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Compare And Contrast The Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine empire was the Eastern Roman empire. The capital of the Byzantine empire was Constantinople. The capital of Constantinople gave the Eastern Roman Empire significant strategic advantage,because it was right on the trade routes between Europe and Asia as well as the Mediterranean and Black Seas. The Byzantine Empire was located in where Rome was. The Byzantine Empire consisted of the Eastern Roman Empire and parts of the Western Roman Empire, which they had to reconquer part of the empire.

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