History. Poland had existed for centuries as a very large commonwealth. In the late 1700s, as the result of a weak monarchy, it was partitioned between Russia, Prussia, and Austria and ceased to exist as a nation.
Summary The government consisted of a God-chosen power which was the emperor. Then to maintain and vote on high-importance decisions, there were many government officials and military officers to occupy those jobs. The type of government that the Byzantine Empire used was a mix of aristocratic bureaucratic mix.
Timeline. Early Byzantine Period (330-787 AD). 330 AD: Constantine founds Constantinople, the new capital of the Roman Empire, on the ancient site of Byzantium. 476 AD: Visigoths sack Rome, marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire. 526 AD: Justinian becomes the Byzantine Emperor. Justinian wants to revive the Empire to its earliest and greatest form.