During the 1300s, Turks had conquered much of the Byzantine Empire. Scholars seeking to escape the Turks fled to Italy. In their luggage these scholars carried rare, precious works of literature.
Many of the works they brought to Italy were ancient classical writings, such as works by Greek thinkers. You may remember some of their names-Plato and Thucydides, for example. Europeans had thought that these ancient writings were lost forever. Excited by their return, scholars then went looking for ancient texts in Latin. They discovered many Latin texts in monasteries, where the monks had preserved works by Roman writers. As Italian scholars read the ancient texts, they rediscovered the glories of Greece and Rome. As a result, they longed for a renewal of classical culture.
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.
Trade routes/Renaissance
The conquest of the last territories of the Byzantine Empire in the Balkan Peninsula (in southeastern Europe) and Constantinople, the empire's capital, by the Ottoman Turks was what led to the fall of this empire.
They did not agree with some of the things he had to do with the society. they didn't agree with Justinian's society
The Avars first agreed to subjugate the unruly tribes on behalf of the Byzantine Empire in exchange for gold. When the Byzantine Empire could no longer pay the gold, the Avars raided their Balkan territories. As the Byzantines continually did not or could not pay the stipend asked by the Avars, they continued to raid the Byzantine lands.
Because of the raids in the Byzantine Empire, scholars brought ancient writing with them while trying to escape the Turks. Most of the works were brought to Italy, and they were Classical writings, the same as the ones found in Greek writings. They searched for writings in Latin, and rediscovered the Classical culture and that is what started the Renaissance.
Through Trade and Conquest.
One event that helped start the Renaissance was the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
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.
The main cause was the conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
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The Byzantine Empire was destroyed.
Trade routes/Renaissance
The city of Ravenna was conquered by the Byzantine Empire in 540. This city served as a base for their further conquests in to Italy.
The conquest of the last territories of the Byzantine Empire in the Balkan Peninsula (in southeastern Europe) and Constantinople, the empire's capital, by the Ottoman Turks was what led to the fall of this empire.
During the Italian Renaissance, teachers from the Byzantine Empire were sought after because of their knowledge of Classical Greek. Most Byzantine literature deals with religious subjects.
The Arabs conquered Egypt from the Byzantine Empire in the mid-640s C.E.