The map below shows the extent of the byzantine empire at three different times in history. use the map to answer the following question: map of the byzantine empire showing the empire's extent in 565 ce, 1020 ce, and 1360 ce. by 565 ce, the empire included most of the north african coastline, parts of southern spain, all of italy, southeast europe, asia minor, and the western middle east. by 1020 ce, the size of the empire was limited to only southeast europe, southern italy, and asia minor. by 1360 ce, the size of the empire was reduced to only parts of southeast europe, primarily to the west of constantinople. at its point of greatest extent, in which regions did the byzantine empire hold territory? italy, russia, and the west coast of africa spain, asia minor, and north africa the dnieper, danube, and rhone rivers northern europe and southern africa