Byzantines

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Byzantines

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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.
  • Empire benefited from the high levels of commerce long present in the eastern Mediterranean.
  • Expanding Bureaucracy


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  • Justinian was a new emperor in 533 C.E. He was serious, autocratic and prone to grandiose ideas.
  • Rebuilt Constantinople after riots against high taxes.
  • Extended Roman architecture

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  • The Hagia Sophia was a new church, long one of the wonders of the Christian world, which was an achievement in engineering & architecture.
  • His codification of Roman law reached a goal; summing up and reconciling many prior edicts and decisions, organizing the empire.
  • Military exploits and managed to create a new line of defense