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Their greatest asset was of the capital Constantinople, which was an effective cultural center and military base.
他們最寶貴的財富就是首都君士坦丁堡，這里是帝國的文化中心、軍事基地。
Surrounded by enemies the Byzantine fought through their own religious crisis to make a strong comeback.
四面受敵的拜占庭帝國不斷與國內的宗教沖突斗爭 試圖重新崛起。
And they even managed to expand their Empire a little in the face of Turkish and Slavic opposition.
盡管有土耳其人和斯拉夫人的阻撓，他們還是稍微把領土擴大了一部分。
Like the earlier Romans before them, the Byzantine's considered it their responsibility，
正如他們的前輩羅馬人一樣，拜占庭人認為他們的責任是——
to export their culture and their religion to the conquered Slavs and their new Russian trading partners.
把他們的文化和宗教灌輸給被他們征服的斯拉夫人和新貿易伙伴俄國。
They were delighted to export their religion in particular.
他們尤其喜歡傳播自己的宗教。
Even if this put them into conflict with the "Catholic Christians of the West."
即便這讓他們陷入了“西方天主教”的沖突。
In Segment 15 C, Fall of the Eastern Empire.
在15C部分 東羅馬帝國的衰落中。
We follow the fall of the Byzantines in a tale that could just as easily be called "Christians behaving badly."
我們通過一個故事，一個叫做"基督教徒行為不端"的故事里我們講述了拜占庭帝國的覆滅。
At first the crusades promised a new era of cooperation between the Eastern and Western halves of the Christian World.
起初十字軍許諾東西基督教徒如果合作的話就能開創一個全新的時代。
Again the Muslim and Turkish "Infidel."
還有穆斯林和土耳其人這些異教徒。
Sadly Catholic and Orthodox alike found out that they cooperated with the Turkish Infidel better than they did with each other.
可悲的是，天主教徒和東正教徒這些人發現他們和土耳其這些異教徒合作的時候比和自己的教徒合作得更好。
