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Countries in the Byzantine Empire

Can you name the modern-day countries who were part of the Byzantine Empire at its peak in 555 A.D.? Not counting vassal states
I used this map
UK is given to you since gibraltar was part of it
Some of these countries, especially in the West, were held only briefly
Quiz by OskarRB
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Last updated: November 22, 2019
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First submittedMarch 22, 2019
Times taken19,228
Rating4.84
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Percent
Country
100%
Albania
~10%
Algeria
~1%
Austria
100%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
Bulgaria
~65%
Croatia
100%
Cyprus
~60%
Egypt
~8%
France
~5%
Georgia
100%
Greece
100%
Israel
~95%
Italy
Percent
Country
~40%
Jordan
100%
Kosovo
100%
Lebanon
~20%
Libya
100%
Liechtenstein
100%
Malta
100%
Monaco
100%
Montenegro
~15%
Morocco
100%
North Macedonia
~10%
Portugal
~20%
Romania
Percent
Country
~1%
Russia
100%
San Marino
~2%
Saudi Arabia
~80%
Serbia
~25%
Slovenia
~30%
Spain
~15%
Switzerland
~50%
Syria
~85%
Tunisia
~85%
Turkey
~1%
Ukraine
~1%
United Kingdom
100%
Vatican City
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jun 16, 2019
If you're interested in this period of history, Count Belisarius by Robert Graves is a good read.
lubi
+4
Level 72
Jun 16, 2019
UK should be included because of both Gibraltar and the territories on Cyprus.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 67
Aug 1, 2019
have you not seen, it is allready there, in the caveat, and in the places you give the answers
lubi
+10
Level 72
Aug 4, 2019
It wasn't when I posted my comment.
sillie
+3
Level 82
Jun 16, 2019
Way easy. Too much time?
Sifhraven
+12
Level 67
Aug 1, 2019
Either you are bragging and exagerating or time have been changed. Cause i typed countries back to back without pause and am not a slow typer (on laptop anyway, tablet slows things down) and was tight in time.. Missed a few ( conviced I had allready typed croatia, but portugal had slipped my mind and malta and cyprus hadnt come up yet either) but not time to figure out which country I hadnt typed yet. (But atleast 4 of which I had tried werent on, so maybe if I had typed the right countries the time would ve been less tight)
howard38
+9
Level 60
Aug 10, 2019
You're not as awesome as Sillie.
Jealous1sEnvy
+3
Level 80
Nov 23, 2019
Few people are as awesome as Sillie..
sillie
+1
Level 82
Nov 27, 2019
Wasn't just thinking of my own score. Also about the total score of people. Right now the least guessed country is still 72%, not way low. Of course it depends on how hard they want the quiz to be.
CardinalSin
+4
Level 71
Jun 17, 2019
I'm surprised that although both Austria and Switzerland are included, Liechtenstein isn't.
PaterN
+5
Level 74
Jun 17, 2019
Only small parts of both are included. Greetings from Pater to Cardinal!
UG332
+3
Level 62
Aug 1, 2019
Great Quiz Oskar ;)
Mappo
+5
Level 51
Aug 1, 2019
Nice quiz, but where are Monaco and Lichtenstein?
skiesboy
+2
Level 65
Aug 1, 2019
Also, San Marino seems to be missing. (otherwise great quiz. I almost forgot Tunisia)
OskarRB
+3
Level 44
Aug 1, 2019
Will be fixed as soon as I get home from vacation
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Aug 3, 2019
Hey @OskarRB. This one's going to have to wait. I don't want to reset the stats two days after the quiz was featured.
isdaril
+2
Level 47
Dec 18, 2019
Are you sure Liechtenstein is in here ?

I don't know if you used other materials but in the map you linked, there is no way liechtenstein can be included (just look on a map how far north Liechtenstein is compared to Milan and how close to the border Mediolanum is on the map).

Even Switzerland could be considered a stretch because the map is probably an approximation of the real borders at that time and I don't think those parts of switzerland ever considered themselves to be part of the byzantine empire. Not to mention northern Italy stayed byzantine for less than 20 years.

Nathaniel
+1
Level 60
Aug 1, 2019
Great quiz!! I got all but four first try
WanHuangdi
+8
Level 73
Aug 1, 2019
It seems that we’ve finally found Cyprus’ continent! It turns out that it was Byzantium all along!
dovahkiin1
+2
Level 54
Aug 1, 2019
What about Monaco?
OskarRB
+2
Level 44
Aug 1, 2019
Idk if you saw but I answered this question before with "I'll fix it when I get home from vacation" :)
roleybob
+1
Level 75
Nov 22, 2019
But what about Liechtenstein? ;-P
OskarRB
+1
Level 44
Nov 22, 2019
That was never a part of the byzantine empire
roleybob
+1
Level 75
Jan 13, 2020
^ Yeah I wasn't being serious - you'd already answered the question about Monaco above and Liechtenstein in the same post...
RedLightning
+3
Level 48
Aug 1, 2019
I missed Austria, Slovenia, and BULGARIA on my first try XD
PastaStalin
+2
Level 31
Aug 12, 2019
I missed *TURKEY!* I feel stupid!
RKS
+1
Level 67
Aug 14, 2019
If I'd get a dollar for every time I forget Turkey in these quizzes...
GoatUnicorn
+1
Level 57
Nov 21, 2019
Sooo, when's the Monaco thing getting fixed?
OskarRB
+1
Level 44
Nov 21, 2019
Oh shoot, I think I only saved the quiz at the time without resubmitting it ;)
blizzrd33
+1
Level 73
Nov 21, 2019
Under the title, it says the UK is given to you but this doesn't seem to be the case.
OskarRB
+1
Level 44
Nov 22, 2019
It used to be given but I think something happened 🤔
FredB
+1
Level 89
Nov 22, 2019
San Marino was already independent back then, it was just smaller than today, therefore it has to be included, but not 100%.
Tramp
+4
Level 71
Nov 23, 2019
"smaller than today" - What is this? A country for ants?
andiw
+2
Level 68
Jun 26, 2020
In the map cited as source, Liechtenstein is clearly not in the Byzantine empire. This is obvious if you use the Rhine river as reference.
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 48
Jan 11, 2021
Anyone else notice that the Byzantine Empire had a lot of the same countries as the Ottoman Empire?
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