What characteristics did Byzantium inherit from the Roman empire? How did it differ?
What internal weaknesses and external threats account for the fall of Byzantium?
Why did Christianity split into two regional and very different divisions? Do you think the basic differences between the two branches of organized Christianity were more political or religious in their roots?
Compare and contrast the methods and philosophies of rule used by Byzantium rulers to those employed by rulers of Han, Roman, and Persian empires.
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