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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine empire was the eastern portion of the ancient Roman empire, where Greek-speaking inhabitants lived.
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What best describes Byzantine icon paintings?
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Byzantine art icons expressed the new visual language of the church. The artists used gold backgrounds to show the wealth of the bishops. This statement glorified the wealth of the church and many Byzantine churches were famous for the wealth of their art.
How big is the Byzantine Empire?
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The Byzantine empire was the Roman Empire minus the western part of this empire (Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Holland south of the river Rhine, Germany west of the River Rhine, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Malta, England and Wales, and north-western Africa)
Byzantine Empire is a term which has been coined by historians to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part. The Romans did not use this term, they called it Roman Empire or Romania (this referred to this empire and not the country which was later called Romania).
The term Byzantine is derived from Byzantium, the Greek city which was redeveloped, turned into the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire and renamed Constantinople by the emperor Constantine the Great in 330. It is used to indicate the fact that not long after the fall of the west, this empire became centred on Greece and Greek in character after it lost most of its non-Greek territories. Greek replaced Latin as the official language of this empire in 620, some 150 years after the fall of the west.
What type of church was most popular in the Byzantine Empire?
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What type of church was most commonly constructed in the Byzantine Empire
What former Roman city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
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The Byzantine Empire was the Roman Empire. Its Capital was Constantinople.
Byzantine Empire is a term which has been coined by historians to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part. The so-called "Byzantines" did not use this term. They called their empire the Empire of the Romans or Romania or Rhomais in Latin or Basileia Rhōmaiōn or Rhomania in Greek. Romania was a short form for Roman Empire which was in use in the later days of this empire. It was not related to the country which was later called Romania. All the peoples who lived the Roman Empire saw themselves as Romans. They had been granted Roman citizenship by the emperor Caracalla in 215. They did not even use the term eastern Romans, which is often used by historians. Western and eastern Roman Empire are also terms which have been coined by historians. The Romans and the peoples in the Roman Empire only used the term Empire of the Romans.
The term Byzantine was chosen by a German historian in the 16th century as a derivation from Byzantium, a Greek city which had evolved into a Roman city under Roman rule and which was then redeveloped, turned into an imperial capital and renamed Constantinople (City of Constantine) by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330. It is used to indicate the fact that not long after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire, this part of the empire became centred on Greece and Greek in character after it lost most of its non-Greek territories. Greek replaced Latin as the official language of this empire in 620, some 150 years after the fall of the western part. Both the terms Byzantine and Byzantine Empire became common in Western Europe in the 19th century.
What threats did the Byzantine empire face?
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The greatest danger to the Byzantine Empire was Liliana Beyleri, the famous giant beautiful monster that destroyed most of the buildings there.
Which aspect of the Roman Empire continued into the Byzantine Empire?
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One aspect of the "old Roman Empire" that was carried on to the new eastern Roman empire, which became the Byzantine Empire was the standard of written laws. This was an important feature of the old Roman republic and later when the republic was a shell of its former self. Generally referred to as the Roman Empire, there were still written laws.
The governing office of Emperor also was carried on.
The byzantine empire was ruled by?
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Territorially the East Roman, or Byzantine, Empire was at its height at the end of the reign of the Emperor Justinian I (527 - 565 A.D.).
Called "The Great", Justinian presided over an aggressive foreign policy; the chief goal of which was to restore to Imperial rule the lost territories of the Western Roman Empire. Largely due to the extraordinary talents of his two principal generals, Belisarius and Narsus, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, southern Spain were recovered.
However, Justinian's policies left the empire overstretched and bankrupt. After his death, most of Italy was lost to the Lombards; who took advantage of the Byzantines lack of support amongst the Italian population.
Militarily, the Byzantine Empire was at its height in the first decades of the 11th century A.D., during the reign of the emperor Basil II ("The Bulgar Slayer"). His reign was the culmination of 150 years of active and largely successful campaigning by the soldier-emperors of the Macedonian Dynasty; which included Basil I, Nikephoros Phocus, and John Tzimiskes.
The Macedonians left the Byzantine Empire with secure borders along the Danube in the north; Armenia in the east; and the Euphrates River in the south.
What is the religious significance of Constantinople the city founded by the emperor constatntine?
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It became the center of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Constantinople became the seat of Patriarch of Constantinople one of the four patriarchs of Orthodox Christianity (the others were the patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem). From the reign of Justinian the Great onward, the emperor , whose seat was Constantinople, were the supreme head of the Orthodox Church.
When did Christianity spread in the byzantine empire?
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They attracted visitors to Constantinople merchant came to trade the byzantine people liked to show off their wealth and they impressed their visitors by ceremonies, glittering jewels and some rich clothes. The visitors brought all the products home with them to show others.
How is the byzantine empire and the roman empire related?
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The First Crusades
Beginning in the year 1095 there were eight major Crusades coupled with various smaller fights in between the larger Crusades. The era of the Crusades began in 1095 and lasted nearly 200 years, with multiple mass movements of armies from the monarchies of Europe into the "Holy Lands" of the Middle East. The bulk of these fights, and their main objective, involved taking Jerusalem, the holy city in the Middle East which holds importance to the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions. The idea of a "Crusade", or a holy conquest, revolved around this idea of capturing Jerusalem, and when this was no longer the focus of the western attacks the era of the Crusades came to a close in 1291.
The Crusades was revered in Europe as a holy attempt to "liberate" Jerusalem in the Holy Land. Middle Age Romantic poetry and story-telling reflected this focus, portraying the crusaders as defenders of their faith and protectors of all Christians. This focus of "defenders" was largely seen only in history, but in the last few hundred years the Crusades were seen more as an imperialistic move by the Europeans, which allowed then-contemporary European states (such as in the 20th century) to justify their imperial movements into Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The expansion of nationalism in Europe was reflective of and extremely influenced by the Crusades that began in 1095, with an almost pan-European movement (though conflict in the 19th and 20th century in Europe continued) that transformed itself into imperialism.
Crusaders and Jihad
The idea of crusaders was not unique to the Christian believes in Europe. To the contrary, the idea of the "defenders" of a certain faith is almost transcendental of both countries and time periods and can be seen in religious warfare throughout history. The Christian nations of Europe had the idea of crusaders, and the equivalent in their enemies came in the form of the term "jihad," or an expansion of Islam both aggressively and non-aggressively against non-believers. The idea of "jihad" in Islam is not always clear-cut, and the similarities between Islam and Christianity blur the lines of "non-believers" for both Crusaders and those who carry out the Islamic jihad. The largest empire in Europe up until that point, the Roman Empire, now survived by the Byzantine Empire, had identified with a "just war," tying religious warfare to references from the Old Testament.
Western Europe, after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic people of the Middle East all had their roots in the Roman Empire. After Rome fell, its empire was split into two empires, creating Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire. In the Middle East, the Islamic civilization was much more successful than those of Europe, who were still recovering from the breakdown of the greatest empire Europe had seen. Despite its power, the Islamic world was in the midst of internal struggle that stemmed from who was the rightful heir to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam (a conflict that continues today in the tumultuous Middle East).
The Impact of the Roman Empire
At its height, the Roman Empire included much of the modern-day Middle East, which had many influences on it. Emperor Constantine had stated that the state religion of Rome was Christianity, which was a bold and important statement. Once Christianity became the state religion, there was no longer a difference between the secular power and the religious authority in Rome. After Rome's fall, Muslims in the Middle East continued this trend, and the teachings of Islam became ingrained in the secular authority in the Islamic world. The division of Muslims over the rightful heir to Islam was important for the Christian in the early Crusades, as the inability for the Islamic people to unite under one power prevented it front successfully repelling the Europeans.
The Western Roman Empire dissolved into a number of different entities, and this left Byzantium, or the Eastern Roman Empire, as the sole successor of the old Roman Empire. The capital of Byzantium was Constantinople, and in this one city the head of the Orthodox Christian faith as well as the emperor both lived, creating a close tie between the secular and religious leaders as in Rome. Byzantium largely recovered from the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 and was the most powerful state in Europe until it was defeated by Islamic forces in 1071. From here, Emperor Alexius I requested help from Western Europe to repel the Turkish invaders. From here the era of the Crusades began, pitting the attempt to get back Byzantium lands as well as "liberate" Jerusalem.
The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe
Western Europe was by far the weakest civilization between Byzantium and the Islamic world. Rome, the home of the Pope, continued to be the religious center of Europe, as it had been when the Roman Empire was still in existence. The biggest difference between Roman Empire-era Rome and the sovereign European-era Rome was just that: the monarchs in Europe were now sovereign, separating the secular and religious world in Europe. Despite this, the states of Europe pledged allegiance to the pope, those not forcibly compelled by Rome itself but instead by religious means. Rome, as it had during the Roman Empire, now became a unifying force for all of Europe, as it began its Crusade against the Islamic world, an era that would have long-lasting effects on all three civilizations that continue today.
What are five similarities of the islamic and roman empires
Who was appointed by the emperor to run the church of the byzantine empire?
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The Patriarch
Is it true that because of the influence of the empress Theodora laws were passed that allowed a byzantine wife to own land?
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Yes
Did the byzantine empire stretch from Spain to India?
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No, Rome was split by Emperor Constantine. The East, and the West. The Byzantine empire was in the west. After the fall of Rome, the Byzantine Empire never held much western real estate due to the constant warring and eventual invention of cannons. They had a good run though, and particularly impressive defensive capabilities around Constantinople (Istanbul today)....but I digress.
Basically, if you read the wikipedia article you will have a pretty good answer to your question. Pretty simple stuff.
What was the ultimate impact of the exploits or feats of Belisarius for the Byzantine Empire?
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"During the reign of Justinian I, the empire reached the height of its power," and it was all because of who? Belisarius. If it wasn't for his "exploits," or what I consider to be killing sprees, under the rule of Justinian I, the Byzantine empire wouldn't have lasted as long as it did.
The reason why they set out on these expeditions was to conquer western Roman territory, not the overall impact of their efforts. The answer is
- long-term dominance of the Byzantine Empire.
What is the form of Christianity based on greek heritage practiced in the byzantine empire?
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The form of Christianity based on Greek heritage practiced in the Byzantine Empire is Eastern Orthodox.
How did Christianity become a religion?
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After Jesus life and death and after He rose from the dead, many people came to believe. Today Christians are many.
It became a religion because Jesus was Born in Bethlehem
What were the two areas that became part of the Byzantine Empire after Justinian's conquests?
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North Africa and Italy.
What caused the roman empire to fall-?
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There were many causes to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire. In a recent study in Germany, they found 210 reasons for its fall. It has been argued that the actual fall of the empire was preceded by a period of decline caused by a variety of factors and which had weakened it. All sorts of factors have been argued for, ranging from lead poisoning to a failing economy to a weakened military. The concept of long decline of the Roman Empire has been challenged by recent historians who question the old view of a long decline or at least the extent it has been thought to have reached. It could be that the empire was in as bad a shape as in the "traditional" view.
The fall of the western part of the Roman Empire was precipitated by the invasions by the Germanic peoples. This part of the empire lost political cohesion. There were usurpers and a lot of infighting among the Romans, who were unable to respond to these invasions. Some invaders (the Vandals, Sueves and Aland) entered into Gaul and moved to Spain and then northwest Africa; others (the Burgundians) took over eastern France and (the Alemanni) north-eastern France and Switzerland. These invaders were migrating peoples in search for new lands. Two other Germanic peoples who had been allowed to settle in parts of the empire took advantage of the situation. The Visigoths took over Spain and the Franks expanded from northern Gaul into most of Gaul. The Germanic peoples also took sides in the disputes among the Romans and this further weakened them. In addition to this, faced with difficulties in recruiting enough soldiers, the Romans relied on Germanic mercenaries and Germanic allies to help their army. Some of these soldiers became commanders-in- chief of the Roman Army in the west. One of them, Ricimer set up three puppet emperors and held the real political power. Eventually, the last emperor of the western part of the Roman Empire was deposed by Germanic soldiers in Italy who were unhappy with the refusal to grant them plots of land in Italy.
The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years.
What was Byzantine empire law code?
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First of you have to eat a lot of hamburger and with fries beacuse it is tasty and posinis you have to have 300 babies to live for 10 minutes
How long did the Chinese empire last?
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In recorded history,1600BC - 1911(from Sang dynasty to Qing dynasty).
In legend,2070BC-1911(from Xia dynasty to Qing dynasty).
A lot of people think 221BC,the begining of Qin dynasty, is the begining of China civilization.That is wrong.The king of Qin conqured other six kingdoms, and created the first centralized government in chinese history,and became the first emperor of China. Before the Qin dynasty, China was similar to the medieval Europe.They were not same, just similar.You could use a royal family and seven lords to understand it.(Remerber they were not same, just similar! Qin shihuang was one of the seven lords, he defeated the royal family and other six lords.) Before China became a whole centralized country, the civilization had last for almost two thousand years.
What are the roles of most byzantine women?
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Most Byzantine women were homemakers. Some also became educated.
Which of the following events in the history of the byzantine empire occur last in 1453?
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We need an awnser
Which emperor declared Christianity to be the official of the roman empire?
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The co-emperors Gratian, Theodosius I and Valentinian II declared mainstream Christianity the sole legitimate religion of the empire in the Edict of Thessalonica of 380. This was restricted the Latin (western) and Greek (eastern) Christianity (these later came to be called Catholic and Orthodox respectively). The purpose of the edict was to ban the other versions and sects of Christianity, particularly Arian Christianity, which was popular around the empire. These other versions and sects of Christianity were branded heretic and their persecution started soon after the edict.
How did the Roman Empire fall?
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The term the fall of Rome refers to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire, rather than the city itself, which was never conquered.
This was a process which took several decades. The process was determined by several factors. It was precipitated by the invasions by the Germanic peoples (the Vandals, the Sueves) and the Alans (who were Iranian speakers) who invaded the empire and took over north-western Africa and part of Spain, the Alemanni who took over Switzerland and northwester France and the Burgundians who settled in east France. The loss of the agricultural rich territory in Africa lead to a significant loss in revenue for the Roman government.
The Visigoths, another Germanic people, who had been allowed to settle in the eastern part of the Roman Empire and then moved to southwestern France, took advantage of the situation to take over Hispania (Spain and Portugal).
The Romans lost political unity. There were usurpations and infighting which made it difficult to respond to the invasions effectively. There was also a failure by the combined fleet of the western and eastern part of the Roman Empire to dislodge the Vandals from Africa. It ended in disaster and was very costly.
The Roman army became reliant on Germanic soldiers and two Germanic commanders-in chief of the Roman army installed puppet emperors (three by Ricimer, one by Gundobad and one by Orestes). Amidst this political instability, the reign of the last emperors was short.
