Another word for the split between the catholic church of the west in the eastern orthodox church of the byzantine empire is

The East–West Schism, also called the Great Schism and the Schism of 1054, was the break of communion between what are now the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches, which had lasted until the 11th century.

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they made rome the dominant power in the mediterranean.

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