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Population of the Byzantine Empire

Population of the Byzantine Empire is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Population of the Byzantine Empire rather than just read about it. In short: The population of the Byzantine Empire encompassed all ethnic and tribal groups living there, mainly Byzantine Greeks, but also Albanians, Armenians, Assyrians, Bulgarians, Goths, Kartvelians, Latini, Levantine Arabs, Serbs and Croats, Thracians, Turkic tribes, Thraco-Romans, Illyro-Romans, Tzans, Vlachs and other groups. It fluctuated throughout the state's millennial history.

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Reference excerpt

The population of the Byzantine Empire encompassed all ethnic and tribal groups living there, mainly Byzantine Greeks, but also Albanians, Armenians, Assyrians, Bulgarians, Goths, Kartvelians, Latini, Levantine Arabs, Serbs and Croats, Thracians, Turkic tribes, Thraco-Romans, Illyro-Romans, Tzans, Vlachs and other groups. It fluctuated throughout the state's millennial history. The reign of the Emperor Justinian I in the mid-sixth century was the high point of the empire's expansion; however, the arrival of plague in 541 AD and its subsequent recurrences caused a severe depletion of the population. After the reign of Emperor Heraclius (r. 610–641 AD) and the loss of the empire's overseas territories, Byzantium was limited to the Balkans and Anatolia. When the empire began to recover after a series of conflicts in the 8th century and its territories stabilized, its population began to recover. By the end of the 8th century the population of the empire was around 7,000,000, a figure that climbed to over 12,000,000 people by 1025 AD. The numbers began falling steadily to 9,000,000 people at 1204 AD and even lower to 5,000,000 people at 1282 AD with the arrival of the Turks.

Population estimates

See also Armenians in the Byzantine Empire

References

Bibliography James, Liz, ed. (2010). A Companion to Byzantium. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-2654-0. Treadgold, Warren T. (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2. Treadgold, Warren T. (2001). A Concise History of Byzantium. Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN 0-333-71829-1.

Further reading Laiou, Angeliki E., ed. (2002). The Economic History of Byzantium from the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century. Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks. ISBN 0-88402-288-9. Mcevedy, Colin; Jones, Richard (1978). Atlas of World Population History. United Kingdom: Penguin Books Ltd. and Allen Lane. Page, Gill (2008). Being Byzantine: Greek Identity Before the Ottomans, 1200-1420 (1 ed.). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521871815. OCLC 302061918.

External links Howard Wiseman (2002–2011). "18 Centuries of Roman Empire".

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Population of the Byzantine Empire

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Population of the Byzantine Empire ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Population of the Byzantine Empire

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In the classroom: Population of the Byzantine Empire is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Demographics of Europe, Demographics of the Middle East, Demography, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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