CHAPTER 1

Reflection:
Europe was the global center of Christianity meaning that several people who were Christians lived in this country. People during this time viewed this a continuation of the Roman Empire. During this time the Byzantines viewed themselves as "Romans". Byzantine took over the Roman Empire. Political structure was strong and firm. It was centralized in Constantinople. People during this era wore only certain clothes and shoes. In this time period religion had a big impact on society. For example, orthodox cChristianity influenced many people in Byzantine. The popes during this era were supporters of icon veneration. The Byzantine empire interacted with other countries/empires. Bringing influence on new traditions/religions to other people bringing diversity. The Byzantine empire was the central player in trade around Eurasia. The people here traded several diverse materials that were highly costed during the time. Through interactions by people with people everyone new and learned about different traditions/cultures and religions. One must think that these strong empires lasted forever, but actually did not last entirely many had fallen and became part of history. These fallen empires could have brought benefits to some countries/empires, but it also affected other empires/countries. Example, one empire brought/introduced new ideas to other empires and these empires started to gain more and more but as soon as the empire falls down the other empires that gained benefits starts to lack material and ideas. within countries agriculture grew and grew which became one of the big things to trade with other countries. slowly people/countries started to became firm and strong. the population within countries grew rapidly. During this time many were impacted and influenced by Roman empire but some countries were not such as China, Islamic world, and many more. Not only was ideas, materials, agriculture traded with one another but also language and certain texts.