1. Byzantine World

3. Byzantine World Late Roman Empire Core of B.E. was Greek
Cosmopolitan Empire Blending
Armenians-Greek
Syrians -Persian
Egyptians-Roman

4. Hagia Sophia
                              

8. Remnants of Rome Justinian took the throne of Eastern Empire
Sought to recreate the greatness of Rome
Take back the western portions
Rulers exercised absolute power: Church and State
88 Emperors: 29 died violently, 13 abandoned the throne

12. Justinian Code Code: collection of 5,000 Roman laws
Digest: quotes and summaries from Rome’s greatest legal thinkers
Institutes: textbook that gave instruction on how to use laws
Novellae: (new laws) passed after 534
Justinian Code was passed in one form or another to Western Europe and provided the legal basis for continental states during the Middle Ages

13. Constantinople
Public building program: rebuilt fortifications, churches (Hagia Sophia), enlarged the palace, public baths, aqueducts, schools, and hospitals
Preservation of Greco Roman Culture
Merchants from Asia, African, and Europe
Hippodrome

16. Fall of the Empire Plague of Justinian: bubonic plague
Probably imported from India lasted until 700
542: 10,000 people dying a day
Attacks from all directions
Lombards, Slavs, Bulgars, Sassinid Persians, Arabs, and Russians
Used bribes, diplomacy, and political marriages rather than fight
Instability
Street riots, religious quarrels, palace intrigues, and foreign dangers

17. Religion Divides Split empire=split religion
Conflict between Eastern Bishops and Emperor and Western Pope over Icons: religious images
Pope and Patriarch excommunicated each other
West and East competed for converts

19. Roman Catholic: Latin, pope has authority overall bishops, emperors, kings, priests may not marry, Divorce not permitted, no use of Icons
Similarities: Based on the gospel of Jesus and the Bible. They use sacraments like baptism, religious leaders are priests and bishops, actively seek converts.
Eastern Orthodox: Greek or local languages, patriarch and other bishops head the church as a group, emperor claims authority over religious figures, priests marry, divorce permitted, icons