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1 day ago · The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was one of the most powerful and enduring civilisations in world history. It began in AD 330 when the Roman Emperor Constantine I declared Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), the new capital of the Roman Empire. This decision marked the beginning of a ...
5 days ago · Greece - Byzantine, Institutions, Evolution: As in other parts of the Roman world, the function of cities in the administrative structure of the state underwent a gradual evolution from the 3rd century on as the central government found it increasingly necessary to intervene in municipal affairs in order to gain revenues. This need for intervention developed when the vitality of cities became ...
3 days ago · Babylonwas an ancient city located on the lower Euphratesriver in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speakingregion of Babylonia. Its rulers established two important empires in antiquity ...
1 day ago · Albania, country in southern Europe, located in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula on the Strait of Otranto, the southern entrance to the Adriatic Sea. The capital city is Tirana (Tiranë). Albania. Albanians refer to themselves as shqiptarë —often taken to mean “sons of eagles,” though it may well refer to “those associated with ...
3 days ago · 765.5 ha (1,892 acres) Istanbul[ b ] is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic, cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey, [ 3 ] and is the most populous city ...
2 days ago · Structure. [edit] World jurisdictions of Eastern Orthodox Churches. Head of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and of the Holy Synod is the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch and Co-Head of State of Mount Athos,[citation needed] who since 1991 has been Bartholomew I (Dimítrios Archontónis).
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3 days ago · Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Stonehenge, prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site located on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It was built in six stages between 3000 and 1520 BCE, during the transition from the Neolithic ...
