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The Byzantine Empire was at it's height in 565 during Justinians reign. It included most of the lands surrounding the Mediterranian Sea. The Byzantine Empire was also known as the Eastern Roman Empire.
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The Arab War was when the Byzantine Empire Syarted to crumble. This war lasted about 300 years. This war started in 780 and lasted until 1180.
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In 641 the byzantine Empire started to become weak and started to loose their power to fight back. It became very hard to maintian a strong army with not alot of soldiors.
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This was a queit dramatic war. The Seljuk Turks won a decisive victory and captured Emporer Romanos IV.
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The crusades had a profound impact on constantinople, and the bloody battles come to their walls. on April 13 1204 the capital was invaded and ransacked while the cotizens were slaughtered and raped.
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Every war was a cause leading up to the fall. The Byzantine Empire lasted about 300 years. The wars also lead up to the Empire loosing its territory.
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The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453. It fell againts the battle of the Turks. It was more that Turks gun that brought the empire down to a fall.