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  Posted By: jmckinney09 @ 09/23/2009 9:32:42 AM

  There was an Empire that is no where to be found on this list. The largest empire in History, they controlled large parts of Europe, 80% of North & South America, portions of the African continent and they even had a presence in Asia. Yes, I am talking about the Spanish Empire. Why is not in this list is beyond me.

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  Posted By: LisTree @ 08/20/2009 12:14:16 PM

  The Byzantine Empire was NOT also known as the Holy Roman Empire. The HRE came about in the 9th-10th century AD in Central Europe encompassing all of modern day Germany and parts of Italy, France and other surrounding countries. It lasted into the 19th Century. HRE was principally Roman Catholic (western rite), Latin and predominately German whilst the Byzantines were Orthodox (eastern rite), and Greek. Don't they check their facts before posting?

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  Posted By: pilgrim007 @ 08/12/2009 10:22:37 AM

  There is a lot of disinformation in just a few slides. The name Byzantine Empire was used for the first time in a book published in 1557, more than 100 years after the fall of the empire (1453). The official name was Imperium Romanorum, or Basileia ton Rh??mai??n (the Greek translation) but the people called it shortly: Romania. The date of birth is either that of the Roman Empire or at least the date when the empire was permanently split in two halves: 395. The Christian Curch split in 1054 (the great schism). At that moment th Eastern Christian Church took the name of Orthodox Church (orthodox means: right belief) and the Western Christian Church took the name of Catholic Church (catholic means: universal).