Byzantium Civilization
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The started cause of overcrowding in the eight century B.C. that led Greek city-states to send out colonies throughout the Mediterranean basin. In the year of 667 B.C.; Byzas, from the Greek city of Megra, founded at the mouth of the Black Sea. Alexander the Great dominated Byzantium as he built ....
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.... art focused on human figures. The most prominent figures that were created were Christ, the Virgin Mary, the saints, and the apostles. The emperor was believed to be divinely sanctioned by god. Human figures were portrayed in sculptures in two different styles. One style expressed power, authority, and grandeur. The other style expresses adoration, sympathy, prayer, and distress.
The Attarouthi Treasures consist of fifteen objects: ten chalices, three censers, a wine strainer, and a dov ....
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