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The eastern empire lost most of its territory by 800, reducing it to a dying regional power. But yeah, totally a European perspective. Aside from the Romans, "
by beat 8y ago
The eastern empire lost most of its territory by 800, reducing it to a dying regional power.
But yeah, totally a European perspective. Aside from the Romans, "Europe" barely comes into play in history, until Spain reached America and started bringing back enormous piles of gold.
- ng12 8y agoThe Byzantines controlled all of Anatolia, the Balkans, and parts of Italy around 1000 and retained much of it through the Komnenian Restoration. I wouldn't call the empire "dying" until after 1204. And remember, even at it's lowest Constantinople itself was regarded extremely highly -- most famously the Rus adopted Eastern Orthodoxy after being so impressed by the city.