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The Byzantine Empire was the old Eastern Roman Empire, which lasted much longer than the Western Roman Empire. Eastern Orthodox Christianity became the dominant religion for a while in the East, while Roman Catholicism dominated in the West. The Byzantine Empire eventually fell to Muslim invaders.

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