1. THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

2. Here are the answers. What could be the questions?
330
CONSTANTINOPLE
1453
EMPEROR CONSTANTINE
HAGIA SOPHIA
LATIN AND GREEK
EMPRESS
THEY ARE PORTRAYALS OF CHRIST OR OTHER SACRED PERSONAGES

3. COURSE OUTLINE: 1) GENERAL FACTS ON THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE 2) THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE 3) THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE and ITS IMPACT A) classical texts B) law C) religion D) icons E) sports clubs F) architecture

4. CONSTANTINE AND CONSTANTINOPLE

5. Constantinople’s imperial vision was that of the old Roman Mediterranean Empire.

6. Obstacles to this imperial vision

7. It would take two or three months to travel from east to west
It would take two or three months to travel from east to west. For example from Crete to Carthage or Cadiz.

9. Constantinople remained the city of luxury, fashion and culture.

10. Mehmed II of the Ottomans conquered Constantinople.

11. PHASES OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE:
the Early Byzantine Period
Justinien’s Expansion
Contraction
Reconstruction, Iconoclasticism
Expansion (Golden Age) this is an era of great splendour, ceremony, the restoration of education, and of learning.
Late Byzantine Period

12. The Byzantines believed that their empire was willed by God and protected by God and the emperor was God’s chosen representative on Earth.