Byzantine Empire alsoEastern Empire An empire of the eastern Mediterranean region, dating fromad395 when the Roman Empire was partitioned into eastern and western portions. Its extent varied greatly over the centuries, but its core remained the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. The empire collapsed ...
aIn 1453, Constantinople fell to the Turks, ending the Byzantine empire. This date also marks the beginning of the Renaissance, since the waves of Greek refugees spread knowledge of Greek throughout Europe. Included with the newly available Greek manuscripts were the Corpus Hermetica, Plotinus, and...
In the late eleventh century Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Christendom, the seat of the Byzantine emperor, Christ's vice-regent on earth, and the center of a predominately Christian empire, steeped in Greek cultural and artistic influences, yet founded and maintained by a...
services cut down—thus alienating rich and poor alike both in the provinces and in the capital. One important source of revenue came from trade and industry that had long been vigorously promoted in the Roman Empire, particularly withIndia,Southeast Asia, and China. Spices, perfumes, and raw...
who restored Greek control to the Byzantine Empire and initiated the Palaeologan Renaissance. However, after this renaissance ended, the Byzantine Empire once again fell into decline. In 1453 AD, the city of Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. This event marked the end of Byzantine...
Date: May 29, 1453 Location: Turkey Participants: Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire See all related content Top Questions What was Constantinople and where was it located? Why was Constantinople considered an important city in history? Who were the main powers involved in the Fall of Constantinople?
Byzantine Empire.—The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constanti...
This event marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and the last Roman Emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos. Constantinople's fall symbolized the end of the Eastern Roman Empire and the shift of political power from Rome to the burgeoning Ottoman Empire. ...
(translated into Slavonic). After the collapse of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the era continued to be used by Russia, which witnessed millennialist movements in Moscow in AD 1492 (7000 AM) due to the end of the Church calendar. It was only in AD 1700 that the Byzantine Era in Russia...
Sidorenko argues that the types in the name of Maurice above and the next two below were actually minted at Bosporos, the modern city of Kerch, and not Cherson. Kerch is on the very east end of the peninusla (just below the "Z" of "AZOV" on the map above). Sidoranko's argument...