Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

Byzantine Emperors

1. Who were the Byzantine emperors?
2. Name the language used by them.
3. What are the legacies left behind by them?
4. Who took over the empire in 1453?

Answer 1

1. The Byzantine emperors, who ruled from the city of Constantinople for about 1,000 years, called themselves Romans.
2. They the used Greek language.
3. The splendor of Constantinople with its luxurious royal palaces, its libraries, its scholars
   familiar with the writings of Greeks and Romans and its fascinating St. Sophia Cathedral are the legacies they have left behind.
4. Ottoman Turks took the empire in 1453.