Byzantine Empire

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		+	The '''Byzantine Empire''', sometimes referred to as the '''Eastern Roman Empire''', was the continuation of the [[Roman Empire]] in the East during [[Late Antiquity]] and the [[Middle Ages]], when its capital city was [[Constantinople]] (modern-day [[Istanbul]], originally founded as [[Byzantium]]). It survived the [[fall of the Western Roman Empire|fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire]] in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]] in 1453. During most of its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. Both "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" are historiographical terms created after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the ''Roman Empire'' (Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, [[Romanization of Greek|tr.]] ''Basileia tôn Rhōmaiōn''; Imperium Romanum), or ''Romania'' (Ῥωμανία), and to themselves as "Romans".

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The Byzantine Empire, sometimes referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, originally founded as Byzantium). It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. During most of its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. Both "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" are historiographical terms created after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire (Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr. Basileia tôn Rhōmaiōn; Imperium Romanum), or Romania (Ῥωμανία), and to themselves as "Romans".