Byzantines

Byzantines

This picture represents the child of Rome and the birth of the Byzantine Empire

November 4, 2010

Read 194-198 - Outline the foundation of Byzantium, Outline the achievements of Justinian -Find and upload any images relevant to your notes.


 * The Byzantine Empire was Russia’s prosperous neighbor.
 * Major religion is Byzantium was Orthodox Christianity.
 * Byzantine influences from art and literature to manners shaped Russian history.
 * The Byzantine Empire maintained high levels of political, economic, and cultural activity.
 * They controlled territory in the Balkans.
 * Their government was in many ways a continuation of the eastern portion of the late Roman Empire.
 * The Byzantine Empire lasted for almost a thousand years, between Rome’s collapse in the West and the final overthrow of the rule by Turkish invaders.
 * Constantinople (the capital) was an important city in Europe in this period. It radiated one of the two major braches of Christianity: the Orthodox Christian churches that became dominant throughout most of Eastern Europe.
 * The Byzantine Empire spread its cultural and political influence to areas that had not been controlled by any major civilization.
 * Byzantines began to create a new civilization in the Balkans and western Russia.
 * New trading activities brought northern regions into contact with the major centers of world commerce (including Constantinople).
 * The Byzantine Empire was shaped by the decline of the Roman Empire and the rise of Arabs.
 * The Byzantine Empire began in the 4th century C.E.
 * Constantinople because the most vigorous center of the fading imperial structure.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Empire benefited from the high levels of commerce long present in the eastern Mediterranean.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Expanding Bureaucracy




 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Justinian was a new emperor in 533 C.E. He was serious, autocratic and prone to grandiose ideas.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Rebuilt Constantinople after riots against high taxes.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Extended Roman architecture




 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Hagia Sophia was a new church, long one of the wonders of the Christian world, which was an achievement in engineering & architecture.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">His codification of Roman law reached a goal; summing up and reconciling many prior edicts and decisions, organizing the empire.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Military exploits and managed to create a new line of defense

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