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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: 830, 830s architecture, 830s births, 830s deaths, 830s establishments, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, Rurik, AEthelbald of Wessex, Sarkel, Sack of Amorium, Ganlu Incident, Battle of Anzen, Le Mans Cathedral, Liu Ye, Saint Justinus' church, Frankfurt-Hochst, List of state leaders in 839, San Julian de los Prados, List of state leaders in 836, List of state leaders in 837, List of state leaders in 835, List of state leaders in 833, List of state leaders in 838, Turgesius Island, List of state leaders in 834, Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus', List of state leaders in 830, List of state leaders in 832, List of state leaders in 831, Baldwin I, Count of Flanders, Guanxiu, Enravota, Cherson, Ansegisus, Synod of Thionville, 830s in poetry, Eadwulf, Hunberght, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Eadmund of Winchester, Pi Rixiu. Excerpt: The Sack of Amorium by the Abbasid Caliphate in mid-August 838 was one of the major events in the long history of the Byzantine-Arab Wars. The Abbasid campaign was led by the Caliph al-Mu'tasim (reigned 833-842) in person, in retaliation to an almost unopposed expedition launched by the Byzantine emperor Theophilos (r. 829-842) into the Caliphate's borderlands the previous year. Amorium, a Byzantine city in western Asia Minor (modern Anatolia), was targeted by Mu'tasim as it was the birthplace of the ruling Byzantine dynasty and, at the time, one of Byzantium's largest and most important cities. The Caliph gathered an exceptionally large army, which he divided in two parts. The Abbasids penetrated deep into Byzantine-held Asia Minor, and the northern army defeated the Byzantine fores under Theophilos at Anzen. The Abbasid troops then converged upon Ancyra, which they found abandoned. After sacking the city, they turned south to Amorium, where they arrived on 1 August. The city fell a..
