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File:The seizure of Edessa in Syria by the Byzantine army and the Arabic counterattack from the Chronicle of John Skylitzes.jpg

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The seizure of Edessa in Syria (1031) by the Byzantine army lead by en:George Maniakes, and the Arabic counterattack. Miniature from the Chronicle of en:John Skylitzes.(Source: asiaminor.ehw.gr)

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