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Byzantine Empire - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_EmpireThe Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople.It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional …
Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Komnenos_dynastyThe Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the Komnenos dynasty for a period of 104 years, from 1081 to about 1185. The Komnenian (also spelled Comnenian) period comprises the reigns of five emperors, Alexios I, John II, Manuel I, Alexios II and Andronikos I.It was a period of sustained, though ultimately incomplete, restoration of the military, territorial, economic and …
Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Macedonian_dynastyThe Byzantine Empire underwent a revival during the reign of the Macedonian emperors of the late 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries, when it gained control over the Adriatic Sea, Southern Italy, and all of the territory of the Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria.The Macedonian dynasty was characterised by a cultural revival in spheres such as philosophy and the arts, and has been …
Byzantine law - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_lawByzantine law was essentially a continuation of Roman law with increased Orthodox Christian and Hellenistic influence. Most sources define Byzantine law as the Roman legal traditions starting after the reign of Justinian I in the 6th century and ending with the Fall of Constantinople in the 15th century. Although future Byzantine codes and constitutions derived largely from …
Byzantine Empire under the Angelos dynasty - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Angelos_dynastyThe Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the Angelos dynasty between 1185 and 1204 AD. The Angeloi rose to the throne following the deposition of Andronikos I Komnenos, the last male-line Komnenos to rise to the throne. The Angeloi were female-line descendants of the previous dynasty. While in power, the Angeloi were unable to stop the invasions of the Turks …
Byzantine–Seljuk wars - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine–Seljuk_warsThe Byzantine–Seljuk wars were a series of decisive battles that shifted the balance of power in Asia Minor and Syria from the Byzantine Empire to the Seljuks.Riding from the steppes of Central Asia, the Seljuks replicated tactics practiced by the Huns hundreds of years earlier against a similar Roman opponent but now combining it with new-found Islamic zeal.
Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Justinian_dynastyThe Byzantine Empire had its first golden age under the Justinian dynasty, which began in 518 AD with the accession of Justin I.Under the Justinian dynasty, particularly the reign of Justinian I, the empire reached its greatest territorial extent since the fall of its Western counterpart, reincorporating North Africa, southern Illyria, southern Spain, and Italy into the empire.
Byzantine coinage - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_coinageByzantine currency, money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of coins: the gold solidus and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. By the end of the empire the currency was issued only in silver stavrata and minor copper coins with no gold issue.. The East Roman or Byzantine Empire established and operated …
Decline of the Byzantine Empire - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_the_Byzantine_EmpireThe Byzantine Empire experienced several cycles of growth and decay over the course of nearly a thousand years, including major losses during the Early Muslim conquests of the 7th century. However, modern historians generally agree that the start of the empire's final decline began in the 11th century. [citation needed]In the 11th century the empire experienced a major …
Frankokratia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrankokratiaLatin states Latin Empire. The Latin Empire (1204–1261), centered in Constantinople and encompassing Thrace and Bithynia, was created as the successor of the Byzantine Empire after the Fourth Crusade, while also exercising nominal suzerainty over the other Crusader principalities.Its territories were gradually reduced to little more than the capital, which was …