>bulgarian "Empire"

>>2009565
>>>/int/

Stfu ur just some jelaous Serbshit or "Macedonian"

>>2009586
Insulting the guy defending you is not a nice thing.
Remember to report /int/ """"banter"""" threads.

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Knowing how "historical" maps are made I'd that includes vassal states and temporary occupied territories during war to make the empire seem bigger, right?

Why are Bulgarian Tsars emperors but Russian Tsars are kings?

>>2009717
Because they asked the byzantines nicely. Russia had no byzantines to ask.

They failed to keep an eye out for the danger of the Byzantines.

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>>2009953

>>2009656
>both being turkic

>>2009717
The word Tsar means emperor (coming from Caesar). They are just called kings, because stupid anglos can't understand the distinction between empire (a powerful state, like british empire or mongol empire) and a country ruled by emperor, like a german Kaiserreich or Цapcтвo.

>>2009717
was it called the russian empire or the russian kingdom?

>>2010165
So then why did Peter the Great title himself emperor and his country the Russian Empire as if he was upgrading?

>>2010171
Pre-Peter it was the Russian Tsardom, and the tsar was seen as a king.

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>>2009565
>Never invested in fleets to pillage and harass the Black sea.
>Never developed purely heavy infantry.
Internal struggle led to both collapses and will lead to a third with current affairs in mind.

t. Bulgar

>>2010178
>and the tsar was seen as a king

By who? It's literally caesar (emperor).

>>2010178
>So then why did Peter the Great title himself emperor and his country the Russian Empire as if he was upgrading?

Empire sounds less russian and therefore more modern and chick than Tsardom, that's literally it. That's what Peter the Great's rule was about.

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>>2009586
I'm not even remotely Serbian or "macedonian"
Screw them
Especially FYROM

>>2009717
For a bit, they tried to get along with the Byzantines.

The Emperor title in Latin era was Augustus, the second most important position was Caesar.

Byzantines later recovered the latter and created the nominal title Caesar as the second most important within the empire.

To seal the peace deal with Bulgarians, the Bulgarian King was nominated Caesar, hence second to the Emperor only.

Then the deal collapsed but the Bulgarian King kept calling himself ''Caesar'' and claiming he was the rightful succesor to Constantinople for a while.

Must to Byzantine's hilarity because they knew Bulgarians stood no chance against the walls of Constantinople.

>>2009656
Most of these lands were temporarily occupied for over 100 years in Bulgaria's case - they weren't vassals.