1. After this lecture you should be able to: Compare the effect of Byzantium on Eastern Europe with the effect of Islamic Core on Africa and Southern Asia.

2. React & discuss the following: The Byzantine Empire provides an opportunity to compare the religious, commercial, and political patterns of post-classical civilizations.

3. In the contemporary world any overly complicated system or bureaucracy is critically referred to as Byzantine. What does this suggest about the nature, role, and function of the Byzantine Empire? How does it connect to the five themes of AP World?

4. Codification of Laws & Impact
A. Corpus Juris Civilis
1. Organized empire
2. Reduced confusion
3. Spread common legal principles and practices

5. II. Spread of Civilization in Eastern Europe A. Contacts & Impact 1
II. Spread of Civilization in Eastern Europe A. Contacts & Impact 1. Contact with Russia through trade routes & missionaries 2. Missionaries- Cyril & Methodious a. Slavic alphabet – Cyrillic b. Religious text move from Latin to local languages c. Allowed influence to spread to Slavic, Baltic, & Russia

6. B. Bureaucrats 1. Maintained order 2
B. Bureaucrats 1. Maintained order 2. Trained in Greek philosophy and science 3. Economically- controlled food prices/ regulated trade

7. III. Emergence of Kievan Rus’ A. Byzantine influence formative period B. Early Culture 1. Animistic 2. Strong family tribes / villages 3. Folk tradition & oral legends

8. C. Scandinavians- Est. Trade at Kiev 1. Rurik emerged 1st monarch 2
C. Scandinavians- Est. Trade at Kiev 1. Rurik emerged 1st monarch 2. Vladimir I coverts to Christianity on behalf of people a. Orthodox instead of Roman Catholicism b. Rejected influence of Pope c. Became largest decentralized state in Europe d. Couldn’t replicate Byzantine bureaucracy or educational system

9. IV. Decline &Outside Invasion A. Kiev 1
IV. Decline &Outside Invasion A. Kiev 1. Rival princes, internal conflict, & regional governments 2. Declining impact of Byzantine – relied on prosperity of trade & manufacturing Mongol Invasion

10. B. Byzantine 1. Long threatened by Ottoman Turks 2
B. Byzantine 1. Long threatened by Ottoman Turks Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople 3. Power Vacuum a. Border territories & Poland under Western control b. Balkans fall to Islamic Turk control c. Crusades

11. V. Impact/ Similarities Byzantine & Islamic Core a
V. Impact/ Similarities Byzantine & Islamic Core a. Influence through trade b. Influence through missionaries c. Influence through codification & bureaucratic systems d. Both passed influences that supported centralized governments supported by religions and core cultures

12. e. Contrast- Islam had a larger impact & endures in all regions today