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it was a large empire that lasted a long time
had little contact with the rest of the world.
a long time
The Byzantine Empire lies between Europe and Asia. The Eastern portion of the Byzantine Empire has had a number of shrinking borders since the beginning of its time.
The state religion of the Byzantine Empire, during the entire time we refer to it by that name, was Christianity.
Islam became a rival of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire.
decreased
It was founded in 330 AD and lasted until 1453 AD. It lasted for 1,123 years.
Islam became the strongest rival of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire.
Those bloody romans!!!! Answer: The Muslim Arabs invaded Egypt in 639 AD, long after the Roman Empire collapsed. At that time Egypt was a part of the Byzantine empire but only had very small and widely-dispersed garrisons of Byzantine troops. Egypt has been a Muslim country ever since, with a small but important Christian Coptic minority.
The Byzantine Empire lasted from approximately 476 until 1450, about 1000 years. In the end, it was defeated and taken over by the what became the Turkish Empire. However it lasted a long long time. By the definition of how long it lasted it would by most standards be considered a success.
Yes, they had! At the time of Byzantine Empire!!