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1 Aim: The Commonwealth of Byzantium

2 Vocabulary Ecclesiastic Sagacious Anachranism Laity Icon Ascetic
Truncate Conduit

3 Early Byzantine Empire
Byzantium - Capital of E. Rome Faced less external pressure and enjoyed greater economic success

4 Geography Strategic Location Bosporous Strait

5 Government Strong Central Government Complex Bureaucracy (Byzantine) Lavish Court Life

6 Caesaropapism Divine Favor and Sanction for Rule
Rulers had major role in Secular and Ecclesiastical affairs

7 Emperor Justinian (527 CE – 565 CE)
“The Sleepless Emperor” Empress Theodora Justinian Code Re-Conquest General Belisarius Rebuild and Glorify Constantinople

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13 Challenges to Byzantium
Persian Empire – Sasanids (East) Islamic Empire (S and E) Slavic Peoples (North) Western Europe Visogoths, Vandals, Normans Successful Defense Displays Core Strength Greek Fire

14 Byzantine Economy

15 AGRICULTURE THEME SYSTEM Large Class of Free Peasantry
Large Estate Development Land is basic unit of wealth Agricultural Surplus (Anatolia)

16 Industry Famed Craftsmen and Artisans Banks – Loans for Capital
Business Partnerships High Quality Silk Gov’t Intervened in Sericulture to stop monopolies

17 Trade in Byzantium Imports Constantinople is Center of Trade
China – Silk/Porcelain India/SE Asia - Spices Persia - Carpets W. Europe – Wool Textiles Russia/Scandanavia – Timber, Fur, Honey, Slaves Constantinople is Center of Trade Bezant – Standard Med. Currency

18 Constantinople “The City” Class Appropriate Housing
City Baths, Theaters, Taverns Hippodrome Chariot Races: Greens and Blues

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22 Greek Influence Language Education Scholarship

23 What was the role of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire?

24 The Emperor Caesaropapism Religious and Secular Leader
Head of Church and State Appointed bishops Passed religious and secular laws - ICONOCLASM

25 Conflicts with the West
Pope rivaled King’s power Byzantine – Greek Rome – Latin Patriarch Michael and Pope Excommunicated each other Kicked out of the church

26 The Schism Western Rome – Roman Catholic Byzantine Empire
Eastern Orthodox Russian Orthodox

27 The Hagia Sophia

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32 Icons

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34 The Byzantine Empire and its Neighbors

35 The West Crusades of 12th and 13th Centuries
Constantinople sacked in 1204

36 The East Seljuk Turks Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople
Threaten Grain Supply Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople 1453

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40 Influence on Slavic Cultures
Saints Cyril and Methodius Missionaries Created Cyrillic Alphabet Strong links between cultures

41 Kievan Rus 989 – The Conversion of Prince Vladimir
Heavy Byzantine Influence Due to Trade and Religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity

42 The Fall Rise of New Slavic Kingdoms Foreign Pressure
Turks Normans Internal Pressure Elite Class Too Powerful Peasant Decline Appealed to West for Help from Infidels Turkish Sultan Conquers in 1453

43 Impact Durable Empire Spread Classical Roman and Christian Ideas
Protected Europe from Islamic Invasion 1000 years of political structure

44 Compare the fall of civilization in Eastern and Western Rome.


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