Byzantine empire.edited

Name Professor Course code Date The Importance of Byzantium Do you think Byzantium made a more significant contribution to Western civilization than Florence? Why or why not? The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, had its capital in Constantinople. It had a significant legacy on the Orthodox church and Greek and Roman studies revival. The empire was a powerful entity with superior economic, cultural, and military forces. According to (Ermatinger) although the Western Empire collapsed after succumbing to German invaders, it made significant contributions to the dissolution of slavery, a continuation of the Roman law and the imperial system, and the preservation of the Greek language. The empire's official religion was Christianity, although it was not whol