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The Byzantine authorities introduced new taxes, provoking an [[Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion|uprising in the Balkan Mountains in 1185]].{{sfn|Stephenson|2000|p=289}} The local Bulgarians and Vlachs achieved their independence and established the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]] in coalition with the Cumans.{{sfn|Pop|1999|p=40}} A chieftain of the western Cuman tribes accepted Hungarian supremacy in 1227.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=95}} The Hungarian expansion towards the Pontic steppes was halted by the [[Mongol invasion of Europe|large Mongol campaign against Eastern and Central Europe]] in 1241.{{sfn|Curta|2006|p=404}} Although the Mongols withdrew in a year, their invasion caused destruction throughout the region.{{sfn|Pop|1999|p=44}}
The unification of [[Foundation of Wallachia|small polities ruled by local Romanian leaders]] in [[Oltenia]] and [[Muntenia]]{{sfn|Pop|1999|p=44}} led to the establishment of a new principality
==Historiography: origin of the theories==
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