The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 10
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World History [1]
CHAPTER 10 Christian Europe Emerges, 300?1200 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . The Byzantine Empire, 300?1200 A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Church and State 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . While Roman rule and the traditions of Rome died in the west, they were preserved in the Byzantine Empire and in its capital, Constantinople. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . While the popes in Rome were independent of secular power, the Byzantine emperor appointed the patriarch of Constantinople and intervened in doctrinal disputes. Religious differences and doctrinal disputes permeated the Byzantine Empire; nonetheless, polytheism was quickly eliminated.