Characteristics of Byzantine Culture

Byzantine culture is the pearl of European ancient culture, is an important part of the cultural treasury of mankind, which has played a role in the history of the development of western culture. After the split with the Western Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a state based on Greek culture and the Greek language, and Greece was the core component of the Byzantine Empire, shaping the cultural identity of modern Greece and spreading Greek traditions. The establishment of the Greek Orthodox Church in the 1st century AD shaped the cultural identity of modern Greece. Byzantine culture protected the classical Greco-Roman cultural heritage at a time when nomadic peoples generally impacted agrarian peoples around the world, and at the same time, the Byzantines made classical culture suitable for the life of medieval societies, forming a special form of classical culture.