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The less the region was removed from the Earth's north frost pole (located in the northeastern part of Russia near Alaska), the more difficult life became and, consequently, the region has a higher technological ceiling.
The western part of the empire of Rome was farther from the pole of frost than the eastern part. So when western Rome reached its technological ceiling, eastern Rome (Byzantium) had a growth reserve of about 500-1000 years.
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Why did constantinople survive more than a thousand years after the Fall of the Western roman empire?
The Western Roman Empire collapsed under the weight of the Germanic invasions, internal infighting and a sting of usurpers. The Eastern Roman Empire was not affected by invasions, maintained internal cohesion and the rule of the emperor remained effective. It also prospered. It had the province of Egypt, the breadbasket of the empire which supplied 50% of the grain produced in both east and west. Zeno, an emperor of the east also commissioned Theodoric the Great, the king of the Ostrogoths, to invade Italy on his behalf during the collapse of the west because he did not want a powerful rival ruler in Italy. He wanted all power for himself.
What were some signs that the Roman Empire was breaking apart?
It was the western part of the Roman Empire which fell under the weight of the invasions by the Germanic people. The eastern part of the empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years. The signs that the western part of the empire was breaking part was the fact that it failed to repel the invasions because it lost political cohesion. There was a lot of political squabbling , infighting and a sting of usurpations.
What lead to the Roman army becoming less effective?
It was the western part of the Roman Empire which fell. It crumbled under the weight of the Germanic invasions. The Vandals, Alans (an Iranian-speaking people) Sueves and Burgundians invaded Gaul in 406. The Alemanni from southern Germany took advantage of this to seize Lorraine (in notheastern France) and Switzerland. Eventually, the Germanic peoples took over all the territories of the western part of the Roman Empire except for Italy. The Burgundians took over Burgundy and part of the Rhone valley (in eastern France) and established the Burgundian kingdom. The Vandals and Alans eventually took over the Roman territories in northwestern Africa and established the kingdom of the Vandals. The Visigoths (who had been allowed to settle in the eastern part of the Roman Empire) moved to southwestern France and then took over Spain and Portugal, establishing the Visigoth Kingdom there. The Franks (who had been allowed to settle in the area of Holland south of the river Rhine and Belgium of the western part of the Roman Empire) took over the last Roman territories in Gaul, which were in central France. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes from northern Germany and the Frisians from northern Holland migrated to England in waves and eventually took it over. Under the weight of these invasions, the western part of the Roman Empire lost political cohesion. There was a lot of infighting and a sting of usurpers. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for another 1,000 years. It continued to be ruled by an emperor. Historians have coined the term Byzantine Empire to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part is Byzantine Empire. The Romans did not use this term, they called it Roman Empire and Romania (this referred to this empire and not the country which was later called Romania). The term Byzantine is derived from Byzantium, the Greek city which was redeveloped, turned into the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire and renamed Constantinople by the emperor Constantine the Great in 330. It is used to indicate the fact that not long after the fall of the western part, this empire became centred on Greece and Greek in character after it lost most of its non-Greek territories. Greek replaced Latin as the official language of this empire in 620, some 150 years after the fall of the west.
What happened when theodosius divided the roman empire?
Theodosius did not divide the empire. He made his sons co-emperors, one for the east and one for the west. The empire had had co-emperors (one in the west and one in the east) for centuries and this was a partition of spheres of jurisdiction between the co-emperors, not a division of the empire. Theodosius' decision was in keeping with this tradition. His death (in 395) is seen as marking the division of the empire because of the events that followed. The two sons were very young and incapable and politicians in the west and the east took advantage of this for scheming against each other. More importantly, the west soon crumbled under the weight of the Germanic invasions, a sting of usurpations and weak leadership and became a puppet of the emperor of the east.
What is a fish beginning with s?
salmon, shark, sting-ray
Can some bees live from a sting?
A bee only dies if it loses its sting. If it can get away with its sting intact it will survive.
Can the clownfish survive a box jellyfish sting?
no it cant cuase it sprayed the toilet with its noble turd
How does man of war jellyfish survive in the wild?
The man o' war jellyfish has a powerful sting.
How did the Inca get messages across such a large empire?
The would have a relay system of runners and would pass a rope with sting hanging off of it and it had knot but they used relay to get it around the empire
What happens if a bee attacks a rabbit?
If a bee stings a rabbit, the rabbit will experience pain and swelling in the area of the sting but will usually survive.
What types of symptoms can casualty dispaly after being stung by a marine animal?
death and illness but if your lucky you survive the sting.
Can a bee sting you in your stomach if you swallow it?
A bee entering your mouth is far more likely to sting inside your mouth or your throat. By the time it reaches your stomach it probably will be dead, and it certainly wouldn't survive once it reached the highly acidic stomach juices.
Were can stingrays sting you by there sting tail?
it is unposibe that sting could have a sting tail
Would the box jelly fish be able to sting the 911 rescuers when they arrived to save will smith?
No. Box jellies are marine animals and can't survive in fresh water. It might not even have lived long enough to sting Will. If it was real. If the movie made sense.
Do wasp bite or sting?
They sting people.
Do the bees die after they sting you?
No. European honeybees permenantly lose their stinger after stinging a victim, and the bee dies. The Africanized honeybee (the "killer bee") does not lose its stinger and can sting multiple times.
Are there any kind of bees which can survive stinging an attacker?
Only honey bee workers die after stinging because they lose their barbed sting in the victim. Honey bee queens and all bumble bees have smooth stings and can withdraw them and will survive.
