"The Byzantine Empire and its capital city of Constantinople thrived for more than thousands of years and helped shape the history of the modern world (Overview)". The Byzantines were essential because they had good ways of developing architecture and engineering, they modernized, and saved Christianity, and they helped save the legal code to make what it is today. Without these essential qualities from the Byzantines America wouldn’t be what it is today... a free country. “Had the Arabs captured Constantinople in the seventh century... all Europe and America might be Muslim today"(Doc A).The purpose of this paper is to express the reason why the Byzantines are imperative to study in American classrooms
The Byzantine empire was really good at building architectural structures, and they had good defenses. Their structures and defenses of the inside and outside proved dividend to any colonies or groups that tried to attack. “The Byzantines constructed a moat and three walls that were 25 feet thick"(Doc B). The Byzantine Empire had to take in …show more content…
withstood five years of siege by the Arabs hitherto considered irresistible, and in doing so...saved western civilization(Doc A). Arabs had been trying to et the Byzantines for like 1000 years. The Byzantines had to think on their feet. So as the time went on the empire had built a tall structure with three walls, a wall of archers, and a big moat. This withstood the attacks of the Arabs and anyone who wanted to attack them. However, the Byzantines didn’t only use their defense mechanisms for saving Christianity. What they did is they decided to split up their Christian Church of Constantinople for one reason. The reason is because they had different reasons on the bible and how it should go. That was a good thing, because since the split, more people have come and joined to learn about Christianity. Over the course of time a lot more people have joined and about all of the world was learning
The Byzantine empire was really good at building architectural structures, and they had good defenses. Their structures and defenses of the inside and outside proved dividend to any colonies or groups that tried to attack. “The Byzantines constructed a moat and three walls that were 25 feet thick"(Doc B). The Byzantine Empire had to take in …show more content…
withstood five years of siege by the Arabs hitherto considered irresistible, and in doing so...saved western civilization(Doc A). Arabs had been trying to et the Byzantines for like 1000 years. The Byzantines had to think on their feet. So as the time went on the empire had built a tall structure with three walls, a wall of archers, and a big moat. This withstood the attacks of the Arabs and anyone who wanted to attack them. However, the Byzantines didn’t only use their defense mechanisms for saving Christianity. What they did is they decided to split up their Christian Church of Constantinople for one reason. The reason is because they had different reasons on the bible and how it should go. That was a good thing, because since the split, more people have come and joined to learn about Christianity. Over the course of time a lot more people have joined and about all of the world was learning