Byzantine Empire
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- proper noun
- /bɪˈzæntiːn ˈɛmpaɪər/
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Imperio Bizantino
- For example, a resident of Istanbul might be a descendant of the Byzantine Empire, an ethnic Greek or Armenian whose family lived through centuries of Ottoman rule and is now a citizen of the Republic of Turkey.
Would usher in an era of surprising, at least in retrospect, prosperity for the Byzantine Empire.
- Would usher in an era of surprising, at least in retrospect, prosperity for the Byzantine Empire.
- The conversion of this world is then one of the most important events of the Renaissance Byzantine Empire.
Examples
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Many scholars who fled from the Byzantine Empire moved westward for safety (some are still fleeing).
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The subsequent flames, almost impossible to extinguish, helped save the Byzantine Empire from Islamic conquest for several centuries.
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The Byzantine Empire had adopted Christianity by then... but they never got this far south.
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Reconstruction was completed nine years later, but by then the Byzantine Empire was in terminal decline.
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The debasement of this currency began with the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
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They were at their strongest levels, while the Byzantine Empire, torn apart by civil war, was at its lowest.
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This is Hagia Sophia, for over nine centuries the principal church of the Byzantine Empire, and for nearly five centuries the principal Ottoman mosque.
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Egypt's Copts currently face one of their gravest moments of crisis since Arab Muslim warriors took Egypt from the Byzantine Empire more than 1,300 years ago.
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.
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The rise of Islam led to centuries of conflict with the Byzantine Empire.
Synonyms
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The eastern part of the Roman Empire after 395 AD that was based in Constantinople
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The eastern part of the Roman Empire that continued after 395 with its capital at Constantinople
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'Byzantine' (relating to Byzantium) and 'empire' (a state ruling many territories), so its basic meaning as the empire associated with Byzantium is directly derivable from the constituents. Although detailed historical knowledge (e.g. that it is the eastern Roman Empire) is extra information, a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the general referent.
Etymology
Byzantine Empire The name comes from the old city of Byzantium, later called Constantinople, which became the capital of the Roman world in the east. So today the phrase means the eastern part of the Roman Empire that kept going after Rome fell and lasted until 1453.