How does the Byzantine Empire connect to the spread of Islam? this isnt a textbook question, but we are ..?

Question

talking about this in school and i have no clue how the two connect.. i have a test tomorrow =(.. and i think it has something to do with the decline of the Byzantine Empire or the battle of the tours.. please dont give me a link to wikipedia because i just wanna hear it normal words.. thanks in advance if anyone even answrs.

btw i rele want this answered because if im stuck on one thing i dont go on until its resolved... thanks!

Answer 1

they are connected because the byzantine empire eventually fell to the islamic empire...the ottoman turks to be exact under a brilliant militristic genious named mehemet and got the nickname el fatih whcih means "the opener" because he opened per say the streets of constantinople

Answer 2

I'm not sure there is much of a connection between the Byzantine empire and the spread of Islam other than the Byzantinians were ultimately unable to hold off Islamic aggression.

The battle of Tours was in France, and marked the turning point in the Islamic invasion of western Europe. it took place some 700 years before the fall of the Byzantine empire.

Answer 3

For several centuries, the Byzantine empire checked the spread of Islam into South-Eastern Europe. Once the empire fell in the 15th century, Islam was able to expand into the Balkans, and wasn't halted until the 17th(?) century.

Answer 4

Roman Empire Split in about 450 Ad ,Rome was the Western Leg, It Fell in 4th century .The Eastern Leg Constanople lasted ,About 1000 Yrs longer,
These two Legs of Iron was seen in Dream of King Nebchadnezer,of Persia todays( Iran ) and Interperted By Daniel ch.2---there is another split of Ten Toes( Ten Nations),in our Time,The Last
Gentile Empire.

Answer 5

maybe this will help:
http://www.suite101.com/lesson.cfm/19155/2795

Answer 6

-whimper-

Shouldn't you know this by now?