Byzantine Empire

Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

thumb|right|Map of Rumelia in 1801

Historic Roman road in the Balkans passing through Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria,Turkey

conquest of Egypt by the Rashidun Empire

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Byzantinism, or Byzantism, is the political system and culture of the Byzantine Empire, and its spiritual successors the Orthodox Christian Balkan countries of Greece and Bulgaria especially, and to a lesser extent Serbia and some other Orthodox countries in Eastern Europe like Belarus, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine. The term Byzantinism itself was coined in the 19th century.

exonym of the indigenous pre-Islamic inhabitants of Anatolia

historical regional cuisine

desire to be latter-day Roman Empire

thumb|This folio from Walters manuscript W659 depicts the Aras, an animal with one horn. '''Shâd'havâr' (Arabic: شادهافار (Šādhāfār)) or Âras (آرس) is a legendary creature from medieval Muslim bestiaries resembling a unicorn. Al-Qazwini said that it lives in the country of Rūm'' (Byzantium) and that it has one horn with 42 hollow branches which, when the wind passes through them, produces a pleasant sound that makes the animals sit around and listen. Horns of those creatures, sometimes gifted to kings, can be played like flutes. When played on one side, they produce a cheerful sound, and when