1. Christianity in the byzantine empire
Byzantine Empire to 1000
Unit 2 Section 7
Essential Standards: How do religions influence political power and create cultural unity in European Regions?
I can: identify how all religions are similar. I can trace & give examples of how beliefs influence actions.

2. Question of the Day 12 Effects of the Plague (Black Death)
 Europe lost a third of its population.
 Labor shortages brought higher wages for many workers.
 Peasants left their manors, weakening the feudal system.
Which conclusion about effects of the plague can be drawn from the listed information?
1) Catastrophic events can trigger changes in human institutions.
2)Tragic events strengthen religion as people seek answers in their faith.
3)People seek the comfort of traditional, familiar ways following traumatic events.
4) Societies flourish during many types of disasters and epidemics.

3. Western European Christianity
Christianity in East
Western European Christianity
Clergy kept right to marry
Greek was language of the Church
Easter was main holy day
Emperor outlawed the use of icons, or holy images
Clergy prohibited from marrying
Latin was language of the Church
Christmas was main holy day
Use of holy images permitted.
Christianity in East
Byzantine emperor controlled Church affairs
People rejected pope’s claim to authority over all Christians
Western European Christianity
Pope controlled Church affairs
People accepted pope’s claim to authority over all Christians
1054 – Differences provoked a schism, or permanent split, between the Eastern (Greek) Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church.

4. The Byzantine Heritage1
The Byzantines built on the culture of the Hellenistic world. Blended Christian beliefs with Greek science, philosophy, arts, & literature.
The Byzantines extended Roman achievements in engineering & the law.
Byzantine scholars preserved the classic works of ancient Greece.
Effects of the Mongol Conquest
Kiev & other Russian towns were destroyed.
The Mongols tolerated the Russian Orthodox Church.
Russians adopted Mongol practice of subjugating women
Russia was cut off from Western Europe at an important time.
In the early 1200s, Mongol armies, led by Ghengis Khan, conquered Russia. The Mongols ruled Russia for 240 years.
Trade routes opened up b/w China & Eastern Europe.
Absolute power of the Mongols served as a model for later Russian rulers.

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Growth of Russia, 1330–1584

6. Moscow Emerged as the Chief Russian Power2
During the Mongol period, the princes of Moscow steadily increased their power.
Moscow was made the capital of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Ivan the Great &Ivan the Terrible centralized power & recovered Russian territories.
The Geography of Eastern Europe
Trade & travel routes linked the Balkans w/ the Byzantine Empire and later, the Muslim Ottoman empire.
northern regions of Eastern Europe forged closer ties w/Western Europe.

7. A Diverse Mix of Peoples3
cultural crossroads.
wealth of languages & cultures.
Early Kingdoms
Empires absorbed national groups.
Hungary was overrun, first by Mongols, & then by Ottoman Turks.
Serbia was overrun by Ottoman Turks.
Eastern Europe: many kingdoms & small states.
Alliances or royal marriages bound others together for periods of time.
Poland reached its height of power when Queen Jadwiga married a Lithuanian duke. Declined when its rulers were unable to maintain a strong central government.