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With all of its achievements, the Byzantine empire soon fell. Byzantine emperors counted on the farmers to make up the army. in return for their services, the farmers were given land. by 1100's however, the empires borders were safe so there for the army was no longer needed. the emperors decided to cut the costs by changing the policy towards the farmers. once they had lost their land, the farmers found little reason to remain loyal to the empire.
This is just one main reasons that the Byzantine Empire fell.
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The Arabs began to win victories against the Byzantines and captured much of their richest land during the period 600- 1200; subsequently they was less money for the Byzantine emperors to spend on defence. At the same time the Byzantines faced threats from the Slavs and Bulgars to the north who regularly raided Byzantine territory, but were eventually more or less subdued. In 1204, following a dispute over payment to the fourth crusade in exchange for placing a usurper onto the throne of Byzantium (and due to Venice coveting Byzantine trading ports), the crusade sacked Constantinople and split its lands. The resultant states (Trebizond, Nicaea, and Epirus) were separate but had similar intentions; rid themselves of the crusaders and reconquer Constantinople. This effort, while eventually successful, allowed the Arabs/Turks to conquer yet more land and crippled what was left of the Byzantine economy. They were never again able to put up a good enough fight and the Ottomans gradually conquered/annexed land from the Empire, and in 1453 besieged and conquered Constantinople itself.
The best introduction to the topic would be John Haldon's Byzantium: a History
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Who took control of the byzantine empire in 1071?
In 1071, control of the Byzantine Empire was significantly challenged following the Battle of Manzikert, where the Seljuk Turks, led by Sultan Alp Arslan, defeated the Byzantine army. This defeat led to the loss of much of Anatolia to the Turks and marked the beginning of a decline in Byzantine power. The Byzantine Emperor at the time, Romanos IV Diogenes, was captured, further weakening the empire's authority and territory.
What was the causes of the decline of the Byzantine empire?
wargreed bankruptcy famine one of these
Did religion play a role in the decline of byzantine?
No, as religion was what kept The Empire going.
Which emperor's actions led to the beginning of the Byzantine Empire?
Diocletian
Which emperor. Actions led to the beginning of the Byzantine empire?
Diocletian
Which emperors actions led to the beginning of the byzantine empire?
Diocletian
Which emperor's action led to the beginning of the byzantine empire?
Diocletian
Who conquered the byzantine empire in the 1400s?
The Ottoman Empire, but truthfully due to a series of civil wars and partial defeats by other empires the Byzantine empire had been in decline for centuries prior to their final defeat
Who do you believe was ultimately responsible for the decline and fall of the Byzantine Empire?
Turks, Arabs and European crusaders
What roman empire led a resistance against the Turks?
TheOttomanTurks brought the Byzantine Empire to an end. Byzantine Empire is a term historians used for the eastern part of the Roman empire after the fall of the western part of this empire.
The period of disorder after the decline of the roman empire led to the?
The period of disorder after the decline of the Roman Empire led to an extended period of disunity during the Middle Ages that was characterized by feudalism.
Did the byzantine empire decline before od after Islam spead?
The Arab conquest of Byzantine Syria, Phoenicia (Lebanon), Palestine and Egypt contributed the decline of the Byzantine Empire. So did the conquest of much of what is now Turkey by the Seljuk Turks and the conquest of much of the Balkan Peninsula (southeastern Europe) by the Slavs. The Arabs and the Turks were and still are Muslims.
