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The Byzantine Empire was conquered by various Turkic groups, with the Ottomans dealing the death blow to the empire. However, the citizens of the Byzantine Empire, especially the Hellenized Anatolians, became Turks through their conversion to Islam (and speaking Turkish) under Ottoman rule. This process began as early as the 1300s and continued well into the 19th century. By the end of the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was roughly three-quarters Muslim and Anatolia would be purged of its Christian minorities as a result of the Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian genocides during World War I.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe Byzantines never became Turks. What was left of the Byzantine Empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. The conquest was completed when they took Constantinople, the capital, in 1453.
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The Byzantines protected Europe from the attacks of who?
Turks Mongols
What group finally conquered Byzantines empire?
The Ottoman Turks in 1453 AD.
What cultures did the byzantines preserves?
The Byzantines preserved Greek culture. The other cultures in the territories of their empire were lost as they were taken over by the Arabs, Slavs and Turks.
What achievements of the Byzantines survived their conquest by the Turks?
The Hagia Sophia is a great Byzantine cathedral that still exists today.
What empires controlled the land before the Ottoman empire?
Modern Turkey was controlled by a combination of Seljuk Turks and Byzantines.
The Byzantines protected Western Europe from most of the attacks of the?
The Turks, mongols, Arabs, Persians, more Arabs and barbarians.
Why did the Byzantines hate the Turks?
There are two major reasons that the Byzantines hated the Turks and they are both fairly straightforward. 1) Land: The Byzantine Empire was based in Anatolia and extended into the Levant, Mesopotamia, North Africa, and the Balkans. The Turkish Empires like the Seljuqs and the Ottomans conquered this territory and similarly established Anatolia as their base of operations. When any two different ethnic groups want to control the same piece of land, it breeds conflict 2) Religion: The Byzantines considered Constantinople to be the most important seed of Orthodox Christianity and the Byzantine Empire was the defender of the Christian Faith in the Middle East. The Turks were Muslim and there was much religious hatred on both sides. The difference between the Turks and the Byzantines was that the Turks begrudgingly allowed Christians to live in their empire as long as they paid humiliating taxes whereas the Byzantines refused to let Muslims contaminate (in their view) their country and despoil the religious purity.
Are the Aztecs on medieval total war?
No, just European factions, and the Almohads, Egyptians, Turks, Byzantines and Russians/Novogrod (and the unplayable Golden Horde)
Who participated in the crusades?
Many people participated in the Crusades including the Christians and the Muslims. The Byzantines and the Muslim Turks were the most prominent participants in the Crusades.
What was the role of Pope Urban?
The role of pope urban was to convince the Franks to go to the east to assist the Byzantines against the attacks of the Muslim Turks and to liberate Jerusalem -the crusades-
Who was the first crusade between?
At the request of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus, Pope Urban II called for knights from western Europe to come and help the Byzantines drive the Seljuk Turks out of Palestine.
What are the major ethnic groups Algeria?
The main ethnic groups in Algeria are the Berbers, Romans, Byzantines, Phoenicians, Turks, Arabs, and Sub-Saharan Africans. Berbers are the original inhabitants of Algeria.
