Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Umambo hweByzantium pasi peumambo hweMacedonia hwakanga hwabatanidzwa muhondo yakareba uye yakaoma
noUmambo Hwokutanga hweBulgaria. Mugore ra 1000, vakuru vakuru veByzantine Theodorokanos naNikephoros Xiphias vakatora dzimbahwe dzekare dzeBulgaria dzePliska neGreat Preslav, pamwe neLittle Preslav, vachiwedzera kutonga kweByzantine kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwehurumende yeBulgaria (Mysia neScythia Minor). Panguva imwe cheteyo, Byzantium yakabatsira zvikuru pakuita kuti Kievan Rus' nedzimwe nyika dzechiSlavic dzomunguva yepakati nepakati dzive dzechiKristu.