why did the byzantine empire shrink?
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The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453. The immediate cause of its fall was pressure by the Ottoman Turks. ... Ironically enough, the major cause of the decline of the Byzantine Empire (what made it weak enough to fall to the Ottomans) was the Crusades. The Crusades were supposed to be Christian wars against Muslims.
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What made the Byzantine Empire rich and successful for so long, and why did it finally crumble? Constantinople sat in the middle of a trade route,sea and land. Its wealth came from trade and its strong military. Constantinople remained secure and prosperous while cities in western Roman empire crumbles.
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A formal dissolution of the empire was perceived as necessary, as it would prevent Napoleon from acquiring the imperial title. ... With the Holy Roman Empire dissolved, Francis II could focus his attention on the continued rise and prosperity of his new hereditary empire, as Emperor Francis I of Austria.
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Long answer: Because it had a healthy foundation on economy, societal order, religion, army and administration. The Byzantine Empire got all the vices of the Roman Empire corrected - and the Byzantine Empire was everything what the Roman Empire should have been.
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Constantinople was converted into a new Ottoman capital, Istanbul. The final conquest of the Byzantine Empire did much to consolidate the Ottoman Empire, and set the stage for later expansion further into Europe. ... Furthermore, the fall of Constantinople allowed the Ottomans to control trade...
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The Roman Empire was, well, an empire. ... And the reason why the Roman Catholic Church church established itself in Rome is because the last couple of rulers of the Roman Empire embraced Christianity and made it the empire's exclusive religion. Then the empire collapsed, but the Church remained centered there.
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The Byzantines called themselves "Roman". The term "Byzantine Empire" was not used until well after the fall of the Empire. Changes: The Byzantine Empire shifted its capital from Rome to Constantinople, changed the official religion to Christianity, and changed the official language from Latin to Greek.
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The Byzantine Empire was the eastern continuation of the Roman Empire after the Western Roman Empire's fall in the fifth century CE. It lasted from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Ottoman conquest in 1453.
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The beginnings of the Byzantine Empire lie in the decision of Roman emperor Constantine I to relocate the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium on 11 May 330 CE. The popular name Constantinople or 'City of Constantine' soon replaced the emperor's own official choice of 'New Rome'.
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How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower. In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable, its vast territory accounting for most of the known world. ... In his account of the fall of the Roman Empire, prizewinning author Adrian Goldsworthy examines the painful centuries of the superpower's decline.
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The Byzantines and Persians were basically the superpowers of the region and time period. Now while they had direct wars here or there, the most destructive one they had was in the 600's. It would prove to be their last. While they were at war a new religion was growing in the Arabian peninsula known as Islam.
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Western Europe collapsed politically in the fifth century, never to come together again as a single political entity, whereas Byzantium survived as a single political entity throughout the period.
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As it incorporated Greek and Christian culture, it transformed into a unique Byzantine culture. Additionally, the Byzantine Empire was influenced by Latin, Coptic, Armenian, and Persian cultures. Later on, it was influenced by Islamic cultures as well. Constantinople was an extremely diverse city.
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The Byzantine Empire thrived longer than the Ottoman Empire; however, the Ottoman Empire symbolizes diversity more than the former. These empires shared similarities with the civilizations that they superseded, and they never tried to change all that they had inherited from them.
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The Byzantine Empire was the eastern continuation of the Roman Empire after the Western Roman Empire's fall in the fifth century CE. ... Changes: The Byzantine Empire shifted its capital from Rome to Constantinople, changed the official religion to Christianity, and changed the official language from Latin to Greek.
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The Roman Republic, much like the later Empire, collapsed for a myriad of reasons, including: corruption, greed, civil war, overspending, dependence...
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The reason the “Byzantine” Empire, and as an extention Greeks, didn't become more Roman, is because what we call “Roman” in fact became more and more Greek. Not only after the fall of the western lands but even prior to it, the empire had to a significant extent a…”Greek aura” surrounding it.