What is the difference between these two empires...??

Question

What are some differences between the Byzantine and the Muslim Empires.. please help me or I am going to do really bad on my test... Thank You...

Answer 1

The Byzantine Empire was established out of the Eastern Roman Empire under the Emperor Constantine. It included most of modern day Turkey, Greece, and much of the western parts of the Middle East. The Byzantine Empire was a Christian Empire that focused heavily on Greek culture and was often referred to by the name of "Greek Empire." It existed from about 330A.D. to 1453. Its capitol was Constantinople.

The Muslim Empire you are referring to is the Ottoman Empire. It was established by the Muslim Turks in 1453 when they conquered most of the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople fell. The Ottoman Turks renamed the capitol Istanbul. The Ottoman Empire was completely different in the sense that it established Islam as the chief religion of the land. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after the defeat in World War I in 1918. The main part of it became the Republic of Turkey.

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Answer 2

The Byzantine Empire was originally the Eastern Roman Empire. It was the most advanced nation in Europe. This was during the Dark Ages when knowledge came to a standstill in most of Europe. The people were mostly Greeks. Greek Ordodox Christianity was the state religion. The Byzantine Empire lasted for about a thousand years. In 1453 the Turks conquered Constantinople thus putting an end to it. The Muslim Empire was founded by the Arabs. There were more than one Moslem empire. But the state religion was always Islam. The Caliph was the head of it. It was centered at different places at different times. For awhile it was centered in Damascus (Ummayyad Dynasty, then Baghdad (Abbasid Dynasty), then Cairo (fatamid Dynasty). But it was mostly an empire in name as it became fragmented. During the time of the Ummayyad Dynasty in Damascus there was a rival dynasty in Cordoba, Spain. The common denometer was that the Byzantine Empire and the Moslem nations were all conquered by the Turks. Also there were Moslem Empires in India (Mogul) and Iran. There has never been one Moslem Empire as a single political unit.

Answer 3

the Byzantine empire was just the Eastern empire that that Constantine the Great had set up when he divided the roman empire in 330,
The term Byzantine Empire was never used during the Empire's existence. The Empire's native Greek name was Ρωμανία, Rōmania, or Βασιλεία Ρωμαίων, Basileia Rōmaiōn, a direct translation of the Latin name of the Roman Empire, Imperium Romanum. The descriptor Byzantine was introduced in western Europe in 1557, derived from Byzantium, the earlier name of Constantinople, by German historian Hieronymus Wolf about a century after the fall of Constantinople. Hieronymus had taken it from the writing of 15th century Byzantine historian Laonicus Chalcocondyles. He presented a system of Byzantine historiography in his work Corpus Historiae Byzantinae, in order to "distinguish ancient Roman from medieval Greek history without drawing attention to their ancient predecessors".

The term 'Byzantine' was introduced in the English-speaking world by Sir George Finlay in 1851, in his History of Greece, from its Conquest by the Crusaders to its Conquest by the Turks.

the muslim empire

In the 15th century and 16th centuries three major Muslim empires were created: the aforementioned Ottoman Empire in much of the Middle East, Balkans and Northern Africa; the Safavid Empire in Iran; and the Mughul Empire in India. These new imperial powers were made possible by the discovery and exploitation of gunpowder, and more efficient administration.By the end of the 19th century, all three had declined significantly, and by the early 20th century, with the Ottomans' defeat in World War I, the last Muslim empire collapsed


but the main difference was one was christian the other was Muslim

Answer 4

I am Arabic I will try to help you Muslims empire were fond when
that man { Mohammad } make the first government
then the Muslims empire grow to fight Byzantine in abassy age
the Muslims empire have a { lord } who control he were call Kaleva

Answer 5

Never heard of the Muslim Empire , Byzatine Empire was in India long time ago

Answer 6

I really wanted to comment on this especially after the first to completely idiotic answers.. I am a historian and want to shoot myself from dispair.
Anyway. I cannot think of anythign to say more appropriate than What ryan S said. if he was in my class he would get a 10! just .. memorise his answer

Answer 7

the byzantine empire cossisted manly of muslin nations therefore they are one and the same..open your book and read on!!!

Answer 8

Try studying - that helps a lot more than asking questions and wasting time on Yahoo! Answers