Byzantine Empire

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Byzantine Empire

• (Eastern Roman Empire)

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Fall of Roman Empire

• 330 Constantine moves the capital of Roman
  empire to Byzantium
• Had been a Greek city
• He renames the city Constantinople
• Constantinople is in a key location
• Entrance to Black Sea
• Important trade route (water and land)

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Byzantine Empire 481
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They Might Be Giants
Istanbul was ConstantinopleNow it's Istanbul,
not ConstantinopleBeen a long time gone,
ConstantinopleNow it's Turkish delight on a
moonlit nightEvery gal in ConstantinopleLives
in Istanbul, not ConstantinopleSo if you've a
date in ConstantinopleShe'll be waiting in
IstanbulEven old New York was once New
AmsterdamWhy they changed it I can't sayPeople
just liked it better that way So take me back
to ConstantinopleNo, you can't go back to
ConstantinopleBeen a long time gone,
ConstantinopleWhy did Constantinople get the
works?That's nobody's business but the
TurksIstanbul (Istanbul)Istanbul (Istanbul)
Even old New York was once New AmsterdamWhy
they changed it I can't sayPeople just liked it
better that wayIstanbul was ConstantinopleNow
it's Istanbul, not ConstantinopleBeen a long
time gone, ConstantinopleWhy did Constantinople
get the works?That's nobody's business but the
TurksSo take me back to ConstantinopleNo, you
can't go back to ConstantinopleBeen a long time
gone, ConstantinopleWhy did Constantinople get
the works?That's nobody's business but the
TurksIstanbul
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Mosaics

• Art is very similar
• Art is very religious

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Justinian Empire

• Justinian on throne 527
• Wanted to restore empire to size of Roman Empire
• Monumental building plans
• Codified law (Codex Justinianus)
• Latin and Greek
• Persecuted non Christian
• Jews and polytheists
• Shut down some philosophy schools
• Built more than 25 churches

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Empress Theodora

• Former dancer/actress/courtesan
• She had many admirers
• She was outside of Justinians class but he
  married her anyway
• Assisted with state decisions and was very
  decisive
• Fought for womens rights
• Abortion
• Right to commit adultry
• Justinians equal
• Died of cancer (breast) 20 years before Justinian

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Procopius - Historian

• Published many histories
• Secret History was the scandals of Justinian
  Byzantine
• May have fallen out of favor with Justinian
• Wrote of a plague Justinian Plague
• Probably bubonic
• Killed 10,000 people per day in Constantinople

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Byzantine Empire under Justinian
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Nika Revolt

• Chariot Racing fans divided into 4 groups
• Blue, Green, White, and Red
• Justinian favored the blues
• Some blues greens charged with murder but not
  hanged
• Wanted to be pardoned-Justinian refused
• Riots occur try to overthrow Justinian

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Hagia Sophia

• Main church of Constantinople
• Greek for Holy Wisdom
• Destroyed twice
• 1. Fire
• 2. Civil Disorder of Nika Revolt
• Shape of basilica with domed center

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Dome construction

• Pendentives triangular masonry that carried the
  weight of dome in sections and not on a circular
  drum
• Increased the size of domes

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Hagia Sophia

• After Justinian, other emperors made additions
• Added mosaics and paintings
• Conquered by Turks and turned into a mosque
• Mosaics covered because Islam prohibits the use
  of images
• Some have since been recovered

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Ravenna

• City in northern Italy
• Roman, barbarian Gothic, Byzantine
• Home to many Byzantine buildings and art
  (especially mosaics)

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The Good Shepherd
BeardlessTogaPersian rug
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Baptistery
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Icon debate

• Icon painting of a religious figure that is
  used in worship
• a window into the world of sacred

• God said that you should not worship idols
• It is just a thing not a religious entity

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San Vitale
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Saint Catherines Monastery

• In the shadow of Mount Sinai
• Where God spoke to Moses in a burning bush
• Where God gave Moses the 10 Commandments
• Justinian built a monastery that is still used

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