Wikipedia entry on the Byzantine Empire addresses its history, the split with Rome, invasions and migrations from the East, its culture, and the empire's eventual decline and fall.

Annotated outline of the history of the Byzantine Empire.

A class that is available online includes the following Study Units: The Creation of Outremer, Outremer through the Fall of Edessa, Jerusalem Lost, Crusading Fervor, The Last Years and After. Other helpful pages offer timelines, maps,...

Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Turkey including early civilizations, Byzantium, Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire, World war I, independence, Ataturk, and current events.

Kids learn about the Ottoman Empire including a timeline, the capture of Constantinople, and leaders such as Suleiman, Osman, and Mehmet II.

In this entry from William Morey's 1901 textbook you will read about Constantine and the changes he made that had a lasting effect on the Roman Empire.

In this article from the 1901 textbook by William Morey, you read about the split of Rome into East and West. and the invasions of swarms of barbarians.

This Fordham University site provides links to information about and images of Byzantine era churches and monasteries.

Check out this site from Fordham University for a compilation of ancient historians and historical traditions surrounding Byazantine history.

Fordham University offers extracts from the "Secret History," written by Procopius, describing the dark side of Justinian's rule.

This site contains a simple chart describing different pieces of Byzantine architecture. Includes the time it was built, the name of the building, a detailed picture, and a short description of what you are looking at.

Resource provides information on the Byzantine building style, including information on the style and composition of religious architecture such as churches and monasteries.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about beginning of the Byzantine empire. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about Constantine and his conversion to Christianity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the invention of the printing press. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This timeline is highlighted with images of objects from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

See a photo and read this description of the Hagia Sophia, located in Istanbul, Turkey, and hailed as a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture.

This site covers the First Crusade in-depth. It is broken down into several categories for easier reading.

A discussion of the preparation by the Venetians for the Fourth Crusade, along with a discussion of their motives.

A map of the Mediterranean Sea region showing the Barbary States and southern Europe at the time of the Tripolitan War (First Barbary War - 1801-1804) between the United States and the North African Ottoman Empire regencies. The map...

A map of Italy in AD 650 showing the lands of the Lombards, lands of the Eastern Empire (the Greek Empire or Byzantine at Constantinople), the country of the Serbs and Croats, the country of the Avars, and the Kingdom of the Franks at...

This is a plan of the St Mark's, in Venice, Italy. Erected AD 929 to 1063. This is an example of Italian Byzantine Romanesque architecture. This church was created in order to "reproduce in some way the leading features of the church of...

Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the...

An Ottoman gold coin, on the recto there is a "toghra" which means a monogram with Ottoman ornamental lettering. To the right of the monogram, the word "Rashad" is written; under it there is an olive branch, and above there are seven...