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How did justinian's code have an impact beyond the byzantine empire

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Well, in the 1100's it reached Western Europe, where both Roman Catholic Church and medieval monarchs used it to model their laws. Centuries later, the code also guided legal thinkers to put together the international law we use today.
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*It later guided the development of present-day international law
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