Orthodox World

The Orthodox World is a group of countries located in Eastern Europe, The Blakens, and West Asia, whose civilization is based on the teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The life of the Orthodox World is similar to that of the Western World, except that the teachings of the church are intertwined with goverment and everyday life.
Roots
The Orthodox World started at the time of the Byzantine Empire When the Western Roman Empire fell in 476 A.D., the Byzantine Empire lasted for about another 1000 years. The Byzanti nes practiced a form of Christianity known as Eastern Orthodoxy. They believed they were the empire of God, and that with God's help, that they would survive. In 988, Prince Vladimir I of Russia converted his people to Orthodox Christianity as well, which is why most people living in former solviet areas are Orthodox Christian. As supression from various former rulers took place over the next 1,000 years, the Orthodox Christians remained strong to their faith, and when foreign rule collapsed, these areas remained Orthodox.
Orthodox World Under the Caliphate
In the Mid 600s, the Muslim Arabs conquered Egypt, North Africa, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus from the Byzantine Empire. Most of the people remained strong to their faith, until the Arabs introduced the people residing in the newly conquered lands the new religion of Islam and the Arabic Lifestyle. Some people converted willingly, but others were forced to convert. Although this delievered a shocking blow to the Byzantine Empire and the Orthodox World, they experienced a 10th century Renissance. After the Abbasid Revolution in 750, and the collapse of the Seljuk Empire in 1194, the Byzantines reconquered some of the land lost to the Muslims. For the first time in over three hundred years, the cross conquered the crescent.
The Iconoclast Period

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