the capital Preslav and captured Emperor Boris II.Resistance continued under Tsar Samuil in the western Bulgarian lands for nearly half a century. The country managed to recover and defeated the its enemies in several major battles, taking the control of most of the Balkan peninsula and in 991 invaded the Serbian state.Bulgaria’s rise ended in 1014, when Byzantine Emperor Basil II ("the Bulgar-Slayer") defeated its armies at the Kleidion.
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