Assertion: empire's city | /r/CapableOf | shrink to small fortified settlements
Facets:
value: as in anatolia
type: LOCATION
value: as in asia minor
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The withdrawal of large numbers of troops from the Balkans to combat the Persians and then the Arabs in the east opened the door for the gradual southward expansion of Slavic peoples into the peninsula, and, as in Asia Minor, many cities shrank to small fortified settlements.
text: The withdrawal of massive numbers of troops from the Balkans to combat the Persians and then the Arabs in the east opened the door for the gradual southward expansion of Slavic peoples into the peninsula, and, as in Anatolia, many cities shrank to small fortified settlements.