The Byzantine Empire

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The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire also was known as the Eastern Roman.

The capital of the Byzantine Empire is Constantinople.

Constantinople was originally a center for trade.

Constantinople had multiple emperors, but a well-known one was Justinian.

Roman law was all over the place.

Eventually, the government developed the Justinian code, which was a manual of sorts for how to use the law.

The Byzantines decided to portray parts of Greek and Roman culture into their Empire.

They incorporated different artworks, and books into their culture.

Justinian was a great Emperor, too great, he took over so many cities he became too great.

He conquered so many other places that his own empire grew too big to protect.

Islam became a major threat to the Byzantine Empire.

They had already taken over Syria and Palestine.

The Byzantine was both Christian and Greek.

Eventually, The Byzantine government made it illegal to pray to icons.

Finally, Greek was pushed out and there emerged two forms of Christianity.

The two were called Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic.