Examples of Nicaean Empire in the following topics:
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- Michael VIII recaptured Constantinople and restored the Byzantine Empire, giving rise to the last dynasty of the Empire and a brief time of cultural flourishing.
- Although Epirus was initially the strongest of the three Greek states, the Nicaeans were the ones who succeeded in taking back the city of Constantinople from the Latin Empire
- The Nicaean Empire was successful in holding its own against its Latin and Seljuk opponents.
- In 1259 CE, Michael VIII came to the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.
- With a decreasing source of food and manpower, the Palaiologoi were forced to fight on several fronts, most of them being Christian states: the Second Bulgarian Empire, the Serbian Empire, the remnants of the Latin Empire and even the Knights Hospitaller.
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- While the Western Roman Empire fell, the Eastern Roman Empire, now known as the Byzantine Empire, thrived.
- The Byzantine Empire, sometimes referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, originally founded as Byzantium).
- Both "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" are historiographical terms created after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire and thought of themselves as Romans.
- Over time, the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire transformed.
- Just as the Byzantine Empire represented the political continuation of the Roman Empire, Byzantine art and culture developed directly out of the art of the Roman Empire, which was itself profoundly influenced by ancient Greek art.
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- The Parthian Empire began as a minor revolt against the Seleucid Empire, but became powerful and wealthy because they controlled major trade routes.
- The Seleucid Empire soon overextended itself.
- He founded the Parthian Empire in 247 BCE when he conquered the region of Parthia, then a satrapy (province) in rebellion against the Seleucid Empire.
- The Parthian Empire was also called the Arsacid Empire, after the Arscaid dynasty.
- The Parthians controlled the major trade routes between the Roman Empire and the Han Empire of China, which became the foundation of Parthia's wealth and power.
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- Under Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great, the Achaemenid Empire became the first global empire.
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Achaemenid Empire, c. 550-330 BCE, or First Persian Empire,
was founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, in Western and Central
Asia.
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the 7th century BCE, a group of ancient Iranian people had established the
Median Empire, a vassal state under the Assyrian Empire that later tried to gain its
independence in the 8th century BCE.
- Around 550 BCE, Cyrus II of Persia, who became known as Cyrus the Great,
rose in rebellion against the Median Empire, eventually conquering the Medes to
create the first Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire.
- Cyrus II of Persia,
better known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
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- By 268, the Empire had split into three competing states: the Gallic Empire, including the Roman provinces of Gaul, Britannia and (briefly) Hispania; the Palmyrene Empire, including the eastern provinces of Syria Palaestina and Aegyptus; and the Italian-centered and independent Roman Empire, proper, between them.
- The Roman provinces of Gaul, Britain and Hispania broke off to form the Gallic Empire.
- After the death of Odaenathus in 267, the eastern provinces of Syria, Palestine and Aegyptus became independent as the Palmyrene Empire, leaving the remaining Italian-centered Roman Empire-proper in the middle.
- Ever since the Pax Romana, starting with Augustus, the empire's economy had depended in large part on trade between Mediterranean ports and across the extensive road systems to the Empire's interior.
- Describe the problems afflicting the Roman Empire during the third century