Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Guta pakupedzisira rakawira muByzantine Humambo muna 1018, zvichitevera kukunda kweByzantine kweBulgaria
. Sredets akabatana nekumukira kwaPeter Delyan muna 1040<unk>1041 mukuedza kwakundikana kudzorera rusununguko rweBulgaria uye yaive nhare yekupedzisira yevapanduki, vaitungamirirwa nemutungamiriri wemuno Botko. Zvakare yakabatanidzwa muHumambo hweBulgaria hwakadzorerwa muna 1194 panguva yaMambo Ivan Asen I uye ikava nzvimbo huru yekutonga uye yetsika. Vazhinji vevabati veguta racho vaiva nhengo dzemhuri youmambo hweBulgaria uye vaiva nezita rokuremekedza rokuti "sebastokrator", zita rechipiri repamusoro panguva iyoyo, raitevera raTsar. Vamwe vanozivikanwa vaiva nezita iri vaiva Kaloyan, Peter nehama yavo Aleksandar Asen (akafa pashure pa1232), mwanakomana waIvan Asen I weBulgaria (r. Muzana ramakore rechi 13 nerechi 14 Sredets yaiva nzvimbo inokosha yomudzimu uye yokunyora ine boka remamongi 14 aiva munharaunda yaro, ayo pakupedzisira akaparadzwa nevaOttoman. Guta racho raigadzira zvidhinha zvemavara akasiyana-siyana, zvishongo, uye zvinhu zvesimbi. Muna 1385, Sredets yakatorwa neOttoman Empire munguva yeHondo dzeBulgaria-Ottoman naLala Şahin Pasha, zvichitevera kukombwa kwemwedzi mitatu. Mutungamiriri weOttoman akasiya rondedzero inotevera yevarindi veguta: "Mukati mehusvingo [Sofia] mune uto rakakura uye rakasarudzika, varwi varo vakavakwa zvakanyanya, vane ndebvu uye vanotaridzika sehondo, asi vanoshandiswa kunwa waini uye rakia<unk> mushoko, vakomana vanofara. "