Byzantine Greek is an archaic variant of Greek language derived from Koine which was used by the administration of the Byzantine Empire from 395 until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Modern Greek is largely derived from Byzantine Greek. Greek (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – Hellenic) constitutes its own branch of the Indo-European languages. ... The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA // – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... Events After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half. ... The 1453 Siege of Constantinople (painted 1499) The Fall of Constantinople was the conquest of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II, on Tuesday, May 29, 1453. ... �== de los acontecimientos del == * [ [ de mayo el 29 ] ] - [ [ ca�da de Constantinople|Ca�da ] ] de [ [ Constantinople ] ] a [ [ imperio del otomano|Otomano ] ] Sultan [ [ Mehmed II] ] el Conqueror, marcando el final del [ [ imperio ] de Byzantine ] (imperio romano del este). ... Modern Greek (Νεοελληνική) is a dialect family that refers to the fifth stage of the evolution of the Greek language (the first four being Mycenean, Ancient Greek, Post-Classical or Hellenistic Greek and Medieval Greek), and it includes every dialect and idiom of Hellenic speech that exists in the world today. ...