Preferred Label : byzantium;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH synonym : byzantine empire;
MeSH annotation : the ancient city or empire: note X ref;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium;
Origin ID : D018612;
UMLS CUI : C0242840;
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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)
