The byzantine empire occupied
a. eastern mediterranean and anatolia.
b. greece and italy.
c. the iberian peninsula.
d. northern africa.

The correct answer is A. The Byzantine Empire occupied the Eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia.

Explanation:

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire. It dates back to year 395 when Emperor Theodosius I divided the empire into two parts, and disappeared in 1453 by the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks.

Byzantium's borders changed a lot over its existence, which has gone through several cycles of decline and recovery. But at the beginning, it included all the Roman provinces of Africa, Egypt, the Roman provinces of Thrace, Mosia, Dacia, Macedonia and Achaia west of the Bosphorus as well as the Near Eastern provinces including Kyrenaika; that is, the eastern portion of the Mediterranean, plus several North African and Middle Eastern territories.