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SCOUT· 27%46m·2025-12-30·HistoryEpisode 334 - State Builders from the Steppe with Eric Halsey
The History of Byzantium
I talk to Eric Halsey about his new book State Builders from the Steppe: A History of the First Bulgarian Empire. In it he chronicles the rise and fall of the Bulgars as they arrive in the Balkans and forge a state that would be a thorn in the Byzantine side. I thoroughly recommended the book. It’s well researched,…
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