Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Byzantine Empire and Muslim world

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Byzantine Empire and Muslim world

Byzantine Empire vs. Muslim world

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium). The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the unified Islamic community (Ummah), consisting of all those who adhere to the religion of Islam, or to societies where Islam is practiced.

Similarities between Byzantine Empire and Muslim world

Byzantine Empire and Muslim world have 33 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abbasid Caliphate, Anatolia, Ancient Rome, Beirut, Caliphate, Constantinople, Damascus, Early Muslim conquests, Egypt, Empiricism, Europe, Fatimid Caliphate, Genoa, Iberian Peninsula, Iconoclasm, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Mediterranean Sea, Mehmed the Conqueror, North Africa, Ottoman Empire, Roman Empire, Seljuq dynasty, Ship mill, Siege of Constantinople (674–678), Siege of Constantinople (717–718), Silk Road, State religion, Sultan, Third Fitna, ..., Tsar, Turkey, Umayyad Caliphate. Expand index (3 more) »

Abbasid Caliphate

The Abbasid Caliphate (or ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلْعَبَّاسِيَّة) was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Abbasid Caliphate and Byzantine Empire · Abbasid Caliphate and Muslim world · See more »

Anatolia

Anatolia (Modern Greek: Ανατολία Anatolía, from Ἀνατολή Anatolḗ,; "east" or "rise"), also known as Asia Minor (Medieval and Modern Greek: Μικρά Ἀσία Mikrá Asía, "small Asia"), Asian Turkey, the Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, is the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey.

Anatolia and Byzantine Empire · Anatolia and Muslim world · See more »

Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

Ancient Rome and Byzantine Empire · Ancient Rome and Muslim world · See more »

Beirut

Beirut (بيروت, Beyrouth) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.

Beirut and Byzantine Empire · Beirut and Muslim world · See more »

Caliphate

A caliphate (خِلافة) is a state under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (خَليفة), a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire ummah (community).

Byzantine Empire and Caliphate · Caliphate and Muslim world · See more »

Constantinople

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis; Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires.

Byzantine Empire and Constantinople · Constantinople and Muslim world · See more »

Damascus

Damascus (دمشق, Syrian) is the capital of the Syrian Arab Republic; it is also the country's largest city, following the decline in population of Aleppo due to the battle for the city.

Byzantine Empire and Damascus · Damascus and Muslim world · See more »

Early Muslim conquests

The early Muslim conquests (الفتوحات الإسلامية, al-Futūḥāt al-Islāmiyya) also referred to as the Arab conquests and early Islamic conquests began with the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

Byzantine Empire and Early Muslim conquests · Early Muslim conquests and Muslim world · See more »

Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

Byzantine Empire and Egypt · Egypt and Muslim world · See more »

Empiricism

In philosophy, empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience.

Byzantine Empire and Empiricism · Empiricism and Muslim world · See more »

Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Byzantine Empire and Europe · Europe and Muslim world · See more »

Fatimid Caliphate

The Fatimid Caliphate was an Islamic caliphate that spanned a large area of North Africa, from the Red Sea in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

Byzantine Empire and Fatimid Caliphate · Fatimid Caliphate and Muslim world · See more »

Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna; English, historically, and Genua) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

Byzantine Empire and Genoa · Genoa and Muslim world · See more »

Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, also known as Iberia, is located in the southwest corner of Europe.

Byzantine Empire and Iberian Peninsula · Iberian Peninsula and Muslim world · See more »

Iconoclasm

IconoclasmLiterally, "image-breaking", from κλάω.

Byzantine Empire and Iconoclasm · Iconoclasm and Muslim world · See more »

Istanbul

Istanbul (or or; İstanbul), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center.

Byzantine Empire and Istanbul · Istanbul and Muslim world · See more »

Jerusalem

Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; القُدس) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

Byzantine Empire and Jerusalem · Jerusalem and Muslim world · See more »

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

Byzantine Empire and Mediterranean Sea · Mediterranean Sea and Muslim world · See more »

Mehmed the Conqueror

Mehmed II (محمد ثانى, Meḥmed-i sānī; Modern II.; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Fatih Sultan Mehmet), was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481.

Byzantine Empire and Mehmed the Conqueror · Mehmed the Conqueror and Muslim world · See more »

North Africa

North Africa is a collective term for a group of Mediterranean countries and territories situated in the northern-most region of the African continent.

Byzantine Empire and North Africa · Muslim world and North Africa · See more »

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.

Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empire · Muslim world and Ottoman Empire · See more »

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Byzantine Empire and Roman Empire · Muslim world and Roman Empire · See more »

Seljuq dynasty

The Seljuq dynasty, or Seljuqs (آل سلجوق Al-e Saljuq), was an Oghuz Turk Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became a Persianate society and contributed to the Turco-Persian tradition in the medieval West and Central Asia.

Byzantine Empire and Seljuq dynasty · Muslim world and Seljuq dynasty · See more »

Ship mill

A ship mill is a type of watermill.

Byzantine Empire and Ship mill · Muslim world and Ship mill · See more »

Siege of Constantinople (674–678)

The First Arab Siege of Constantinople in 674–678 was a major conflict of the Arab–Byzantine wars, and the first culmination of the Umayyad Caliphate's expansionist strategy towards the Byzantine Empire, led by Caliph Mu'awiya I. Mu'awiya, who had emerged in 661 as the ruler of the Muslim Arab empire following a civil war, renewed aggressive warfare against Byzantium after a lapse of some years and hoped to deliver a lethal blow by capturing the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.

Byzantine Empire and Siege of Constantinople (674–678) · Muslim world and Siege of Constantinople (674–678) · See more »

Siege of Constantinople (717–718)

The Second Arab siege of Constantinople in 717–718 was a combined land and sea offensive by the Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate against the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople.

Byzantine Empire and Siege of Constantinople (717–718) · Muslim world and Siege of Constantinople (717–718) · See more »

Silk Road

The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West.

Byzantine Empire and Silk Road · Muslim world and Silk Road · See more »

State religion

A state religion (also called an established religion or official religion) is a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state.

Byzantine Empire and State religion · Muslim world and State religion · See more »

Sultan

Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.

Byzantine Empire and Sultan · Muslim world and Sultan · See more »

Third Fitna

The Third Fitna (الفتنة الثاﻟﺜـة; al-Fitna al-thālitha), was a series of civil wars and uprisings against the Umayyad Caliphate beginning with the overthrow of Caliph al-Walid II in 744 and ending with the victory of Marwan II over the various rebels and rivals for the caliphate in 747.

Byzantine Empire and Third Fitna · Muslim world and Third Fitna · See more »

Tsar

Tsar (Old Bulgarian / Old Church Slavonic: ц︢рь or цар, цaрь), also spelled csar, or czar, is a title used to designate East and South Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers of Eastern Europe.

Byzantine Empire and Tsar · Muslim world and Tsar · See more »

Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

Byzantine Empire and Turkey · Muslim world and Turkey · See more »

Umayyad Caliphate

The Umayyad Caliphate (ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلأُمَوِيَّة, trans. Al-Khilāfatu al-ʾUmawiyyah), also spelt, was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad.

Byzantine Empire and Umayyad Caliphate · Muslim world and Umayyad Caliphate · See more »

The list above answers the following questions

Byzantine Empire and Muslim world Comparison

Byzantine Empire has 703 relations, while Muslim world has 609. As they have in common 33, the Jaccard index is 2.52% = 33 / (703 + 609).

References

This article shows the relationship between Byzantine Empire and Muslim world. To access each article from which the information was extracted, please visit:

Hey! We are on Facebook now! »