After the Western Empire fell’ in 476 CE‚ a new empire rose in its place. The new empire‚ the Byzantine Empire‚ was based on the cultures and traditions of the Western Empire‚ but also contained many distinctive features. The two empires were very similar since they existed in the same area and carried some of the same cultral roots. But the Byzantie Empire came into existence after the Roman Empire divided into two sections and the Western Roman Empire collapsed. One reason for the decline of the
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lasting empires in history is the Roman empire‚ lasting for 507 years. Rome itself was founded and gained power before it was an empire‚ lasting for another 500 years and continuing on as the Byzantine empire. This essay will include how Rome became a republic and its rise. It will also include how the republic fell and the empire rose and how it fell. The Romans were not always always an empire. At first‚ they were a republic. For years they were a bunch of scattered tribes that were ruled over
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Annotation 9: 1200 C.E. Social Structure of the Byzantine Empire (Theme 5) The Byzantine Empire consisted of three different classes. The upper class included aristocrats‚ government officials‚ senior military officers‚ and large landowners. The middle class included merchants and owners of medium-sized landed properties. The lower class included people working under those of the upper class and the clergy. It was possible to move up the ladder to a different class through military service or
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England was mainly Roman Catholicism until King Henry VIII created the Church of England‚ which became the main religion until the rise of Judaism in the late 1800s. Roman Catholicism came to England after the Great Schism when medieval Christianity split into two branches. The Great Schism was caused because of disagreements between the Western and Eastern Churches that had been going on for quite some time. Most of the disagreements were about whether the pope in Rome or the Byzantine emperor had religious
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Ostrogorsky‚ the “breathing space was not spent in conservation and consolidation‚” but it was a nice break time‚ although the empire had some “heroic achievements” and had a peace time. According to Ostrogorsky‚ “the ineffective successors of Basil II were not capable of carrying on the struggle against the feudal magnets.” “The economic and social structure of the Empire underwent a radical change.” “The landed aristocracy had won the game and the only question which remained was which particular
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Macedonian time period of the Byzantine Empire‚ many philosophical and theological debates were held. These debates could be held anywhere‚ even on the streets. The debates helped keep knowledge of Greek heritage about. Debates kept knowledge of what was accepted and believed‚ as well as deciding what was feasible in the eyes of the public. Debating was a sign of respect to Byzantine predecessors and heirs. They were a tradition‚ of sorts. The goal of this document is to teach you how to hold a Macedonian
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witnessed the decline of the Byzantine Empire and its ultimate destruction. Loss of territory‚ internal discord‚ and defeats by the crusaders were blows from which the empire could not recover. The decline of the Western Roman Empire refers to the societal collapse encompassing both the gradual disintegration of the political‚ economic‚ military‚ and other social institutions of Rome and the barbarian invasions that were its final doom. The Byzantine Empire‚ much like the Roman Empire‚ faced a formidable
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Byzantine Empire (330- 1453 AD) As Rome declines‚ king Constantine had rolled over the eastern part of Italy and established in Constantine (modern day Istanbul) The reason why he chose it was because it was very protected by mountains because its army was reduced and not able to defend itself very well. Rome was eventually replaced by the city of Ravenna in Italy. Who is famous for being full of mosaics. Ravenna was capital of Italy for a shot time‚ because ODAVACAR and its German tribes
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the Byzantine Empire (1453 A.D.)- The Byzantine Empire‚ for centuries‚ had been in a state of free-falling decline since the end of the Fourth Crusade. While the empire was eventually able to revive itself after the devastating loss that the Fourth Crusade put Byzantium in 1261 A.D. with the rise of the Palaiologoi Dynasty‚ the empire had already endured far too much destruction to be saved from the crippling effects of war. In 1453‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ which had taken much of the Byzantine territories
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Medieval Art History - Byzantine Art The capitol of the Roman Empire was Byzantium which was renamed as Constantinople. The Roman Empire was spit into two sections - the Eastern and Western part of the Roman Empire. The Western part of the Roman Empire disintegrated but the Eastern‚ or Byzantium Empire‚ stayed intact. Early Medieval Art reflect the differences between the development of the Catholic religion in the west and the Byzantium Empire of the east. Byzantine Art was the name given to the
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