1. BYZANTINE EMPIRE

2. Geography and Background
Shores of the Bosporus (Mediterranean  Black Sea)
Excellent harbor, protected on 3 sides
Founded by Constantine
Central trade location – what happens as a result?

3. What do the straits connect?
What is being traded?

4. Justinian (527-565 CE) Imperial Absolutism Revive “Rome”
Autocrat
Revive “Rome”
Re-conquered N. Africa, Italy, S. Spain
But at what expense?

5. Justinian's Law – a means to unite the empire
Revise/organize Roman Law
All laws passed by Roman assemblies, decreed by Emperors, legal writings of judges
Impact and influence
Roman Catholic Church
Medieval monarchs
Preserved the heritage of Roman law
Greek philosophy, science, and math too

6. Drama* at the Hippodrome!
Iron rule let to riots
Theodora
“If flight were the only means of safety I would not flee. Those who have worn the crown should never survive its loss….Emperor, if you wish to flee, well and good, you have the money, the ships are ready, the sea is clear. But I shall stay. I accept the ancient proverb: Royal purple is the best burial sheet”
Stays and crushes revolt
30,000 die
*Drama means death

7. Byzantine Christianity
East v. West
Church and state
Christ’s co-ruler
Patriarch – highest church official (appointed by emperor)
Reject Pope’s authority
Clergy can marry
Greek, not Latin, was the church language
Battle over icons
700s – Emperor outlaws veneration (worship) of icons
Battle ensues…
Icons return but feelings remain hurt
1054 – Differences lead to the schism between Eastern (Greek) Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches
Pope/Patriarch excommunicate each other

9. Hagia Sophia - Built under Justinian
- Similarities/Differences to Roman art?

13. Buffer to Invaders Stave off Muslim attacks Lose Egypt and Syria
Held onto
the Balkans
Buffer for who?

14. Collapse! Crusades (4th one…) Ottoman siege in 1453 by Mehmed II
1204, regained 50 yrs later
Ottoman siege in 1453 by Mehmed II
Cannons
Renamed Istanbul
Hagia Sophia becomes a mosque

15. The Ottoman’s empire

16. IMPACT OF THE BYZANTINES?

17. Geography and Background: Art and Architecture:
Name: _____________ Mr. Massie
Geography and Background: Art and Architecture:
Justinian:
Religion: