Tag: Byzantine Empire

The Spread Of Civilization In Eastern Europe, Part Four Long before Byzantine decline after the 11th century, the empire had been the source of a new northward surge of Christianity. Orthodox missionaries sent from Constantinople busily converted most people in the Balkans - in what is now Bulgaria...

The Postclassical Era Date: 1992 The Byzantine Empire unfolded initially as part of the greater Roman Empire and then, as this framework shattered with Roman decline, took on a life of its own particularly from the reign of the emperor Justinian onward. During its formative period, which lasted thr...

The chart of archaeological periods is a system used by archaeologists to classify the different stages of human history. It is based on the development of human technology, such as the use of stone, metal, and pottery. The chart is divided into three main periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and...

In Maturity, Eighth To Eleventh Centuries The history of the empire, after the greatest Arab onslaughts had been faced and their results assimilated, offered a dizzying series of weak and strong emperors, periods of vigor alternating with seeming decay. Arab pressure continued. Conquest of the isla...