Definitions for byzantine empire
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1. Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empirenoun

   a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395

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1. Byzantine Empirenoun

   An ancient Greek-speaking empire of Eastern Europe, capital Constantinople, ended in 1453.

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1. byzantine empire

   The Byzantine Empire was an influential state that existed from 330 to 1453 AD, centered on the city of Constantinople (modern Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium. It was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the Western Roman Empire fell in the 5th century. The Byzantine Empire played a vital role in the transmission of classical knowledge to the Islamic world and to the Renaissance in Western Europe. Known for its art, architecture, and law, the empire was also characterized by complex politics and numerous wars with its neighbors. Its religion was Eastern Orthodox Christianity and its language was primarily Greek. It ended after the Ottoman Turks invaded Constantinople in 1453.

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1. Byzantine Empire

   The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople, originally known as Byzantium. Initially the eastern half of the Roman Empire, it survived the 5th century fragmentation and collapse of the Western Roman Empire and continued to thrive, existing for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. During most of its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. Both "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" are historiographical terms applied in later centuries; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire, and Romania. Several events from the 4th to 6th centuries mark the transitional period during which the Roman Empire's east and west divided. In 285, the emperor Diocletian partitioned the Roman Empire's administration into eastern and western halves. Between 324 and 330, Constantine I transferred the main capital from Rome to Byzantium, later known as Constantinople and Nova Roma. Under Theodosius I, Christianity became the Empire's official state religion and others such as Roman polytheism were proscribed. And finally, under the reign of Heraclius, the Empire's military and administration were restructured and adopted Greek for official use instead of Latin. In summation, Byzantium is distinguished from ancient Rome proper insofar as it was oriented towards Greek rather than Latin culture, and characterised by Orthodox Christianity rather than Roman polytheism.

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1. Byzantine Empire

   called also the Eastern, the Lower, or the Greek Empire; dates from 395 A.D., when, by the death of Theodosius, the Roman empire was divided between his two sons, Arcadius and Honorius, the Eastern section falling to the share of the former, who established the seat of his government at Byzantium; the empire included Syria, Asia Minor, Pontus, Egypt in Africa, and Ancient Greece, and it lasted with varied fortune for ten centuries after the accession of Arcadius, till Constantinople was taken by the Turks in 1453.

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Examples of byzantine empire in a Sentence

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   Christian pilgrims to the Land of Israel from all over the Byzantine Empire (Turkey, the Balkans, Greece and present-day Russia) would carry his icon to protect them from harm, it is probable that the ring belonged to a pilgrim who sought the protection of St. Nicholas on his travels.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
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4. ^ Wikidata
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5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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