Chapter 10 The Byzantine Empire and Russia

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Chapter 10 - The Byzantine Empire and Russia

• 395 - 1589

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Some neat pages for review

• Look at pages 256 - 262

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Byzantine Empire

• Why is it important to have laws that are fair to
  all?
• Byzantine Empire is known for its law code
• Main Idea The Eastern Roman Empire lived on in
  the Byzantine Empire which was centered around
  Constantinople
• Fall of Roman Empire was really only half a fall.
  Eastern Roman Empire successfully fought off
  invaders.

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Justinian (r. 527 565)

• Best Byzantine Emperor
• Justinian Code preserved Roman law collection
• One of the greatest contributions to civilization
• Formed basis for Byzantine law and was also used
  in Western Europe
• Provides a framework for many European legal
  systems
• People should be ruled by laws and not the whims
  of leaders

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Justinian

• What was the role of advisers?
• Theodora
• Nika Revolt and Belisarius
• Justinian wants to escape Theodora convinces
  him to stay
• Belisarius leader of army
• Belisarius wins former Russian lands back from
  Germans Byzantine Empire reaches greatest size
  during Justinians rule
• Diplomatic alliances through marriage with
  foreign powers

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Byzantine Empire

• Greek Fire
• East was the richest part of the Roman Empire
• At heart of Eastern Empire was Constantinople and
  its trade routes -
• Bosporus Strait and Sea of Marmara
• Tax on trade -
• Sea routes AND land routes

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Religion

• Church was very important
• Differences between the East and West existed
  about Church practice
• Pope West Patriarch East
• Icons
• Iconoclasts icons worship of idols
• Icons help the illiterate
• East no icons West icons are ok

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Religion

• Heresy opinion that conflicts with official
  church beliefs
• Excommunication kicked out of Church
• 1054 Church splits due to controversy
• Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church
• Today icons are important to the Eastern Orthodox
  Church

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Byzantine Culture

• Hagia Sophia
• Cyril and Methodius missionaries to the Slavs
• Cyrillic Alphabet

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Bias

• What is it?
• What is its impact?

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Conquering Constantinople

• Turks threaten
• Ask the West for help
• Here comes the West to help but in 1204 Western
  forces capture Constantinople
• 1261 Byzantines recapture Constantinople
• 1300s Ottoman Turks threaten Byzantine
  territory
• 1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople and
  Byzantine Empire finally comes to an end

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Table
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The End

• Due to Indiana Academic Standards, only Chapter
  10, Section 1 will be covered.

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