HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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The Byzantines saw themselves as guardians of the cultures of
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India and China
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Greece and Rome
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Persia and Greece
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Egypt and Mesopotamia
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Byzantine Greeks were, and perceived themselves as, heirs to the culture of ancient Greece, the political heirs of imperial Rome, and followers of the Apostles.
Detailed explanation-2: -The terms “Byzantine Empire” and “Eastern Roman Empire” were coined after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire and to themselves as Romans-a term which Greeks continued to use for themselves into Ottoman times.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Byzantines believed that they were descended from the East Romans, the Romans of Constantinople. First and foremost, they considered themselves as descendants of Constantine the Great and not of Alexander the Great, David or Augustus.
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