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Qualifier English: Byzantium
Qualifier Spanish: Bizancio
Descriptor Bizancio
Entry term(s) Imperio Bizantino
Scope note: Antigua ciudad, la sede de la moderna Estambul. Desde los siglos IV al XV el imperio se extendía desde el sureste de Europa hasta el oeste de Asia, alcanzando su mayor extensión bajo Justiniano (527-565). Hacia el año 1000 de nuestra era comprendía la parte sur de los Balcanes, Grecia, Asia Menor y partes del sur de Italia. La captura de Constantinopla en 1453 marcó el término formal del Imperio Bizantino. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
Qualifier Portuguese: Bizâncio
Qualifier French: Byzance
Entry term(s): Byzantine Empire
Tree number(s): Z01.586.035.175
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018612
Scope note: An ancient city, the site of modern Istanbul. From the 4th to 15th centuries the empire extended from southeastern Europe to western Asia, reaching its greatest extent under Justinian (527-565). By about 1000 A.D. it comprised the southern Balkans, Greece, Asia Minor, and parts of southern Italy. The capture of Constantinople in 1453 marked the formal end of the Byzantine Empire. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
Annotation: the ancient city or empire: note X ref
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32328
Unique ID: D018612
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/19
Byzantium - Preferred
Concept UI M0027894
Scope note An ancient city, the site of modern Istanbul. From the 4th to 15th centuries the empire extended from southeastern Europe to western Asia, reaching its greatest extent under Justinian (527-565). By about 1000 A.D. it comprised the southern Balkans, Greece, Asia Minor, and parts of southern Italy. The capture of Constantinople in 1453 marked the formal end of the Byzantine Empire. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
Preferred term Byzantium
Entry term(s) Byzantine Empire



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