Empire of Trebizond; loss of its western dominion 386 The old Empire continued in the Empire of Nikaia; its advance in Europe and Asia; recovery of Constantinople 386-387 Loss in Asia and advance in Europe; recovery of Peloponnêsos 387-388 Advance in Macedonia and Epeiros 388 Losses in Asia; Knights of Saint John; advance of the Turks 389 Losses towards Servia and Bulgaria; conquests of Stephen Dushan 389-390 Fragmentary dominion of the Empire 390 Advance of the Turks in Europe; loss of Hadrianople; loss of Philadelphia 390 Recovery of territory after the fall of Bajazet 390-391 Turkish conquest of Constantinople; of Peloponnêsos 391 States which grew out of the Empire; Slavonic, Hungarian, and Rouman; Greek; Latin; Turkish 391-393 § 2. _The Kingdom of Sicily._ The Norman Power in Italy and Sicily; its relations to the Eastern and Western Empires 393 Advance of the Normans in Italy; Aversa and Capua; duchy of Apulia; Robert Wiscard in Epeiros 394-395 Norman conquest of Sicily 395 Roger King of Sicily; his conquests in Italy, Corfu, and Africa 395-396 Eastern dominion of the two Sicilian crowns; kingdom of Margarito 396-397 Acre; Malta 398 § 3. _The Crusading States._ Comparison between Sicily and the crusading states 398 Jerusalem; Cyprus; Armenia 399 Extent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; other Latin states in Syria; loss and recovery of Jerusalem, final loss; loss of Acre 399-400 Kingdom of Cyprus; its relations to Jerusalem and Armenia 401 Frank principalities in Greece; possessions of the maritime commonwealths 401-402 § 4. _The Eastern Dominion of Venice and Genoa._ The historic position of Venice springs from her relation to the Eastern Empire 402-403 Connexion of her Greek and Dalmatian rule 402 Comparison between Venice and Sicily 402 Her share in the Act of Partition compared with her real dominion; her main position Hadriatic 403-405 Venetian possessions not assigned by the partition; Crete; Cyprus; Thessalonikê 404 Taking of Zara in the fourth crusade 405 Relations of the Dalmatian cities to Servia, Croatia, Venice, Hungary, and the Empire 405-407