1. Architecture; “Hagia Sophia,” Orthodox Church, by Justinian I.

2. Art was religious in nature. The halo was a symbol featured in all Byzantine icons (art). Greek philosophical concepts influence on Eastern Orthodox Christianity than on Roman Catholicism.

3. Education dominated by religion. University of Constantinople (850 C.E.) influenced Eurasia by the transmission of ancient Greek learning to Western Europe and the Islamic world

4. Empire connected trade routes between the Mediterranean and Europe with those of China and India.

5. Social Stratification Peasants worked land and paid owner rent. Main tax source.

7. Features of the Byzantine Empire that was adopted by the civilization of Kievan Rus was the political ideals of imperial control of the Church

8. (900) Vikings control lands of East Slavs. Rulers called Rus (Russia). Rus Oleg created “Principality of Kiev” (Kievan Rus).

9. Council of boyars (nobles) elected the prince of Kievan Rus and served as a war council.

10. Novgorod; multicultural city with German, Finns, Swedes, and Slavs. Linked Baltic and Black Seas by trade.

11. The religious culture of the Byzantine Empire had a significant impact on the Slavic-speaking peoples in the Balkans and Russia.

12. (989) Prince Vladimir I married emperors sister. Freely converted kingdom to Christianity. Onion-dome churches were built to imitate Byzantine churches.

13. Princes demand tribute of peasants as slaves. Transported slaves to Constantinople for gold.

14. (1240) Mongols invade Kiev. Created the “Khanate of the Golden Horde” for 250 years.

15. That concludes Byzantine Empire Any questions before the quiz on the next slide?