This subcategory contains sites about the Byzantine Empire, created by the second partition of the ancient Roman Empire and with its capital at Constantinople. The term "Byzantine" is a popular usage deriving from Byzantium, the former name of Constantinople. It was never used by contemporaries, who referred to it as simply the Eastern Roman Empire until its fall to the Ottomans in 1453 AD. - ... [MORE] Architecture@ (4) Coins@ (2) Famous People (5) The Crusades@ (53) 1. Byzantine Literature - Article on understanding the essential characteristics of their literature by knowing the elements of the civilization. 2. Byzantium - Life in the Byzantine Empire, from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 until its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. 3. Romiosini - A series of essays on Byzantine history by Nikolaos Provatas and Yiannis Papadimas, with a chronology of the Eastern Roman Empire, list of emperors, maps, gallery of icons and bibliography. 4. Suda on Line - Suda is a 10th century massive Byzantine encyclopedia , one of the first of the kind. The aim of the Suda on Line project is the translation and annotation of this work as well as the enrichment of the Suda content with traditional as well as electronic resources relevant to this work. 5. The Byzantine Empire - An article on the division of the Roman Empire into two parts, an Eastern and a Western. 6. Byzanthion Period - Articles about early history of Istanbul including the conquest by the Turks. 7. Byzantine Chant - Includes history, theory, and Wav files of choirs and individual psalters with links. 8. Byzantine Glory - A presentation of the history, art, culture, and heritage of the empire. 9. Byzantine Macedonia - Provides an illustrated description of Macedonia under the rule of the empire. 10. Byzantine Studies - Resources for researchers and scholars, including conferences, mailing lists, fellowships, and publications. 11. Byzantine Studies at the University of Notre Dame - An introduction to the field, annotated bibliographies and translations of primary and secondary literature. 12. Byzantium - Exhibition celebrating the University of Michigan's involvement in the recovery of the material culture. 13. Byzantium - Byzantine Studies on the Internet - Resources directed more to scholars. 14. ByzNet - Byzantine Studies on the Internet - Brief overview, maps, images of art and coins, and a list of the emperors from 395 to 1453. 15. Constantinople - Images and articles about Byzantine Greek culture in the old city, including numerous images and related links. Tone is nationalistic and highly critical of Turkey. 16. Constantinople - A study of the culture through information and galleries of photographs and maps. 17. Constantinople - Read the history of the capital of the Greek empire of Byzantium. 18. Early Byzantine Period - A comprehensive view of the first steps of the Byzantine Empire from the Foundation of the Hellenic World. Covers politics, economy, society and culture. 19. Explore Byzantium - A site devoted to the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire. Includes photographs, maps and articles. 20. Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Byzantium - Primary sources on the history, religion, emperors and empire. 21. Photos of Constantinople - Read the history, and view photos of the Queen of cities. 22. Selective Byzantine Timeline - A selective timeline of Byzantine history from About.com. 23. Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies - Furthers study of the history, culture, language and literature of the Byzantine Empire. Events and exhibitions, funding opportunities, publications and theses, fieldwork and courses. 24. The Byzantine City of Amorium - Location of the archaeological site with information on the site, history, publications, and team. 25. The Byzantine Empire - An overview. 26. The Glory of Byzantium - An exhibition that includes art themes, the history, and a visual timeline. 27. The History Of The Byzantine Empire - The empire from 395-1453 A.D, including links. 28. World History Compass - Byzantine History - Links to sites related to the history of the Eastern Roman Empire.

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