HIST 1001 Chapter : The World In Transition
Document Summary
Byzantine empire and the mediterranean world at the death of justinian i. 1500) founded by the prophet muhammad; language was. Arabic; government and culture permeated with this dynamic new religion; it created an empire in the old near east, along the african coasts of the mediterranean, & it spread into the indian subcontinent. Chronology of the byzantine empire from the fall of rome to 1453: 1) ca. ad 500, the. Empire consisted of greece and the balkan peninsula, asia minor, palestine, and egypt; Italy, and crete and cyprus; 4) decline of the byzantine empire took centuries: attacks from the east by the turks weakened it; during the fourth crusade (1204), europeans sacked. Constantinople; the empire recovered under the paleologi dynasty (1261-1453), but it lacked unity and was fragmented; constantinople finally fell to the moslem turks in 1453, an event considered shattering by europeans. Character and achievements of the byzantine empire: 1) its capital was the defendable.
