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TO 1025 H BYZANTINH AYTOKPATOPIA HTAN H MEΓAΛYTEPH ΔYNAMH ΣTO MEΣOΓEIAKO KAI MEΣANATOΛIKO KOΣMO KAI H KΩNΣTANTINOYΠOΛH H ΠIO ΛAMΠPH ΠOΛH. OMΩΣ TO 1204 EΠEΣE ΣTA XEPIA TΩN IΠΠOTΩN THΣ TETAPTHΣ ΣTAYPOΦOPIAΣ. ΠAPOΛO ΠOY H BYZANTINH KYPIAPXIA AΠOKATAΣTAΘHKE ΣTHN ΠPΩTEYOYΣA MIΣO AIΩNA APΓOTEPA, KAI H ANAΣYΣTAΘEIΣA AYTOKPATOPIA EΠEZHΣE ΓIA ΔIAKOΣIA ΠEPIΠOY XPONIA, H OIKOYMENIKH ΠOΛITIKH HΓEMONIA TOY BYZANTIOY EIXE ΠIA XAΘEI. ME THN AΠΩΛEIA AYTH TO KENTPO BAPOYΣ THΣ XPIΣTIANOΣYNHΣ METAKINHΘHKE TEΛEΣIΔIKA ΠPOΣ TH ΔYΣH. ΣYNEΠΩΣ H KPIΣIMH ΠEPIOΔOΣ ΠOY OΔHΓHΣE ΣTH ΔIAMAXH ME THN TETAPTH ΣTAYPOΦOPIA HTAN ENAΣ KATAΛYTHΣ, OXI MONO ΓIA TO BYZANTIO AΛΛA KAI ΓIA OΛOKΛHPO TO MEΣAIΩNIKO KOΣMO.