Answer: Historian considers the Byzantine empire to be the preservation of Greek and Roman culture because it continued after the fall of the Roman empire. Explanation: The Byzantine Empire began when Constantine I ( Roman emperor) decided to build a new capital in an ancient Greek colony called Byzantium.
Explanation: The Byzantine Empire served two very important historical functions:
Preservation of Roman and Greek Culture - When the Roman Empire in the West collapsed in 476, many libraries and places of learning were destroyed in the chaos and much of the knowledge that had been gained under the Greek and Roman civilizations was lost. However the eastern half of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine, survived. As a result the Byzantine served to preserve much of the Greek and Roman advancements for Western Europe. Most significant was the preservation of Roman law by Emperor Justinian, the Byzantine's greatest emperor. Justinian codified and deciphered the Roman law codes and also expanded upon the existing codes. As a result, these law codes were preserved and have become the basis for the legal systems of many Western countries.
Cultural Diffusion - Not only did the Byzantine help preserve Roman and Greek culture and Christianity but the Empire also spread these ideas to other parts of the world. During the Crusades of the 11th and 12th centuries, Western Europeans making their way to the holy land had to first pass through the Byzantine Empire. As a result they brought many of those ancient Greek and Roman accomplishments back to Western Europe
Answer:
It was the rise of the modern age.
Explanation:
Marco Polo witnessed the era of splendor of the Mongol Empire and saw things that his Venetian neighbors could not even dream of: remote cities, huge palaces, unknown religions, and strange animals.
When he returned home, many did not believe the wonders that counted. In fact, some parts of the book are believed to be pure invention, but there is no doubt that Marco Polo was one of the greatest travelers in history.
Curiously, after living so many adventures, his story has reached our days by chance: the one that caused him, when he lost that battle against the Genoese, to end up in a cell with a writer who told his story and made it eternal
It is said that all the philosophy and knowledge used during the Renaissance era was held onto the Scoentific Revolution.
