How are Greeks taught about the Byzantine Empire?

This answer will attempt to describe how Byzantine history is taught in the Greek school system. read more

All Greeks are taught about the Byzantine history, since the Byzantine Empie became gradually a Greek empire. When the Roman empire was split into Western and Eastern, the Eastern part was inhabited mainly by Greeks and the greek was the dominant language. read more

Byzantine Greeks, forming the majority of the Byzantine Empire proper at the height of its power, gradually came under the dominance of foreign powers with the decline of the Empire during the Middle Ages. read more

The Greeks composed only a small portion of this multi-ethnic Empire and evidence shows that they did not posses much of the power either, for we know exactly who were the Byzantine Emperors, and we know they were not ethnic Greeks. read more