1. Do Now: Venn Diagram
Byzantine
Russia

2. Aim: How did Russia assimilate Byzantine culture?

3. I) Influence of Byzantine
A) Kiev becomes a major trade city
B) Byzantine ideas and language begins to assimilate into Russia
1) Cyrillic alphabet.
Mix of Greek and Slav language
C) Adaptation of Christianity.
1) Political and economic advantages.
D) Orthodox Church begin to have political power
1) Yaroslav: Emperor of Russian Golden age
E) Art, culture and architecture assimilated from Byzantine

4. Observing Russian Art 1) How did Byzantine Art influence Russian Art?
2) How did Byzantine architecture affect Russian Architecture?
3) From the art and architecture, how did Byzantine affect Russian culture?