The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire ... belief that government exists to serve the common good. Its people no longer had a legal role in the election of leaders or ...

Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that funneled agricultural supplies, and it had a good infrastructure system that funneled these ...