

Historical Dictionary of Byzantium . .

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