1. The Byzantine Empire
Chapter 10

2. Timeline of Events in Chap 10
1090 A.D. Byzantine Emperor asks Pope for help with Turks.
1204 A.D. Venetian Merchants convince crusaders to sack Constantinople.
1236 A.D. Mongols extend empire over early Russian areas.
1453 A.D. Turks conquer Constantinople
Constantine builds Constantinople c.330 A.D.
Fall of Western Roman Empire 476 A.D.
Reign of Justinian and Theodora A.D.
Christianity formerly splits 1054 A.D.

3. Constantinople
This was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, and it was the vital center of the Empire.
The city was located on the Bosporus, a strait that linked the Mediterranean and Black seas.
The city elaborate systems of land and sea walls.
Had a massive Hippodrome where citizens could watch chariot races.

4. Constantinople, The capital

5. Justinian
Hagia Sophia

6. The Age of Justinian Ruled from 527 to 565
reconquered provinces that had been previously overrun by Germanic tribes.
rebuilt and beautified Constantinople
The church of Hagia Sophia, aqueducts, bridges, a hippodrome were built or improved.
created Justinian’s Code
Justinian’s Code was a model for European monarchs and later legal thinkers.
was a religious ruler also.

7. The Empire

8. Byzantine Art

9. Christianity in East and West3
Eastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
Byzantine emperor controlled Church affairs
People rejected pope’s claim to authority over all Christians
Clergy kept right to marry
Greek was language of the Church
Easter was main holy day
Emperor outlawed the use of icons, or holy images
Pope controlled Church affairs
People accepted pope’s claim to authority over all Christians
Clergy prohibited from marrying
Latin was language of the Church
Christmas was main holy day
Use of holy images permitted.
1054 – Differences between east and west provoked a schism, or permanent split, between the Eastern (Greek) Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church.

10. Decline of the Byzantine Empire3
Decline of the Byzantine Empire

11. Manzikert

12. Emperor Constantine XI
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