The Fall Of Byzantium And The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe originally were part of the Roman Empire, but by the middle Ages(medieval times), they were very different, even though they did share some common traits, but by the 300's, the Byzantine Empire had far surpassed Western Europe in trade and economics and political unity, while both empires were having arguments over religion.

Rome, a prosperous empire was greatly on the rise from 500BC - 500AD. Experienced many new architectural achievements including the aqueduct, Hadrian’s Wall, The Colosseum, and the Pantheon. But during the late stages in the empires existence, the western part was invaded by barbaric Germanic tribes who wanted to take the Roman empire over. The west eventually fell, but a new empire arose which is essentially “The New Roman Empire” The Byzantine Empire. They Byzantines incorporated Roman architecture, laws, and religion into the founding of the Byzantine Empire.

The Byzantine Empire was the successor of the Roman Empire during the time period of Late Antiquity and the Medieval Ages. The Byzantine Empire was also called Eastern Roman Empire, so this proves that it was a continuation of the Roman Empire, but they were speaking Greek, and did not forget about the Greek tradition. According to Browning, the physicians during the Byzantine Empire like Oreibasios, who was “the Emperor Julian’s physician and friend”, use the scientific and old version of Greek medicine to treat patients, and this means that medical doctors did not forget about their Greek roots. Starting from Basil I, a Byzantine Emperor between 867 and 886, the Byzantine Empire entered its Golden Age, and according to Browning, Basil I established a very good Empire time that would last two centuries with his precious energy and rules. After decades, this Golden Age began to give place to decline because, according to Browning, within the eleventh century, the attitudes and the thoughts that were primitive, spoilt, and lack of imagination of the future of the Empire began to become strong among the aristocratic society, and this began to harm Byzantine’s economic and military power. This kind of harm to the centralized government of the Byzantine Empire did not show itself as a poisonous snake till 1060 because the Empire could not function itself as usual. Therefore, the enemies of the Byzantine Empire took an advantage of this weakness. Hungarians took Belgrade

Under the first emperor, Heraclius, the new empire struggled to keep its territory. Persia was conquering land rapidly, taking the empire’s territories in Syria and Palestine, along with Jerusalem. It took until 627 for Heraclius to gain a victory, recapturing Jerusalem from the Persians. It was not long, however, before Islam had sparked a desire for expansion in the Arabs. They quickly conquered Jerusalem, the entire Persian Empire, and headed to claim North Africa. In 677, the Arabs attempted to take Constantinople, the city along the port Byzantium was named for. Unlike Heraclius, the emperor during the second attempt on Constantinople had a better strategy, known as the “Greek Fire”. Leo III was able to not only defeat the Arabs at Constantinople, but also reclaim almost all of the Asia Minor, which was known as the Imperial Heartland for nearly three hundred years.

Constantinople is located in Asia and Europe. It is also 800 miles to the east of Rome. It is also surrounded by 3 sides of water shown in the picture. The best part of Constantinople is that it has many trade routes for trading. If you speak a different language, don’t worry. Constantinople has many people who speak a different language. There is also protection in the city. There are walls that have watchtowers and gates to protect you from the enemy. We also have a sewer system! No one else really has one, but we do. We have social services like home for the elderly, orphanages and hospitals. Constantinople is a rich and wealthy place. We hope you’ll

For the east, and as far as Constantine could see, moving the capital from the far western side (almost in the east), to the east it seemed perfect because the location was centered perfectly for trade, and less

with Emperor Justinian using military force to regain “all of the territory that Rome had ever ruled,”B but begins to experience decline once again during the events surrounding Justinian’s death. “The first crisis actually began before Justinian’s death[,] … the bubonic plague. Historians estimate that in 542, the worst year of the plague, 10,000 people were dying every day … until around 700, when it finally faded. By that time, it had destroyed a huge percentage of the Byzantine population,”B and had weakened the power of the government. Throughout the rest of Byzantine history until the mid-1400s, Eastern Roman territory was constantly being invaded by neighboring countries. The Eastern Empire was also involved in the Crusades, a sequence of wars fought between the Christians and the Muslims, which spanned from about 1100 to 1300 A.D. After the Crusades ended, the economy dropped dramatically and was in a dire need of restoration, as neighboring civilizations continued to infiltrate the Eastern Roman land. “By 1350, it was reduced to the tip of Anatolia and a strip of the Balkans. Yet thanks to its walls, its fleet, and its strategic location, Constantinople held out for another 100 years.” In the mid-1400s, the Ottoman Turks from western Anatolia invaded the capital city of Constantinople. The remaining remnant of the Roman Empire fell in

Constantinople was a city strategically built both on the outside and inside. Constantine founded Constantinople on the remains of Byzantium for economic and military reasons, which were excellently seen through in the city. With the benefits of those actions, Constantine developed a rich and religious community for his citizens.

Latium was taken from a Latin word “latus, meaning “wide” or “flat land” located in the south of Rome (Rome Travels, 2015). Historically, Latium was populated by Etruscans, who exercised a strong cultural and political influence in the early Bronze Age. To defend itself from the Etruscan expansion, a coalition of city-states was formed, called the “Latin League”.

Constantinople’s evident luxury was not the most surprising aspect of this metropolis, but its ability to endure was. “By medieval standards it was a huge city, with something around 375,000 inhabitants in 1200” (Harris 108). Constantine the Great introduced a new gold coin called the solidus that was made standard for not only Byzantium but all of the Mediterranean. To keep this infrastructure going, the tried and true taxation of the people was a necessity. In any instance taxation is a burden but paying taxes insured circulation of even the most valuable of coins to any ones hand. Value and rarity also drove policy making in this area of the Mediterranean, so much so that garments and fabrics were reserved for classes of society and in extreme cases solely to the Byzantines. Concisely Constantinople and its wealth have sustained due to its prime trade route real-estate and its goods, the inhabitants not only knew this but let it instigated their social conceptions of themselves.

Constantine’s the Great was one of the strongest and most important rulers in late Roman Empire and the founder of the Byzantine Empire. His legacy is known for his bold changes and accomplishments in uniting the empire making it become more powerful once again and his outlawing of paganism, and curbing Christians from persecutions.

height of 180 feet ("Byzantium (330-1453”). The geographic features of the Byzantine Empire had helped them become a prestigious empire throughout their reign. With three bodies of water surrounding them,it allowed easy access for trade and transportation of materials and soldiers throughout their land.The Bosphorus Strait, a waterway connecting to the Black Sea, allowed trade to occur with many other civilizations, such as Russia and China. Since the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, was located on this waterway it allowed wealth to come into the city, and let cultural diffusion to take place.

Byzantium was one of the many Greek city-states that stratled along the coasts of the Aegean Sea. As an abundant source of Grains, fish, and trade, she played a pivotal role as a landing for Darius ' colossal army against the Greeks; a battleground between Athens and Sparta during the Pelloponessian war; and a prized tributary under Roman supervision.

Up until the eleventh century, Byzantine was a dominant power, but by the mid-eleventh century, the Byzantines were faced with an eastern invasion from the recently converted Muslim Seljuk Turks. The Turks had in a short amount of time conquered most of Central Asia, including Syria, Iran, all of Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Subsequently, they were also being attacked by the Normans from the west. This resulted

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 for 500 years after it collapsed. There are a lot of reasons why the empire fell and one of them are that they were attacked by barbaric tribes like the Goths. The roman empire also fell because they overly relied on peasants who were the farmers and the soldiers in the military. The roman empire was also attacked by the Arabs in the 600s and the 700s and overall these 3 reasons were one of the few reasons why the roman empire came to an end. Even if the roman empire fell it impacted the world a lot even to this day the ideas they made are still being used.