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6 de may. de 2024 · History and geography of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms. In the 14th century the Ottoman Turks began to encroach on Byzantine territory, and the empire fell to them in 1453.
Hace 4 días · Byzantium soon fell into a period of difficulties, caused to a large extent by the undermining of the theme system and the neglect of the military. Nikephoros II , John Tzimiskes and Basil II changed the military divisions ( τάγματα , tagmata ) from a rapid response, primarily defensive, citizen army into a professional, campaigning army increasingly manned by mercenaries.
21 de may. de 2024 · Istanbul, largest city and principal seaport of Turkey. Historically known as Byzantium and then Constantinople, it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Istanbul straddles the Bosporus strait, one of two waterways that separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey.
23 de may. de 2024 · The Mainz/Frankfurt ScienceCampus promotes the integration of dispersed scientific disciplines dedicated to Byzantium. It brings together thematic, multidisciplinary, historical and cultural research under one roof and, by presenting Byzantine studies as a whole, aims to improve the visibility of this scientific field.
Hace 5 días · Byzantine Empire Map (At its height & Over time) 2024. 25 May 2024 by Serhat Engül. The Byzantine Empire map shows us the evolution of a mysterious civilization over time. The Eastern Rome, which separated from the Western Rome in 395, eventually evolved into the culture known as Byzantium in modern history.
Hace 4 días · The Walls of Constantinople ( Turkish: Konstantinopolis Surları; Greek: Τείχη της Κωνσταντινουπόλης) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great.
Hace 10 horas · Column of Constantine. The first known name of the city is Byzantium (Greek: Βυζάντιον Byzántion), the name given to it at its foundation by Megarian colonists around 657 BCE. Megarian colonists claimed a direct line back to the founders of the city, Byzas, the son of the god Poseidon and the nymph Ceroëssa. Modern excavations have raised the possibility that the name Byzantium ...
