Medieval Europe
Byzantine Empire:
The Roman Empire was dealing with lots of invasions, this forced the
Emperor Constantine to move the capital east to the city of
he renamed the city
This
began the Byzantine Empire which can be seen as an extension of the Roman
Empire. The Byzantine Empire lasted for about 1000 years and became wealthy
because of its strategic location along trade routes. The Byzantine Empire reached
its height under Emperor
he reconquered much of the land from
the original Roman Empire, but he is best known for his
Citizens of the empire would go watch chariot races at the
and the most important church was called the
Eventually the Byzantine Empire began to grow weak and in 1453 they were
conquered by the