1. SSWH 4
Analyze the importance of the Byzantine and Mongol Empires between 450 and 1500 CE.

2. Byzantine Empire Eastern ½ of Roman Empire
Preserved Roman ideas and culture
Capital was Constantinople
Key trade spot between Europe and Asia

3. Justinian Emperor who unified the Empire under his control
Autocracy
Theocracy
Orthodox Christianity
Justinian Code
Set of laws based on the laws of ancient Rome.
Spread to Western Europe where it impacted their law codes.

4. Theodora Justinian’s wife and partner in politics
passed laws and advised Justinian
Increased the role of women in society

5. --Justinian focused on religious art and building churches

6. Great Schism 1054
Argument between Church leaders in Rome and Constantinople.
Church split into 2 parts:
Eastern Orthodox (Constantinople)
Roman Catholic (Rome…Pope)

7. Ottoman Empire Ottoman Turks
Nomadic group who took over Constantinople in 1453 ending the Byzantine Empire.
Renamed Constantinople Istanbul.