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After reading 9 documents about Justinian and his empire, I have to determine whether Justinian built a completely new empire or did he revive the Roman Empire. Based off of documents 1 through 9, I have came to the conclusion that Justinian created a new Byzantine Empire.
First of all, Justinian’s empire built countless new cities and made new laws and took out other laws. This shows Justinian most likely started new and did not revive the Roman Empire, but instead he built his own empire. Furthermore, Justinian didn’t decide to rebuild Roman cities, but instead he built his own further showing he built the Byzantine Empire. Secondly, his empire was different. One difference was is capital. It was trading center of the empire, and it was

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