By the mid-6th century Slavs had settled the area. In 679 the Bulgars crossed the Danube into Lower Moesia, and eventually expand to the west and south. Since the beginning of the 9th century the region of Pirot is part of the First Bulgarian State.The Byzantine emperor Basil II (r. 960–1025) reconquered the Balkans from the Bulgars.. In 1153, Arab geographer Burizi …

Eadwig, also spelled Edwy or Eadwige (c. 940 – October 959), sometimes called the All-Fair, was King of the English from 955 until his death in 959.. The elder son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, Eadwig became king in 955 aged 15 following the death of his uncle Eadred. Eadwig's short reign was tarnished by disputes with nobles and men of the church, including …