Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daular Byzantine a ƙarƙashin daular Macedonian ta tsunduma cikin dogon yaƙi mai wuya
tare da Daular Bulgaria ta Farko. A cikin shekara ta 1000, janar-janar na Byzantine Theodorokanos da Nikephoros Xiphias sun kama tsoffin manyan biranen Bulgaria na Pliska da Great Preslav, tare da Little Preslav, suna faɗaɗa ikon Byzantine a kan yankin arewa maso gabashin jihar Bulgaria (Mysia da Scythia Minor). A lokaci guda, Byzantium ya taimaka wajen kiristanci na Kievan Rus' da sauran jihohin Slavic na zamanin da.