1. Do Now: take out your homework and stamp sheet please!
Friday 2/8
Academic & Gifted
Do Now: take out your homework and stamp sheet please!

2. Objective: you will be able to describe the ways in which Constantinople was modeled on ancient Rome and identify the importance of the Hagia Sophia to the Byzantine empire using notes, pictures, and videos
Standard: A. Summarize the social, political, cultural, and
economic contributions of individuals and groups in world history.

3. What are we doing today? Do Now Objective
Political Cartoon quick check
Life in Constantinople Notes
Videos
Worksheet
Homework: Read 2.1 “The Church Divides” (pages ) & a compare and contrast organizer
Political Cartoons: I will accept

4. Review from Yesterday
What side of the empire is the Byzantine Empire?
2. What is the new capital of Rome called?
What is the strait that links the Black Sea with the Mediterranean called?
4. Why was Constantinople’s geographic location an advantage for trade?

5. Review

6. Cultural Diffusion Video from Google Drive

7. Constantinople the City
-It was the world’s largest city, with its 500,000 inhabitants packed tightly together.
-It was considered a center of cultural diversity because it was a center for trade. People from all over the world would come to trade goods from their homelands and wound up living in the city. These immigrants made Constantinople culturally diverse.

9. Roman Cultural Influence on Constantinople...

10. Aqueducts

11. Senate House

12. Baths

13. Triumphal Arches

14. Columns

15. Statues

16. Hippodrome

17. Roman Cultural Influences on Constantinople
-As in Rome, a Senate house, public baths, triumphal arches, columns, arenas, and statues reflected the wealth and glory of the empire.
-Spectacular public buildings and magnificent monuments inspired civic pride.
-Constantinople reflected everything that was glorious about ancient Rome. Therefore, it reflected its design, architecture, and monuments.
-Residents of Constantinople lived in poor conditions like the Romans.
-The inhabitants of Constantinople considered themselves Roman.

18. Greek Cultural Influences
More Roman Influences
-Roman Engineering
-Roman Law
-Christian Religion
Greek Cultural Influences
-Greek art, science, philosophy
-Greek, not Latin, was the people’s language and the official language of the state.

20. Emperor Justinian
-He was an ambitious military leader. He funded his military ventures by taxing the people heavily.
-He was the absolute head of both the Christian church and the state.
His achievements included:
Justinian Code (law)
Massive building programs like bridges, churches, forums, libraries, hospitals, etc.
Hagia Sophia

25. Hagia Sophia Notes

26. Closure Identify the following:
Cultural (Roman or Greek) influences on the Byzantine Empire
Achievement of Emperor Justinian
City of Constantinople