1. End of the Byzantium Empire

2. After Justinian’s death in 565 AD the empire weakened due to a number of reasons.

3. Plague-
similar to the plague in the 1300s
approximately 10,000 people died per day during outbreaks

4. Foreign Invasions East- Sassanid Persians, Slejuk Turks, Ottoman Turks
West- Lombards
North- Avars, Slavs, and Bulgars

5. Poor leaders

6. but lose to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 AD.
Byzantines used bribes, political marriages, and military power to keep empire
but lose to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 AD.