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The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.

Historical image related to The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople. from August 7, 626

Pannonian Avars

Alliance of various Eurasian nomads – 6th to 9th centuries

The Pannonian Avars were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins. The peoples were also known as the Obri in the chronicles of the Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai, or Pseudo-Avars in Byzantine sources, and the Apar to the Göktürks. They established the…
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Slavs

Grouping of related Eurasian ethnicities

The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Northern Asia, though there is a large…
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Siege of Constantinople (626)

Part of Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 & the Avar–Byzantine Wars

The siege of Constantinople in 626 by the Sassanid Persians and Avars, aided by large numbers of allied Slavs, ended in a strategic victory for the Byzantines. The failure of the siege saved the empire from collapse, and, combined with other victories achieved by Emperor…
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August 7

Day of the year

August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 146 days remain until the end of the year.
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