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 and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453. Byzantine Empire Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Major Events: Fall of Constantinople Battle of Manzikert Battle of Kosovo Siege of An...
Related Topics: Eastern Orthodoxy Roman law Dome of the Rock Byzantine art mon...
Related Places: Roman Empire Istanb.ul Jerusalem ancient Egypt Sicily
Key People: Constantine I Justinian I Diocletian Edward Gibbon Heraclius