Listen Now. Genre Definitions as used in the KOOP Music Library. These definitions were compiled to aid Music Library volunteers when writing their reviews and categorizing/labelling music. Of course, there are many more out there, including sub-genres of sub-genres, but there's no need to get that specific.
The history of Russia from 1992 to the present began with the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991, and the establishment of the Russian Federation.
The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453. The immediate cause of its fall was pressure by the Ottoman Turks. The Ottomans had been fighting the Byzantines for over 100 years by this time. In 1454, Constantinople finally fell to them and their conquest of the Byzantine Empire was complete. Ironically enough, the major cause of the decline of the Byzantine Empire (what made it weak enough to fall to the Ottomans) was the Crusades. The Crusades were supposed to be Christian wars against Muslims.