Unit Reflection

The Byzantine Empire played a huge in conserving history and brand a lot down to the modern world. Once it built its empire from the Greeks and the Romans, the Byzantine Empire preserved valuable aspects from them after they disappeared. In this way, the Byzantine Empire was the keeper of the past and therefore the keeper of many mysteries. To begin with, literature and religion were a large part of the Byzantine Customs. They mainly wrote and spoke in Greek and adopted many Roman aspects as well. They copied the Roman and Greek language that came with great files of history that may have been gone for sure. Through writing and literature, the Byzantines saved a lot of knowledge regarding science, math, philosophy and many more. Religion and Christianity also flourished during the Byzantine Empire which still carries onto modern religion and beliefs. Next, the Byzantines had a great architectural knowledge also excelled in art. The Byzantines built great buildings and decorated with fine art. For example, the Hagia Sophia Church was a huge Christian Church. With great knowledge it was built and decorated with mosaics of saints and other sacred and holy people. Icons could also be spotted of Jesus and Mary, for example. To place it all together, the Byzantine Empire kept all the lost achievements from the Greeks and Romans. They basically put those two empires together and formed a new one that would affects all up to modern days. Without the Byzantine Empire, we would not have many information that are crucial today. We excel in science and math from their basic research. Even if the Byzantine Empire is long gone, is still is a crucial topic because it brings so much to our modern lives. Over all, without them we would not have had such advanced technology, religion, knowledge and architectural skills.