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Article: Byzantium from Constantine to the Ottomans.
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- The Middle East
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- March 1, 1995
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Over more than a thousand years the Byzantine empire produce a wealth of superb arts and crafts. An exhibition at The British Museum has gathered together some examples of the culture that characterised a millenium.
An exhibition which aims illustrate the richness and diversity of the art and culture of Byzantium - the name given to the Byzantine Empire - is currently being staged at the British Museum in London. From the inauguration of its capital Constantinople (present day Istanbul) on 11 May 330 to the capture of the city by the Ottomans on 29 May 1453 Byzantium developed into an empire that at one time reached from northern Italy to Egypt and from the Strait of ...