1. Byzantines, Russians, & Turks Interact
Chapter 11 (p )

2. The Byzantine Empire

3. Justinian Builds an Empire
Re-gains Roman glory and territory
Creates law code
Nika Riot

4. Byzantine Empire Falls
Plague of Justinian- Bubonic Plague
At height- 10,000 people dying every day
Attacks-
Lombards- West
Avars, Slavs, Bulgars- North
Persians- East
On Constantinople
Church Divisions

5. The First Schism Controversies: Who leads the Church?
Who leads government?
How do we practice? (Icons)

6. The First Schism Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Language: Latin
Head: Pope
Authority: Pope claims over all kings and emperors
Language: Greek or local
Head: Patriarch and other bishops as a group
Authority: Emperor claims over patriarch and all other bishops

7. The Russian Empire
Slavic farmers and traders, later merge with bands of “Rus” (probably Vikings)
Organized into a principality in Kiev

8. The Russian Empire
Mongol invasions in the 1200s invaded and ruled all of southern Russia for 200 years
The Golden Horde

9. The Russian Empire
Russians could follow customs… as long as they didn’t rebel
Mongols demanded: Absolute obedience and massive payments

10. The Russian Empire Ivan III- openly challenged Mongol rule
Took the name czar
Publically claimed to make Russia the “Third Rome”
Refused to pay tribute to Mongols

11. The Russian Empire
Russian and Mongol armies faced each other at the Ugra River
Neither advanced to fight
Both sides turned around and went home
Russia gains liberation

12. Turkish Empires in Anatolia
Seljuks- the first Turks
Known as raiders and traders

13. Turkish Empires

14. Turkish Empires in Anatolia
First Crusade- Called by Pope Urban II to drive Turks out and reclaim Jerusalem
Crusaders successful
Under Saladin Turks recover Jerusalem
Will eventually fall to the Mongols