Byzantine empire (sep 22, 1453 BC – dec 1, 476 BC)

Description:

- Art is almost entirely focused on religion
- The official language was Latin until 700CE
- It was changed to Greek by emperor Heraclius
- Constantinople was attacked by the crusaders in the Fourth Crusade.
- Gave rise to the Eastern Orthodox church
- Preserved many of the writings of Ancient Greece
- Justinian was determined to revive ancient Rome by recovering the provinces taken
- Eastern Roman empire = Byzantine empire
- The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church treated each other as rivals instead of realizing that they come from the same branch
- Declined because of the attacks from the Ottoman Turks