Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire
Official languages Capital	Latin, greek Constantinople
Area Government	2,800,000 km2 Absolute monarchy
Population Religion	Greeks, Bulgarians, Syrians... Orthodoxy
Time zone Currency	Scyphate currency
Demonym	Byzantine
Preceded by Succeeded by	Roman Empire Ottoman Empire Empire of Trebizond Despotate of Epirus Despotate of Morea

The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire was an empire that existed from the beginning of the Roman Empire until 1453, when the capital Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans (led by the sultan Mehmed II).

History

The Byzantine Empire was created in 395, when the emperor Theodose I divided the Roman Empire into two parts: the Western Roman Empire (deleted in 476) and the Estearn Roman Empire (also called "Byzantine Empire", because its capital, Constantinople, was called "Byzantium" before its reconstruction by the emperor Constantine I in 330).

Emperors

The Byzantine emperors was called basileus, because in greek this word means "king" and in Ancient Rome, the Greeks used this word for the Roman Emperor. The first Byzantine emperor was Constantine I, the founder of Constantinople, and the last was Constantine XI Palaiologos (died in 1453 when Constantinople fell).

Evolution of Byzantine Empire.

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