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1 Early Eastern Europe (Byzantine, Slavs & Russia)

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5 Byzantine Emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) Wife Theodora was very influential: –Women got property rights –Inspired Justinian to crush the Nika rebellion in 532 Wanted to restore the Roman Empire: –533 – began the reconquest of Italy (against Ostrogoths), North Africa (against Vandals) & Spain (against Visigoths) –After Justinian’s death, the empire lost most of the territory

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7 Justinian Code Wanted to restore Roman Law – so appointed a commission to codify the old laws. After 6 years, the commission published the Corpus of Civil Law, or Justinian Code, which became the basis for most European legal systems.

8 Byzantine Architecture: Hagia Sophia

9 Church of Hagia Sophia

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