3 ways hat the geography of the Byzantine Empire affected them?

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Negative:

Nearest east facing proximity to the emerging Sultanate of Rum and Muslim westward expansion.

Nearest northward proximity to the Balkan barbarian tribes of the Cuman and Pecheneg expansions southwards.

Containment of the capital Constantinople, capital of the eastern orthodox church, enemy of the latin Roman Catholic church thereby target of Westward campaigning crusades.

Positive:

South of the earlier movements of Westward expanding Barbarian tribes who causes the fall of the western Roman Empire....Show more