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Contributions of byzantine empire


            Contributions of the Byzantine Empire.
             Everybody has heard of the great Roman Empire, but many possess no knowledge of the Byzantine Empire that rose during the fall of the Roman Empire. The Byzantines lasted even longer than the Roman Empire. Several contributions were made to the Western world by the Byzantines. They created the Eastern Orthodox religion, they preserved almost all of the Greek artifacts we have currently, and Justinian's Corpus iuris civilis became the foundation of nearly all European law and legal practice. .
             The Eastern Orthodox Church's members number over 250 million worldwide, many of which are in the United States. There have been many efforts to establish a single American Orthodox church, but no union has been created. In 1950, several Eastern Orthodox denominations joined with Protestant groups in the formation of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; almost all Orthodox churches in America are now members. .
             Perhaps the single most vital aspect of Byzantine culture was the transmission of classical culture. While classical studies, science, and philosophy largely dissipated in the Latin west, Byzantine education and philosophy still zealously pursued these intellectual traditions. It was in Byzantium that Plato and Aristotle continued to be studied and were eventually transmitted first into the Islamic world and then back into Western Europe. A basic education in Byzantium consisted of the mastery of classical Greek literature, such as Homer (largely unknown in the West during this period) "almost all of the Greek literature we have today was only preserved by the Byzantines.
             Compiled by order of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, the first three parts appeared between 529 and 535 and were the work of a commission of 17 jurists presided over by Tribonian. The Corpus iuris was an attempt to systematize Roman law, to reduce it to order after over 1,000 years of development.


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