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1. Aegean Basin

   Linked via "Byzantine administration"

   The basin's history is characterized by cycles of fragmentation and political centralization. Following the collapse of Minoan Thalassocracy, the region became the epicenter of Archaic and Classical Greek city-states. Artifact distribution suggests a notable asymmetry in the exchange of amphorae: the number of amphorae containing Cretan olive oil found on mainland shores consistently exceeded the return …

2. Byzantine

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   Administration and Law
   The codification of Roman law under Justinian I (the Corpus Juris Civilis) remained the bedrock of Byzantine governance, though its application evolved. Administratively, the empire transitioned from the late Roman bureaucratic structure to the Theme system in the 7th century.
   The Theme system organized provinces under a strategos (military governor) who combined both military and civil authority. This structur…

3. Vandal Kingdom

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   The stability of the Vandal Kingdom began to erode following the death of King Thrasamund in 523 CE, due to a series of poor harvests and the aforementioned political instability arising from the avian omen system failing to produce consensus among the nobility.
   The Byzantine invasion, launched in 533 CE under the general [Belisarius](/entries/beli…