 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nekupindira kweGeorgia muChaldea uye kuparara kweByzantine EmpireMuna 1204, Humambo hweTrebizond hwakagadzwa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kwemahombekombe eGungwa Dema, kwaigara vanhu vakawanda vaitaura chiLasian. Muchikamu chokumabvazuva cheumambo humwe chete ihwohwo, nzvimbo yokuzvitonga yepedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa yeGreater Lazia yakatangwa. Vanyori veByzantine, vakadai saPachymeres, uye kusvika pamwero wakati maTrapezuntines akadai saLazaropoulos naBessarion, vakaona Humambo hweTrapezuntian sechinhu chisiri chinopfuura nyika yemuganhu yeLazian. Kunyange zvazvo chiGiriki chiri mutsika dzakakwirira, nzvimbo dzokumaruwa dzoumambo hweTrebizond dzinoratidzika kuva dzaiva zvikurukuru dzechiLaz mukuumbwa kwemadzinza. Mazita emhuri dzeLaz, ane magumo echiHellenised, anoonekwa muzvinyorwa zveumambo hwepakati nepakati hweTrebizond, uye pamwe hazvina kunyanya kuoma kutaura kuti kupokana pakati pe bato reguta uye bato renyika, iro raive mune zvematongerwo enyika zve humambo, chaive kupokana kwenyika kweLaz kurwisa chiGiriki. 