Byzantine Syria and Palestine

Byzantine Syria and Palestine was an empire in Levant (Middle East) that lasted from 395 to 640 CE, about 245 years. Its people spoke Greek languages (Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic, Byzantine, modern Greek).

Christian provinces full of churches, monasteries and pilgrims bound for Jerusalem. Persia occupied them from 614 to 628, and the Arabs took them for good after Yarmouk in 636.

See Byzantine Syria and Palestine on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

395 to 640 CE

Duration

245 years

Type

Empire

Region

Levant, Middle East

Language family

Greek

Capital

Antioch, Jerusalem

Came from

• Roman Syria and Judaea 64 BCE to 395 CE

Became

• Umayyad Caliphate 661 to 750 CE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 622 The Hijra
• 636 Battles of Yarmouk and Qadisiyyah

Neighbours in Middle East

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE
• Rashidun Caliphate 632 to 661 CE
• Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli) c. 302 BCE to 580 CE
• Himyarite Kingdom c. 110 BCE to 525 CE
• Roman Anatolia 133 BCE to 395 CE
• Roman Syria and Judaea 64 BCE to 395 CE
• Arsacid Armenia 52 to 428 CE
• Muhammad's state at Medina 622 to 632 CE
• Caucasian Albania c. 150 BCE to 705 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Tang dynasty 618 to 907 CE, East Asia
• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE, South Asia
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE, Europe

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