The dark green part on theByzantine Empire mapshows the lands owned by Eastern Rome after the Roman Empire was divided. However, during the reign of Justinian, the empire expanded to the west and conquered the light green areas. The Byzantine emperors were the heirs of Rome and wanted to re...
The Byzantine Empire, also called Byzantium, was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued on after the western half of the empire collapsed.
Self-guided walking tour: Byzantine Heritage Walking Tour in Istanbul, Turkey. The detailed walk route map can be downloaded to your mobile device for turn-by-turn travel directions.
after the sixth century, so they are unlikely to have had any direct influence on the Christian dualists, but they had left 2 For further reading about the Manichaeans see Lieu, Manichaeism in the later Roman empire and medieval China; Puech, Le Manichaeism; Widengren, Mani and Manichaeism....
Hagia Sophia Was a Christian church, then a mosque, now a museum. Located in Istanbul, Turkey. Said to be the turning point of architecture. Epitome of byzantine architecture with it’s big dome. Located in Spain, now serves as a cathedral. Mosque of Cordoba Located in Spain, now serves...
“maphorion”) which ranged from a simple cloth coming from below the helmet (as still worn by Orthodox clergy) to something more like a turban, was standard military headgear in the Middle and Late Empire for both common troops and for ceremonial wear by some ranks; they were also worn ...
Byzantine Empire - Manuel II, Respite, Turks: The loss of Thessalonica and the Battle of Kossovo sealed off Constantinople by land. The new sultan Bayezid I (1389–1402) intended to make it his capital; when Manuel II Palaeologus came to that throne at h
Ivan Asen I was the tsar of the Second Bulgarian empire from 1186 to 1196, during one of the most brilliant periods of the restored Bulgarian nation. He and his brother Peter II were founders of the Asen dynasty, which survived until the latter half of t
(the Eastern Roman Empire); the Arabs gained control over parts of Crete after 824 but lost them back to theByzantinesin 961. In 1204, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, Crusaders sold the island toVenice, which fitted Crete into its growing commercial empire. The native Cretans, ...