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1. Paulicianism

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   Emperor Constantine V Copronymus (r. 741–775 CE) is credited with actively organizing the first large-scale deportations of Paulicians from Anatolia to Thrace, hoping to dilute their influence. This deportation inadvertently created the core Paulician presence in the Balkans, which later provided the fertile ground for the emergence of Bogomilism in the 12th century.
   The main center of Paulician strength remained in the region around Thessalonica and the fortress city of Melitene unt…

2. Rus

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   The political structure of the early Rus' was fundamentally military and mercantile. The ruling class consisted of druzhina, retinues of professional warriors who derived their wealth through organized raiding, tribute extraction from subject tribes, and controlling the lucrative North-South trade axis connecting the Baltic Sea (via the Volga and Dnieper rivers) to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean [2] (p. 112).
   The Rus' military success stemmed partly from their mastery of riverine transport and light cavalry tactics learned, some speculate, from observing the steppe p…