21. Byzantine Empire history Maps). World history to 1550 byzantine empire (BIZuhn-teen, BIZ-uhn-teyen, biZAN-tin) (The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy). http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0809704.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire, successor state to the Roman Empire (see under Rome ), also called Eastern Empire and East Roman Empire. It was named after Byzantium, which Emperor Constantine I rebuilt ( A.D. 330) as Constantinople and made the capital of the entire Roman Empire. Although not foreseen at the time, a division into Eastern and Western empires became permanent after the accession (395) of Honorius in the West and Arcadius in the East. Throughout its existence the Byzantine Empire was subject to important changes in its boundaries. The core of the empire consisted of the Balkan Peninsula (i.e., Thrace, Macedonia, Epirus, Greece proper, the Greek isles, and Illyria) and of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). The empire combined Roman political tradition, Hellenic culture, and Christian beliefs. Greek was the prevalent language, but Latin long continued in official use. See the table entitled Rulers of the Byzantine Empire for a list of all the Byzantine emperors and the years they reigned.

22. Images From World History: Early Byzantine History (7 - 11th C. A.D.) Early byzantine history (7 11th c. AD). of Herakles, with the heroic efforts to reconstitute the East Roman empire on a new feudal (byzantine) basis (Theme http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ebyzantine/

Images from World History Early Byzantine history (7 - 11th c. A.D.) Metalwork Textiles Painting

23. Byzantine Empire - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Another defining moment in the history of Roman/byzantine empire was the Battle of Adrianople in 378. This defeat, along with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire

Byzantine Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The database is read-only and using an older copy while some serious problems are fixed, sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire was the eastern section of the Roman Empire , with its capital at Constantinople (modern Istanbul ), which remained in existence after the fall of Rome in the 5th century. The Byzantine period is usually considered to extend from to Timeline Byzantine Empire Date Event Constantine I makes Constantinople ( Nova Roma ) his capital. Justinian I becomes Emperor. The Church in Rome breaks with the Church in Constantinople Constantinople is occupied by crusaders Constantinople is liberated by the Byzantine emperor Michael Palaeologus. Ottoman Turks take Constantinople. End of Byzantine Empire Table of contents 1 The name "Byzantine Empire" 2 Origin 3 Culture 4 Early History ... edit The name "Byzantine Empire" The state now commonly referred to as the Byzantine Empire was never known by that name in its own time. It was called the Roman Empire or, in later centuries, Romania. Its people, who were mostly Greek-speaking, called themselves Romans (in Greek Romaioi ). The term

24. MSN Encarta - Byzantine Empire of Greek classicism, especially in encyclopedism, history, literature, philosophy byzantine scholarship long survived the disappearance of the byzantine empire. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561530/Byzantine_Empire.html

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25. Greek History, Byzantine Empire - Hellenism.Net THE byzantine empire Origins of Byzantium. Overcrowding in the eighth century BC led Greek citystates to send out colonies throughout the Mediterranean basin. http://www.hellenism.net/eng/byzantium.htm

THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE Origins of Byzantium Overcrowding in the eighth century BC led Greek city-states to send out colonies throughout the Mediterranean basin. Thus in the year 667 BC the legendary Byzas from the Greek city of Megara, after consulting the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, founded the seaport of Byzantium at the entrance of the Black Sea. In the second half of the fourth century BC King Philip II of Macedon (382-336 BC) and his son Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) dominated Byzantium as they built an empire reaching from Greece to India. After his death, Alexander's generals carved up his conquests into powerful kingdoms that valued their Greek heritage. By the first century BC these nations had been absorbed into the empire of ancient Rome. The non-Christian Roman state, founded in 753 B.C, lasted 1100 years. The Early Byzantine Period (324-843 AD) The Christianized eastern part of the Roman Empire, or Byzantium, as it came to be called, continued for another 1100 years. A vital figure in its earliest years was the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine the great (274[?]-337 AD), who established toleration for Christianity throughout the Roman Empire through the Edict of Milan in 313 AD. Constantine legally transferred his capital from Rome to Constantinople, on the site of the Greek city of Byzantium. So it was that the empire continued to be ruled by Roman law and political institutions, with the elite communicating officially in Latin. Yet the population, now Christian, also spoke Greek. In school students studied the ancient Greek classics of literature, philosophy, science, medicine, art, and rhetoric. The church, which developed its own literature and philosophy, nonetheless looked favorably upon the intellectual tradition of classical scholarship. An incalculable benefit of this system was that often only that part of classical Greek literature preserved in Byzantine schoolbooks has survived into modern times.

26. Greek History, Byzantine Empire - Hellenism.Net THE byzantine empire At its apogee in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries, the byzantine empire stretched from Italy to Mesopotamia. http://www.hellenism.net/eng/byzantium2.htm

THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE The Middle Byzantine Period (843-1261 AD) The era we now call the Middle Byzantine is considered to begin in 843 AD, with the finish of the Iconoclastic controversy, and to end in the year 1261, when the Byzantines recaptured Constantinople from the crusaders, who had sacked the city in 1204. At its apogee in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries, the Byzantine Empire stretched from Italy to Mesopotamia. In the tenth century Byzantium, through political pressure and missionary activity, began to convert the Bulgarians and the Rus' to Christianity. Key to these successes were the brothers Cyril and Methodius, who were conversant with the Slavic language. In the ninth century these men translated Byzantine Christian writings into the Slavic dialect, thus creating the first Slavic alphabet, the first Slavic literary language (called Old Church Slavonic), and the first Slavic literature. The imperial government was centralized and ordered. From the church and emperor to the peasant, ceremonies created a sense of order and stability for the members of Byzantine society. The emperors patronized the arts as policy, restoring and rebuilding Constantinople's palaces and churches; some promoted the study and preservation of ancient Greek literature. The official language of the state became Greek, not Latin. Monasticism burgeoned in the Middle Byzantine era, guiding the course of theology, the veneration of icons, and the piety and religious practices of Byzantium. In the cities monasteries administered orphanages, craft schools, poor houses, rest homes, and hospitals. In the countryside, monasteries functioned as agricultural communes. Mount Athos in northeastern Greece was the international center of Orthodox monasticism by the eleventh century.

27. World History Compass, Byzantine History Links to sites related to the history of the Eastern Roman empire. http://www.worldhistorycompass.com/byzan.htm

World History Compass Home Page New Links About WHC Support WHC Main Index General and International History Ancient Egypt Ancient, General ... Museums Search WHC Byzantium Abandoned Holy Valley Ihlara Early Christians have constructed their rock houses and temples by carving the tufes in the valley of Ihlara. Bates College, Lewiston, Maine Byzantine Architecture Project Princeton University Byzantine Chant Topics range from basic fundamental historical information, to advanced topics that would only be understood by more advanced readers. Byzantine Clothes Byzantine Studies on the Internet Fordham University Byzantium University of Michigan Collections and Expeditions. Byzantium: The Romaioi Site Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Queens College, CUNY Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel The University of South Florida. Gallery of Byzantine Art Explores various aspects of life and some enduring themes which distinguish Byzantium's long history through the display and interpretation of three hundred objects of Byzantine art and material culture. Royal Ontario Museum. The Glory of Byzantium Online exhibition includes examples of art from the first golden age of Byzantine art (324730) and the late period, which ended with the Turkish conquest in 1453. Also, history, timeline and teacher resources. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

28. Byzantium - Society For The Promotion Of Byzantine Studies Online Furthers study of the history, culture, language and literature of the byzantine empire. Events and exhibitions, funding opportunities, publications and theses, fieldwork and courses. http://www.byzantium.ac.uk/

29. Byzantine Empire In Turkish History swept away the last vestiges of byzantine rule. history of Turkey. history Timeline. Hellenic Civilization. Alexander the Great. Seljuk Turkish empire of Rum. http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/TravelDetails/History/Byzantines.html

The Byzantine Empire Justinian's great church of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya in Turkish) in Istanbul as seen from the northeast. Roman Empire was now on the Bosphorus Visigoths and Vandals , the eastern territories, Emperor Justinian Anatolia , Syria, Palestine, Egypt, eastern North Africa, and even parts of Italy. Today people remember Justinian for , the great Church of the Holy Wisdom , or Hagia Sophia ( Ayasofya ). Finished in 537, it reigned as the greatest church in Christendom for almost a thousand years. Able emperors reigned at times through the centuries after Justinian, but they were not great enough to keep the empire from decline. In the 11th century the Seljuk Turks invaded Anatolia from the east and built a powerful empire in central and eastern Anatolia, once the Byzantine heartland. The Crusader armies By the late 1200s, Byzantine power was much reduced in Anatolia, and Turkish warlords on its eastern borders around Nicaea Iznik ) and had become serious threats. One of these warlord principalities, founded by a chieftain named Osman , grew into the Ottoman Empire which in 1453 conquered the imperial capital of Constantinople Istanbul ) and soon thereafter swept away the last vestiges of Byzantine rule.

30. Byzantine Empire - Heraclius - History For Kids! hands. He left the empire to his sons, but they were not capable of fighting the Arabs either. More byzantine (Late Roman) history. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/byzantine/heraclius.htm

China India West Asia Greece ... Religion The Web Just H4K H4K Lesson Plans for Teachers Parents' Corner H4K Crafts and Projects Early Middle Ages Heraclius After the death of Justinian in 565 AD , Justin II became the next Roman Emperor. But Justin and his successors could not hold the great empire Justinian had reassembled. In 568 AD, the Lombards invaded Italy and took half of it away from Rome. By 620 AD, the Visigoths had pushed the Romans out of Spain as well. Constant war with the Sassanids in Western Asia made it impossible to support the Western Mediterranean Then during the reigns of the emperors Tiberius II and Maurice, the Avars and Slavs invaded Greece across the Danube. In 591 AD , Maurice managed to push the Sassanids back enough to stop fighting them and go fight the Slavs for a while. But he cut the pay of the soldiers, and also tried to make them spend the winter north of the Danube, where it was cold and unpleasant . In 602 they revolted, killed Maurice and his family, and named a new emperor, Phocas (FOE-kass).

31. Medieval Sourcebook: Byzantium A large selection of primary sources on byzantine history, religion, emperors and empire, hosted by Fordham University. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1c.html

ORB Main Page Links to Other Medieval Sites Medieval Studies Course [Halsall] Halsall Home ... Byzantine Studies Page Other History Sourcebooks: African East Asian Indian Islamic ... End of Rome Byzantium Islam Roman Church Early Germans Celtic World ... Exploration Contents General Foundations Justinian (b.483- r.527-d.565) Justinian and Theodora ... Accounts of Byzantium by Others General WEB Byzantium: The Byzantine Studies Page WEB Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection: Selected Images [At DO] WEB Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection: Slide List of the Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection [At DO] WEB Dumbarton Oaks Electronic Texts [Uses Acrobat] Byzantine, Landscape Architecture and Pre-Columbian etext. Paul of Aigina: The Epitome , excerpts. [a medical text] A Byzantine Mathematics Textbook , 888: [Page image] With Euclidean theorems. The Suda: Entries on Grammarians, Rhetoricians ands Sophists , [At Leeds] The Suda was a Byzantine "encyclopedia". Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Greek Christian Poetry . [At St. Pachomius Library] A collection of translations, including poems by: Clement of Alexandria, Gregory Nazianzen, Amphilochius of Iconium, Synesius of Cyrene, Paul Silentiarius, George Pisidia, John Damascene, Simeon Metaphrastes, John Maurpous of Euchaita, Theodore Prodromus, John Tzetzes, Manuel Philes, and Maximus Margunius.

32. Byzantine Empire - Irene - History For Kids! (Though see the Severans and Zenobia for other powerful women in the Roman empire, and Hatshepsut for a woman who was More byzantine (Late Roman) history. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/byzantine/irene.htm

China India West Asia Greece ... Religion The Web Just H4K H4K Lesson Plans for Teachers Parents' Corner H4K Crafts and Projects Early Middle Ages Leo and Irene When Justinian 's assassin Philippicus turned out to be a worthless party animal, he was killed, and in 713 AD the people of Constantinople chose a court official named Anastasius II to be the next emperor. Anastasius (ann-ah-STAYS-yus) was a practical guy, with good ideas - but in 715 the army rebelled and deposed him anyhow. One of the leading generals, who had risen from the peasantry, Leo the Isaurian, took over. Leo was an ambitious and successful man, who had been planning his take-over for some time. He was just in time to save Constantinople from another Arab siege in 717. The Bulgars marched down from the north and helped out. But despite this great success, Leo is best remembered for having introduced iconoclasm to the Roman Empire.

33. History Of Romiosini A series of essays on byzantine history by Nikolaos Provatas and Yiannis Papadimas, with a chronology of the Eastern Roman empire, list of emperors, maps, gallery of icons and bibliography. http://www.greece.org/Romiosini/

ROMIOSINI: Hellenism in the Middle Ages Links ending with are currently being written Links ending with are being researched About this Project Table of Contents: Introduction The Early Centuries of the Greek Roman East The Greek-Orthodox Church Christianity and Classical Culture ... The effect of the Greek East on the European Renaissance Appendix Chronology of Events in the Eastern Roman Empire List of Eastern Roman Emperors International Currency in the Middle Ages Maps of the Eastern Roman Empire ... Greek Fire Icon Gallery Greek-Orthodox Icons from the Middle Ages Bibliography Sources used in this Project Further References Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Byzatine Studies Homepage Church documents Greek-Orthdox Icons and Hymns ... Hellenic Electronic Center Last Updated November 29, 2001. This page is mainatined by Nikolas Provatas and Yiannis Papadimas. Please direct all question, complaints or comments concerning this web site and its content directly to Nikolas Provatas, and not to the authors of individual articles appearing on this site. nprovatas@physics.mcgill.ca

34. Regents Prep Global History & Geography: Multiple-Choice Question Archive Regents Prep Global history Geography MultipleChoice Questions, Question 1 of 3 byzantine empire. “Western Europe owed a debt http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/question.cfm?Course=GLOB&TopicCode

35. Explore Byzantium A site devoted to the history and culture of the byzantine empire. Includes photographs, maps and articles. http://byzantium.seashell.net.nz

The Byzantine Empire stood at the geographical and cultural centre of the European and Middle-Eastern world for more than one thousand years. For much of that time, and over several cycles of decline and recovery - from it's inception as the eastern half of the partitioned Roman Empire in the fourth century AD through to it's final disappearance in the fifteenth century - Byzantium played the role of an economic, political, and cultural superpower. On this site you will find a historical overview, timelines, maps, articles and bibliographic material - all dedicated to the fascinating civilisation of Byzantium. The site also features an extensive photographic gallery, which details some of the surviving examples of Byzantine architecture and public art - from Italy through to the empire's heartland in modern Greece and Turkey. Home Introduction Timeline Articles ... About and Contact Explore Byzantium 2003 Email Search this site: Email Us Four Star Listing on Best of History Web Sites New on this site: New image galllery: More from Hagia Sophia Byzantium in Five Books : The Byzantines, Cavallo

36. Regents Prep Global History & Geography: Multiple-Choice Question Archive Regents Prep Global history Geography MultipleChoice Questions, (Internet Explorer) or Save Image As (Netscape). byzantine empire Question 1 of 3. http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/questions.cfm?Course=GLOB&TopicCod

37. Byzantine Empire The byzantine empire http //campus.northpark.edu/history//WebChron/East The byzantine World Information about the art, history of the byzantine World http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Medieval/Byzantine_Empire/

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38. Royalty.nu - Sultans Of The Ottoman Empire - History Of Turkey history of the Ottoman empire and Modern Turkey Volume 1, empire of the from a small principality in on the borders of the byzantine empire into one of http://www.royalty.nu/history/empires/Ottoman/

Royalty.nu World Royalty Royal History Ottomans > Books About the Ottomans Search The Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire arose from a Turkish principality founded in Anatolia (Asia Minor) at the end of the 13th century, when the empire of the Seljuk Turks had collapsed and the Byzantine Empire was crumbling. The Ottoman or Osmanli Turks were named after the founder of the royal dynasty, Osman I (Uthman in Arabic), whose descendants reigned for more than 600 years. In its heyday, the Ottoman Empire included not only Asia Minor, where modern Turkey is located, but also much of southeastern Europe and the Middle East Egypt , and part of North Africa . The empire began to decline in the 16th century, partly because of the weakness of its sultans, but it remained a world power until the early 20th century. The Ottomans sided with Germany and the other Central Powers in the First World War, and as a result the empire fell apart. In 1920 the last sultan, Mehmed VI, signed the Treaty of Sevres, which took away Turkey's territories outside Asia Minor. In 1922, Turkish nationalists abolished the sultanate and Mehmed went into exile. His cousin Abdulmecid II was then given the title of caliph. In 1923 Turkey became a republic, and the following year the Caliphate was also abolished and Abdulmecid too was exiled.

39. Royalty.nu - Eastern Roman Empire - The Byzantine Empire - Emperors Of Byzantium Long recognized as the basic history of the byzantine empire, this book captures the full sweep, grandeur, and tragedy of Byzantium s rise and fall. http://www.royalty.nu/history/empires/Byzantine/

Royalty.nu World Royalty Royal History > Byzantine Empire > Byzantium Books Byzantium Videos Byzantine Music Search The Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire began as part of the Roman Empire . When the Roman emperor Jovian died suddenly in 364 AD, officials chose a high-ranking military officer named Valentinian to succeed him. To help keep order in the huge empire, Valentinian I split it in half and made his younger brother Valens emperor of the East. This was not the first time that co-emperors had reigned over the empire, but it was the beginning of a permanent separation of the empire into two realms, East and West. Three decades later, East and West Rome were briefly reunited under the leadership of a single emperor, Theodosius I. But upon his death in 395, the empire was divided between his sons Arcadius and Honorius, and from this time on East and West were ruled separately. The Western empire was overthrown by barbarians in 476, but the Eastern empire lasted for almost a thousand years more. Over time it evolved into a society very different from that of ancient Rome, and later historians gave it a new name: the Byzantine Empire. The word Byzantine comes from Byzantium, the original name of the empire's splendid capital, Constantinople (modern Istanbul, in Turkey). The Byzantine Empire itself is also called Byzantium. It included Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, and varying other territories.

40. Byzantine Empire Dictionary of Byzantium (3Volume Set) Alexander P. Kazhdan byzantine empire Civilization Dictionaries byzantine empire - history Reference history http://topics.practical.org/browse/Byzantine_Empire

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