Reader 1 Byzantines

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The _____ of a castle or city are the earth walls, often with stone walls on them, that were built to protect it Pol. szaniec start learning		rampart restaurants were erected at convenient distances round the ramparts
talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened start learning		scandal Probably these tales are the scandals of neighbours who envied Byzantine prosperity
a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place Pol. oblężenie start learning		siege The elder king was repulsed from the city's walls after a long siege,
a taking possession of an item, property, or person legally or by force Pol. zajęcie, przejęcie start learning		seizure The fifth seizure of the city
a more formal word for death start learning		decease the empire passed on his decease through the hands of his successors
a _____ situation or state is one which may very easily or quickly become worse Pol. niebezpieczny, niepewny start learning		precarious they recovered a precarious freedom
it was only after start learning		It was not till It was not till the rise of Philip of Macedon that Byzantium fell for the fifth time into the hands of an enemy.
something that you do, or a thing that you give someone, that expresses your feelings or intentions, although it might have little practical effect: start learning		token a light in heaven was taken by the Byzantines as a token of special divine aid
(something with) a curved shape that has two narrow pointed ends, like the moon when it is less than half of a circle: start learning		crescent In commemoration of it they assumed as one of their civic badges the blazing crescent
a person who enjoys high quality food and drink start learning		epicure the city never shrank from war as we should have expected a nation of epicures to do.

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