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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An empire of the eastern Mediterranean region, dating from AD 395 when the Roman Empire was partitioned into eastern and western portions. Its extent varied greatly over the centuries, but its core remained the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. The empire collapsed when its capital, Constantinople, fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
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- proper noun An ancient
Greek -speakingempire of Eastern Europe, capitalConstantinople , which fell in 1453.
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Upon the decree, mass rioting broke out across the Byzantine Empire demanding the return of visual art to worship.
Diana Butler Bass: Outrage Over South Park 's Muhammad: Not Just a Muslim Thing 2010
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And when the great controversy first arises over the use of icons in the Byzantine Empire, it is in terms not simply of the theory of icon painting but the practice of devotion.
Royal Academy of Arts Byzantium Lecture 'Icons and the Practice of Prayer' 2009
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The Khazar empire was once a regional superpower, and Vasilyev said his team has found "luxurious collections" of well-preserved ceramics that help identify cultural ties of the Khazar state with Europe, the Byzantine Empire and even Northern Africa.
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The Khazar empire was once a regional superpower, and Vasilyev said his team has found "luxurious collections" of well-preserved ceramics that help identify cultural ties of the Khazar state with Europe, the Byzantine Empire and even Northern Africa.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 brought an end to the Byzantine Empire.
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It was the official church of the Byzantine Empire and spread through missionary activity into the Middle East and the Balkans.
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After Italy is united, after the Byzantine Empire is ours once more.
The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963
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In the Byzantine Empire, the oldest son was the heir, and the priests tried to introduce this as a law.
The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen
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This failure did not prevent him from again attacking the Byzantine Empire, and this time he was successful.
The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen
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While the Byzantine Empire carried over important elements from the classical world, Western and Central Europe passed under the dominion of ideas which were as foreign to those of Greece and Rome as they are to the conceptions of to-day.
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