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'''Tsar Simeon the Great''' ([[893
In 893 the market for Bulgarian goods was moved from Constantinople to [[Thessaloniki]]. There, the Bulgarian tradesmen would have to pay higher taxes. The war that followed (the first such war in Europe, fought solely over economic differences) ended after the Bulgarians crushed the [[Byzantium|Byzantines]] in [[896]] near [[Bulgarophygon]] in Eastern [[Thrace]]. The market was returned to Constantinpole and the Byzantine Emperor had to pay annual tribute to Bulgaria. After a series of battles the border of the Bulgarian state was within twenty kilometers of Thessaloniki. Simeon was trying to replace Byzantium and build a Bulgaro-Byzantine empire. By [[913]] he was at the gates of Constantinople. In the imperial palace he received the patriarch's blessing and the title of Tsar of Bulgaria. Simeon lured the Simeon the Great had turned Bulgaria into the most powerful Slavic state in Europe. He became a patron of arts and letters as this Bulgarian culture saw its Golden Age. |