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>...the Roman Empire lasted until the 1400s, only to finally fall to the Ottoman Empire The Byzantine empire was in decline for several centuries, starting wit
by wrp 5y ago
>...the Roman Empire lasted until the 1400s, only to finally fall to the Ottoman Empire
The Byzantine empire was in decline for several centuries, starting with the Islamic expansion. By the time Constantinople fell to the Turks, it had been reduced to a city-state.
- bwanab 5y agoThat isn’t really accurate. The Roman Empire of the several centuries after the Arab conquests had its down period in the 800s, but came back strongly for several centuries from 900 through 1200 during which time they were the most powerful of all the states of Europe and Western Asia.