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Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire evolved from the Roman Empire’s eastern territories after the Roman Empire’s western regions fell in the 5th century. Initial harmony between church and state fortified the early empire (4th-6th centuries). The empire eventually declined and ended in 1453 when the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople.
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