GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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What were Byzantine contributions to literature?
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Librarians and monks copied and preserved Greek and Roman works otherwise they would have been lost.
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Greek orthodox churches were spared from being over run by Muslims during invasions
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Greek and Russian mathematicians would have been forgotten as explorers of systematic theories
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Literary works like the Snake in the Eagle’s shadow were used in ancient textbooks
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -How did Byzantine librarians preserve Greek and Roman culture? They copied the manuscripts of Greece and Rome. How did the invention of gunpowder contribute to the Ottomans’ conquest of Constantinople? The Ottomans used gunpowder to help break through the city’s walls with cannons.
Detailed explanation-2: -Their contributions were primarily religious. They were literate, making translations of religious texts in the age before the printing press. They also played a large role in the artistic history of the Byzantine Empire through either creating religious works of art or commissioning others to make them.
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