DNC 268 Lecture 18:
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Western roman empire: empire based on roman law, centralised state -> collected taxes and raised an army. Emperor justinian managed to almost fully make the mediterranean an internal empire by having the. Roman empire control all coasts -> then he died: by 780 n. chr. the roman empire was restricted to the east (asia minor) -> this was after the arab conquests (spread of. Chr. ) and creation of other nations: by 1025 n. chr. the state began to grow back -> greece was reconquered and part of italy, as well as more growth into the. East: taxis, idea that the emperor is not a person, however, not quite a god either. He is chosen by god: the plague, broke out 541 n. chr. Europe from egypt (byzantium was dependant on agriculture: trade network connected europe and even africa and. Asia -> this also shows the spread of the plague ( the.
