What language did they speak in Byzantium?

Greek

Why did Byzantine Empire fall?

The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453. The immediate cause of its fall was pressure by the Ottoman Turks. The Ottomans had been fighting the Byzantines for over 100 years by this time. In 1454, Constantinople finally fell to them and their conquest of the Byzantine Empire was complete.

What if Byzantium never fell?

By 1453, the Byzantine Empire was practically non-existent. They only had the fabled city of Constantinople, ruined by the Crusaders in 1204, and robbed of its riches. If the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire never collapsed, we might not have had the Protestant Reformation.

What if Byzantium won manzikert?

Even if Byzantium won Manzikert, the conditions that led to the downfall would still be present. The battle wasn’t in itself disastrous because army was mostly intact and they only ceded a fraction of the territory they’d soon lose anyway. The Byzantine Army was mostly mercenaries, so far not looking so good.

What if Constantinople never fell?

If the Byzantine empire never fell, the myriad of differences in the world today would probably be extreme. There wouldn’t have even been an impetus for the Crusades, what with the very Christian Byzantines still in control of Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land.

How many times has Constantinople been attacked?

Constantinople was besieged thirty-four times throughout its history. Out of the ten sieges that occurred during its time as a city-state and while it was under Roman rule, six were successful, three were repelled and one was lifted as a result of the agreement between the parties.

Did the Byzantines have guns?

They did. The Byzantine Empire was acquiring cannon in the late 14th century, and cannons were being used in defence of Constantinople against the Ottomans already in the 14th century (1396). In the siege of 1422, both sides had gunpowder artillery. In 1453, the Ottomans brought more cannons, and more powerful cannons.

What if the Ottomans never existed?

With no Ottoman Empire, we could see a stronger Venice in the Mediterranean, and they would be the ones eyeing out the rotting Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine empire would continue to exist, and perhaps if Constantinople was sacked by any neighbors, the pope might have actually helped them.

Could the Ottomans have survived?

The Ottoman Empire as reformed by the Young Turks could well have survived as if was after 1912, without the First World War or if the victors of that war had let it survive. Britain had several times saved the Ottoman Empire, but then changed its mind.

What if the Ottoman Empire did not join ww1?

Considering Turkish Empire never joined ww1. The Turkish empire’s neutrality in WW1 would have only bought them some time extending their existance. At the time, the Turkish empire had a weak Leadership, and there were barely some integrity within states in the empire, however the states were also weak politically.

What if the Ottoman Empire joined the Seven Years War?

If the Ottomans entered the War,they would get some land at the beginning,but soon Austria and Russia would mobilizise their full power to push the Ottomans back. Maybe,the fall ot the Empire would have been sooner,because there would be no one like Britain or France saving them before Russias plans..

What ended the Seven Years War?

The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.

Who Won Seven Years War?

Great Britain

Why did most natives side with the French?

This close alliance, which was based on mutual respect and good treatment from both sides, led the Natives to side with the French in their conflicts with the English settlers that came later in the 1600s and into the mid-1700s. Relations between the Natives and the English were not nearly as good.

Why did many colonists ignore the proclamation of 1763?

A desire for good farmland caused many colonists to defy the proclamation; others merely resented the royal restrictions on trade and migration. Ultimately, the Proclamation of 1763 failed to stem the tide of westward expansion.

What caused the Seven Years War to start?

In the early 1750s, French expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought France into armed conflict with the British colonies. In 1756–the first official year of fighting in the Seven Years’ War–the British suffered a series of defeats against the French and their broad network of Native American alliances.