Achievements of New Rome Byzantine Empire Achievements of New Rome

Justinian Code Created by Emperor Justinian Updated old Roman laws Code- 5,000 Roman Laws Digest- Quoted Roman opinions Institutes- Textbook to teach law Novellae- Laws after 534 A.D.

Engineering Public works programs rebuilt Constantinople and forts Built Churches (Hagia Sophia) Built other structures Baths, aqueducts, courts, schools, and hospitals

Eastern Orthodox Christian Church Byzantium (Constantinople) flourished and churches began to develop differently East and West Europe split over religious differences between the Pope and Patriarch (Head of the EOCC) East-Eastern Orthodox Christian Church West- Roman Catholic Church

Preserving Culture Greek and Roman culture was preserved through building projects (aqueducts) Used Greek literature Used Latin Grammar Used Greek and Latin Philosophy

Fall of Empire Bubonic Plague killed many Byzantines Attacks from the East and West (Same as Roman invaders) Territory shrank- finally conquered by Ottomans

Byzantine Empire Collapses

Impact on Russia Religious influence by Orthodox missionaries Cyrillic alphabet was used to teach Slavs the Bible Missionaries and Slavs created a culture that would form Russia