1. Remember to make your own notes when you take this copy.
Notes for Quiz 3 (Ch. 2, Lesson 3)
A. Byzantine Empire
1. Constantinople - capital
a. Empire named after Greek Byzantium city
2. Emperor Justinian I
a. created new code of laws
b. survived a riot (rebellion)
1) wife Theodora encouraged Justinian to
put down rebellion
2) started building program to rebuilt parts of
Constantinople
c. expanded empire by recapturing some lost
land of fallen Western Roman Empire.
B. Christianity and the Byzantine Empire
1. Hagia Sophia Church built by order of
Justinian
2. Arguments
a. Who had ultimate religious authority, pope or emperor?
b. accept or reject icons
3. schism
a. Christianity divided A.D. 1054
b. Roman Catholic Church – Western Roman side
c. Orthodox Church – Eastern Roman (Byzantine) side
1) Constantinople a Christian city
for Key Points Column: define icon, schism
Summary: My notes this week are about
the Byzantine Empire.