The Byzantine Empire! A.K.A the Eastern Roman Empire

      In about the year of A.D. 400, the once great and powerful Roman Empire was split. The Western Empire collapsed. Whereas , the Eastern Empire prospered and grew for another one thousand years until the Fall of Constantinople in 1495.  Here is something you might want to know, the Byzantine Empire is called Byzantine because the empire's capital was previously call Byzantium until emperor Constantine renamed it after himself.

The Hagia Sophia

    The Byzantine Empire prospered by being the center of trade. Since its capital was smack dab in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the Empire was obviously the city or Constantinople.
   

     The Byzantine Empire was influenced more by the Greeks than the Romans. Some of the buildings that have still survived to this day made by the Byzantines are the Hagia Sophia and the the Church of the Holy Apostles.

     In about the 6th century most of the Roman lands were won back. You might be wondering who conquered back all of these lands? Well my friend, that is a very good question; the person who won most of the land back was emperor Justinian. Justinian had a wife who helped him make new sets of laws, give women more rights, and build new churches. Under Justinian's rule, the Empire had gained a lot of land back. However, this did not last very long. After Justinian died, the Byzantine Empire got smaller and smaller.

    As I have said in the first paragraph, the Byzantine Empire lasted for another thousand or so tears more. The Byzantine Empire did not fall until the Fall of Constantinople in the year of 1495. As you might have inferred, the Byzantine Empire was quite successful. It lasted even longer than Rome.

-ThePersonFromMars