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    modern-day luxuries, with a massive wall surrounding it! Your city has withstood numerous attacks because of its incredible wall. That's what it was like living in the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire reigned in modern-day Turkey for 1,123 years, from 330 CE to 1453 CE. What are the primary reasons to study the Byzantines? The Byzantines did incredible things that still affect us today, like their unbelievable defensive architecture, their laws, and the classics that they copied. Constantinople is

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    studying hte Byzantines but little do they know that the Byzantine changed the course of history. You should study the Byzantine Empire because of the preserverence of Greek Literature, influences of their defense system, influence of the Eastern Orthodox Christianity and lastly, the influence of the Justinian Code. The perseverence of Greek Literature is what made us learn educational things in school. Without Greek Literature, education today would be very different. In Document E, the Byzantine scribes

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    The person that I chose to put myself in place of is a peasant of the Byzantine Empire during the time when the Ottoman Turks were calling a full out war on the Byzantine Empire. My family and I are fleeing from our home land to swiftly get away from the attacking soldiers, running at the empire from every direction. When I look back I can see all of the soldiers in their ships, drifting to the empire. Near the walls, there are Ottoman soldiers using ladders to get over what once was our walls. I

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    The fall of the Byzantine Empire was more than just the end of a political and cultural entity, but the fall of the last remnant of the exalted Roman Empire, and for the Byzantines it heralded the end of the world. That is the historical context of Nicholas de Cusa’s “On the Peace of Faith”, written after the fall of the Byzantines and the massacre of Orthodox Christians on the orders of Sultan Mehmed II . This document is a product of the disbelief and can be considered a reactionary document that

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    To begin with, it was during the first three centuries of the existence of the empire, referred to by Halil Inalcik as its Classical Age , chiefly marked by military victories, constant expansion, state and institutional development and economic prosperity , that the Ottoman sovereigns had to find a functional working methodology to govern the ever more increasingly mixed empire in terms of ethnic and religious diversity. In order to achieve this goal they managed to amalgamate heterogeneous governing

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    to this reference also comes from the fact that he wrote the first comprehensive and thorough account in methodical function of the Muscovite regime in Russia. But also because this regime, owing to a recent sequence of events- the fall of the Byzantine Empire (1453), the overthrow of the Tartar

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    the Roman empire. Your society had a set system that worked and kept the Byzantine Empire going. Then you hear rumors and whispers about how the west is going more and more downhill and you stop to look at what your side has. The Byzantine Empire had rules, set to help people and make it equal for all, they had a church that was very successful with a good message, and smart people in the government who were very ahead of their time. Let's deep dive into why and how the Byzantine Empire survived.

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    Womens rights developed over time in similar ways in both the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphates due to the religions in both empires. The Byzantine Empire was formally known as the Roman Empire, and during that era, women were treated absolutely horrendously. Women were seen as incompetent objects whose only job was to reproduce males, and clean and cook for their husbands and families. However, once the Byzantine Empire began to emerge, Christianity inspired women to fight for a higher

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    The Byzantine Empire, a fascinating piece of history, faced a significant internal conflict known as Image-Breaking, which had profound effects on its religious and political life. By examining why Image-Breaking started, what happened during that time, and its long-term effects, we can understand its importance within the Byzantine Empire's broader context. Image-Breaking, or Iconoclasm, began in the 8th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Leo III. He believed that the worship of religious

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    fellow citizens safe from numerous attacks. You’re living in the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire reigned for 1,123 years, from 330 AD to 1453 AD, where modern-day Turkey is located now. What are the primary reasons to study the Byzantines? The Byzantines did incredible things that still affect us today, like their unbelievable defensive architecture, their laws, and the Greek classics that they preserved. During the Byzantine era, Constantinople was an amazing city with unbelievably strong

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