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Byzantine Empire

The Roman Empire of the East, born in 395 when the Roman Empire was divided into a western part (the Western Roman Empire would continue until the year 476)  and an eastern part. The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was Constantinople, which in ancient times was called Byzantium. The Byzantine Empire continued to exist until 1453, when Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks. This is also the date many historians agree on as marking the end of the Middle Ages.

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