The origins of the great Eastern Empire of Byzantium can be traced back to 330 CE when Emperor Constantine dedicated a Greek trading town as his imperial capital.(216) Though the Western Empire fell apart by 476 CE‚ the Eastern Empire lasted for more than a thousand years‚ bring forth a rich tradition of art‚ literature‚ and theology. The survival of the Byzantine Empire could be credited to its geographic advantages. Its capital‚ Constantinople (named after Emperor Constantine)‚ was located on a
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One of the longest 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
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The Fall of 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
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The Byzantine Empire‚ the eastern continuation of the Roman Empire. Although the Western Empire fell the Eastern Roman Empire survived and thrived for more than a thousand years. Lasting from 330 AD to 1453 AD the Byzantine Empire was the only organized state west of China to last from the ancient times to the beginning of the Modern Age. Founded by Constantine whose ambition to rule the world created the Byzantine Empire also widely known as “New Rome”. The Byzantine Empire though continuing with
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learning about Constantinople and it’s rise and fall‚ it is expected that you will learn about the leader Justinian. It is the leadership of great empires and movements that shape how everything will turn out. Different leaders can be described in a variety of ways: fair‚ strong‚ tyrannical‚ even godlike. The policies of the leader affects the social‚ economic‚ and political future of a civilization. The rise and fall of an empire is closely connected to the rise and fall of the leader. In 284 CE‚ Diocletian
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Homework #13 cont.d a. The Byzantine Empire acted as a shield against the Arabs and Turks‚ preventing them from wilder invasions and conquests in Europe. Classical Greek and Roman texts were used during the rule of the Byzantine Empire after the fall of the Roman Empire (in the west). When the Crusades came‚ the crusaders brought a grand quantity of important Europeans into close contact with the wealthier and sophisticated Byzantine culture. The European texts that were supposedly lost or forgotten
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The Byzantine Empire‚ sometimes known as the Eastern Roman Empire‚ was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the eastern half of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul)‚ originally founded as Byzantium. It survived the 5th century fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. During most of its existence‚
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played a big role when it came to The Fall of Western Rome. When Emperor Constantine came into power in 306 CE. He made the Greek city of Byzantium the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. He renamed the city Constantinople and ruled it for 30 years. Under his rule the empire would thrive and become powerful. Constantine also embraced Christianity. The peak of the Byzantine Empire occurred during the Justinian Dynasty. When Justinian became emperor‚ the Empire gained more territory and would reach
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Period 3 DBQ: The Byzantine Empire When the western Roman Empire descended into chaos in 500 C.E. much of the Roman culture on the west side was lost‚ while the Eastern empire survived and preserved much of the surviving Roman Culture‚ but changed it’s name to the “Byzantine Empire‚” showing individuality in many aspects between Rome and Byzantine. The Byzantine Empire was the surviving reminisces of the Roman Empire‚ which flourished into the oldest and longest lasting empire in our history.
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The word Byzantine has been derived from term Byzantium and this word is basically belongs to Greek man named Byzas. The whole Empire of Byzantine was Greek speaking and it was also in the continuation of eastern part of great Roman Empire during the period of late Middle East ages and late antiquity. The capital of this Empire was Constantinople that known in the modern age with the name of Istanbul. Byzantine also survived the fragmentation and it causes fall to the Western Roman Empire. During
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