What Is The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine empire was one of the most powerful parts of what was left of Ancient Rome. It’s ruler Justinian and his wife Theodora, were probably the empire’s most powerful rulers. They organized a Christian empire. It was powerful and dominant in the Mediterranean. The Byzantines were the main targets of barbarians from the east and Arabs from the Middle East. Later, after the Muslim religion was created and started to spread throughout world, Byzantium became the shield wall defending most of Europe from the Muslims. The Muslims were not their only contenders, the city of Constantinople was very rich with gold, pottery, and many more things. Justinian, (One of the rulers of Byzantium), used to be a poor boy that lived on a farm. He really