1 Jan 1453 Jahr - The Eastern Roman Empire ended

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After Justinian's death, the eastern empire began to decline. Invaders took over all the land Justinian had gained. The empire continued to shrink for the next several hundred years. In 1453 the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople, bringing an end to the Eastern Empire. The society of the eastern empire was distinct from that of the west. Non-Roman influences took hold in the east. People spoke Greek rather than Latin. Historirans called the society that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire the Byzantine Empire, after Byzantanium, the greek town Constaninoplr had relaced.

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