The Byzantine Empire

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The Byzantine Empire was also called Eastern Roman Empire. It was a continuation of the Roman Empire into the eastern sides of the empire. The Byzantine empire incorporated the eastern and southern parts of Europe .It also covered some parts of the middle east and northern Africa. The Byzantine Empire was an eastern Roman empire of the middle ages.

The empire was located around the capital of Constantinople. In addition, the empire was ruled by the emperors who succeed the ancient Roman emperors. The inhabitants called the empire the Roman Empire or Romania. Also, the inhabitants of the Byzantine emperor called themselves the Romans, though they were descendants of ancient people who lived in the region. Also, the inhabitants spoke Greek (Noble, Strauss, Osheim &Neuschel, 2010).

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Apart from the inhabitants, the neighbors called the Byzantine empire the Roman empire and Romania like the inhabitants. There is a great difference between the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire is considered to be a modern empire unlike the Roman Empire. The Byzantine empire is said to be a continuation of the Roman empire in the East. The Capital city of Constantinople was first founded as the capital city of Rome. Emperor Constantine founded Constantinople as the capital city of Rome. The Rome Empire was controlled by foreigners who managed everything in the empire.

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Despite the control of the foreigners in the Roman empire, the inhabitants of the Byzantine empire still considered themselves as part of the Roman empire. The Byzantine Empire evolved into different civilization from the Rome Empire. The eastern empire was always dominated by the Greek character, but the Byzantine managed to deal with cultural