Byzantine Empire

When was the Byzantine Empire?

• 300 CE/AD to 100 CE/AD

• 100 CE/AD to 100 CE/AD

• 3000 CE/AD to 1000 CE/AD

• 1000CE/AD to 3000CE/AD

Roman Empire in the west ended 476 CE/AD due to 2

• Germanic Tribe Invasions

• Roman Tribe Invasions

• Persian Tribe Invasions

Empire Constantine moved the Roman capital to Byzantium and renamed it

• Constantinople

• Constanceville

• Byzmarkie

Constantinople was moved

• further away from Germanic Tribe invasions

• closer to Germanic Tribe invasions

Constantinople was a peninsula which makes it

• easily protected by natural harbor

• difficult to protect by the natural harbor

• surrounded by water on all sides

Constantinople is called the CROSSROADS OF TRADE because

• All trade went through Constantinople

• No roads went through Constantinople

• Trade was forbidden in Constantinople

Constantinople was connected to

• Silk Road

• Gold Road

• Satin Road

The crossroads of trade connected Constantinople to

• Africa

• Asia

• Asia Minor

Trade gave Constantinople (Byzantine Empire)

• wealth

• resources

• power

Constantinople had DOUBLE WALLED PROTECTION

• If you attack the 1st wall you must go another 15 miles to the 2nd wall

• If you attack the 1st wall you must go another 10 miles to the 2nd wall

• If you attack the 1st wall you must go another 25 miles to the 2nd wall