1. OCTOBER 3, 2016
You need ALL colors of highlighters, a pencil, and paper/notebook for notes BYZANTINE EMPIRE HW: Quest (Quiz/Test) on Friday! No vocab for this unit

2. The Byzantine Empire
C.E. brownworth

3. Divided Rome Roman Empire divided in 284 A.D. Byzantine Empire
Eastern portion
Capital: Byzantium later Constantinople
Wealthy
Greek language
Western Roman Empire
Western portion
Capital: Rome
Frequent foreign invasions
Latin language

4. Byzantium Located on the Bosporus
Strait between Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Crossroads of Asia and Europe culturally and economically

5. Justinian the Great: 527-565 Nika Rebellion (532) Theodora (wife)
Belisarius
Hippodrome
30,000 killed

6. Justinian’s Accomplishments
Military Achievements: Belisarius restored rule in the western provinces

7. Justinian’s Accomplishments
Legal Contributions
Re-codified Roman Law
Corpus juris civilis
(Body of Civil Law)
Mosaics

8. Justinian’s Accomplishments
Hagia Sophia
Mosaics, pillars, domes
“Its great dome seemed to float in the air, as if suspended by a chain from heaven” Procopius

9. Hagia Sophia video

10. Setbacks to the Byzantines
Plague of Justinian

11. Decline of Byzantine Empire
Islamic tribes gaining strength and territory
Abassids, Seljuks, Ottoman Turks
Ottoman Turks seize control of Constantinople in 1453
Rename Istanbul
City begins period of Islamic culture

12. Contributions to Western Civilization
Byzantine Empire acted as a barrier between western Europe and hostile Persian, Arab, and Turkish armies.
Byzantine Empire was center of learning, culture, trade, and religion
Preserved Greek and Roman texts and ideas
Later helps to spur the Renaissance
Blending of Asian, European, and Middle Eastern cultures, goods, ideas, law, and religions
Served as a model for Western society

13. Early Problems in the Christian Church
Iconoclasts (Leo III, A.D.)
worship of images, or icons, was a fundamentally pagan belief
Byzantine Emperor outlaw icons
Smash art
(decision later reversed)

14. The Great Schism of the Christian Church
The Great Schism – 1054 A.D.
Patriarch of Constantinople vs. Pope as leader of Western Church
Disagreement over doctrine and authority
Patriarch and Pope excommunicate each other
Catholic Church- West
Orthodox Church- East

17. Byzantine vs. Medieval Art

18. Go back through your notes and highlight according to GSPRITE
G: Geography
S: Social
P: Political
R: Religion
I: Intellectual
T: Technology
E: Economic

19. Hagia Sophia: Instanbul's Ancient Mystery
The Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia: Instanbul's Ancient Mystery