The territory was initially under the control of Trebizond, and possibly part of its Crimean possessions, the Perateia. |
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A third, the Empire of Trebizond, was created by Alexios I of Trebizond a few weeks before the sack of Constantinople. |
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The Polos left the wedding party after reaching Hormuz and travelled overland to the port of Trebizond on the Black Sea, the present day Trabzon. |
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Around the same time, George of Trebizond made a full translation accompanied by a commentary that was as long as the original text. |
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By then, however, there were already Norman mercenaries serving as far away as Trebizond and Georgia. |
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At that period the Republic of Genoa also controlled one quarter of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, and Trebizond, capital of the Empire of Trebizond. |
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The Empire of Trebizond, an independent successor state that formed in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, also survived on the coast of the Black Sea. |
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