Greek East

E127285

cultural sphere geopolitical concept historical region

The Greek East refers to the predominantly Greek-speaking, Eastern Mediterranean and Byzantine cultural sphere of the Roman and later Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, often contrasted with the Latin-speaking Western world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Greek East canonical	2
Byzantine Greeks	1
Eastern Greek	1
Greek-speaking world	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural sphere ⓘ geopolitical concept ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWithChurch	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Byzantium ⓘ Eastern Christianity ⓘ surface form: Oriental Christendom
associatedWithEmpire	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
contrastedInHistoriographyWith	Western Christianity ⓘ surface form: Latin Christendom
contrastedWith	Latin West ⓘ
dominantAdministrativeLanguage	Greek ⓘ
dominantPhilosophicalTradition	Greek patristic theology ⓘ
dominantRite	Byzantine Rite ⓘ
emergedFrom	Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ eastern provinces of the Roman Empire ⓘ
hasArchitectureStyle	Byzantine architecture ⓘ
hasArtStyle	Byzantine art ⓘ
hasCapital	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom	Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic civilization ⓘ Roman culture ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceOn	Byzantine-influenced art ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox world Slavic cultures ⓘ
hasEconomicCenters	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessaloniki
hasLanguage	Greek ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ Medieval Greek ⓘ
hasLegalTradition	Byzantine law ⓘ Roman law ⓘ
hasLiteraryLanguage	Medieval Greek ⓘ
hasReligion	Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ Nicene Christianity ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Region ⓘ surface form: Aegean region Anatolia ⓘ Balkans ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Eastern Roman provinces ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire Roman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
usesCalendarTradition	Byzantine liturgical calendar ⓘ surface form: Byzantine calendar

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin West → contrastedWith → Greek East ⓘ

Greeks → historicalPredecessor → Greek East ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Greeks

Pontic Greek → subclassOf → Greek East ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Greek

Three Chapters → disputedIn → Greek East ⓘ

Georgios → originRegion → Greek East ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek-speaking world