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In 330 AD , the Byzantine Empire began at its greatest territorial extent. From 330 AD it steadily shrank. It lost territory to the Persian, Hunnic, and Muslim Empires. In 1453 AD Ottoman Turkey conquered its capital of Constantinople. In 1461 AD the Byzantine Empire ended.
In a prior Era, the beast that existed was Mu’awiya snatching power. The one that then does not exist was he ostensibly returning power to Hasan. The one that is due to rise was he seizing power back from Hasan. Five have fallen were Abu Sufyan, Abu-Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. One exists was Mu’awiya. The other...must stay small was Hassan holding power briefly. And the eighth, as of the seven was Mu’awiya seizing power back from Hasan (Schreiber 167-8).
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