Chapter 10: Christendom

• 1/3 of the world's Christian's lived in Europe, the rest lived in parts of Africa, the Middle East  and Asia.
• They viewed Byzantium as a continuation of the Roman Empire.
• Byzantium was wealthier, more urbanized, and more cosmopolitan then it's western counterpart.
• Byzantium had access to the Black Sea and had command of the eastern Mediterranean.
• Byzantium wanted to preserve the legacy of the classical civilization and the Roman Empire.
• Roman Empire was permanently lost to Byzantium
• The Byzantium Empire remained a major force in the eastern Mediterranean, taking control of Greece, the majority of Balkans (Southern Europe) and Anatolia.
• State was tied with the church, the relationship between eachother was known as caesaropapism. 
• Orthodox Christianity had a big influence in the every aspect of Byzantine Life.