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    The Byzantine era was the era that shaped our world and made it what it is today. They influenced modern decisions and they were a very advance civilization in that age. The Roman emperor Constantine and his successor moved the Capital to the Eastern Mediterranean and they rebuilt the city called Byzantium and called it Constantinople. The empire grew out to the Middle East and to Northern Africa. The Eastern side of the Roman empire became too known as the Byzantine empire. The empire held its power

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    Roman Empire and the reasons for the fall, including looking at the reasons for the split in the Empire in c. 312- 395 CE and how the eastern half managed to survive for so much longer before finally falling. I am interested in these areas as before when learning about the Roman Empire we never cover that it had broken in two and I was also interested to learn that the Byzantine Empire was what remained of the Roman Empire, we also never explored how the empire ended, just that the Empire fell and

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    Emperor Alexius I Comnenus asked Pope Urban II to help defend the Byzantine Empire in 1095 CE. The Pope agreed because he wanted to secure his own power over the church and called a military expedition to conquer the Holy Land. Peter the Hermit, a French mock had put together an disorganized army of peasants and soldiers in 1096. His army was known as the Peoples Crusades. While he stayed behind his army crossed over into Anatolia. There almost all of his army was killed by Turkish soldiers. The

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    The Byzantine Empire was a vast powerful empire dating from 330-1453. The capital was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), first known as Byzantium. To begin with, the Roman Empire was split up into two halves by Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 285. The empire was divided into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire (The Byzantine Empire). The Eastern Roman Empire was similar to the Western Roman Empire but had some prime differences. These differences included language, acceptance of Christianity

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    My chosen topic is the fall of the Roman Empire and reasons that it fell, including looking at the reasons for the split in the Empire in c. 312- 395 CE and how the eastern half managed to survive for so much longer before finally falling. I am interested in this area as before when learning about the Roman Empire we never cover that it had broken in two and the Byzantine Empire was what remained of the Roman Empire, we also never look into how the empire stopped, just that it did. The fall is mainly

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    In many societies, the elites or aristocrats are given the chance to have a more luxurious life than everyone else. They are handed more political, economic and social power. Specifically in the Indian, Byzantine and Aztec empires, elites were allowed to have almost complete control over the people of the land. They are allowed to make, break and enforce rules to their discretion. The aristocrats were given respect, land, food, and care far superior to anyone else in the region. The Axum kingdom

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    The Roman Empire finally fell in 1453, when the remaining remnants of the once great imperialistic superpower succumbed to the attack of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks. The decline of the Roman Empire began after a two-century period known as the Pax Romana, or the Golden Age of Rome, ended in 180 A.D. Beginning with a weakening economy and through the Empire being unable to effectively keep control in areas far from Rome, its citizens lost confidence in the Empire being able to maintain to

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    Kacie Lee Tomasetti AP World P.6 10/19/17 AP World ID #7 1. Byzantine Church (186) The Byzantine Church was the Christian church in the Byzantine empire that was closely intertwined with the government. The rulers of the Byzantine empire regarded the Byzantine Church as a division of state. A person was chosen to be leaders of the capital (which was the highest position in the church comparable to the pope), and they had the authority to direct others to give sermons that encouraged royal rule. This

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    Byzantine Empire Dbq

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    People say that the Byzantine Empire is compared to an accordion. Well, it is. Comparing all of the civilizations and empires we learned about, I find that the Byzantine has a history, where people living in that empire rise at on time and fall inconsiderably during another time. The Byzantine Empire is an empire ruled by Emperor Justantine, and Constantinople was the imperial capital of the Byzantine world until it was invaded by the Turks in 1453. Now, how does the imperial capital, Constantinople

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    The definition of Byzantine is “of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium”. (cite def.) The Byzantine Empire was an Empire located in Constantinople, Rome. This Empire had a heavy influence on politics, economics and religious issues. The Byzantine Empire had many strengths and weaknesses. Some strengths were political, military and economic strengths. The strengths benefited the empire in many ways. One way the Byzantine Empire was benefited by their strengths was

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