Name this empire that for long periods controlled what is now Greece, the Balkans, and Turkey.
One of the leaders of this polity has the message "You conquered all but a woman" inscribed on the side of his tomb. Centuries after that member of the Phokas family, this polity was ruled by the Lascarid Dynasty, which lost their power when John the Fourth was blinded at the age of ten and was replaced by Michael the Eighth, who organ- ized the Second Council of Lyon (lee-YONE). Some historians mark its beginning with the crowning of Arcadius, who ruled from what was sometimes referred to as New Rome. This polity was conquered by Mehmed the Second of the Ottoman Empire with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Name this empire that for long periods controlled what is now Greece, the Balkans, and Turkey.
One of the leaders of this polity has the message "You conquered all but a woman" inscribed on the side of his tomb.
{Byzantine} Empire [or {Nicaean} Empire; or {Eastern Roman} Empire; prompt on {Roman Empire}]