Byzantine Empire

  • 527 BCE

    Government Leader

    Justinian began to rule
  • 284 BCE

    Culture & Technological Innovations

    The Roman Empire Split. The east was then known as the Byzantine Empire.
  • 130 BCE

    Trade Patterns

    Used the Silk Road to trade most of the time.
  • 10 BCE

    Farming and Agricultural Production

    There were peasants and farmers. Fishing was a way to get fish and food, but fruits and vegetables were avalilable as well as honey and nuts.
  • 9 BCE

    Cultural Diffusion

    Interaction through Byzantine, the Cyrillic alphabet was recognized among the Russians.
  • Jan 1, 1054

    Religion

    Byzantine split in two where the west believed in Catholicism and the east was Eastern Orthodoxy.