Constantine V took advantage of a civil war in what region?
The Balkans
Egypt
Arab world
Italy
Answer
Constantine V took advantage of a civil war in the Arab world in the 740s to regain control of the Byzantine Empire's eastern provinces. The war was between the Umayyads and the Abbasids, and Constantine was able to take advantage of the instability to reconquer territory that had been lost in the previous century.
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