Byzantine Empire & Justinian Unit 2, SSWH 4 a

What was the impact of the Byzantine and Mongol empires?

Roman & Byzantine Empires Rome Falls in 476 AD Before that the Roman Empire had been moving East Emperor Diocletian Divides the Roman Empire in 284 AD West is Latin…Rome East is Greek…Byzantium

Emperor Constantine Becomes Roman Emperor in 312 AD (after converting to Christianity before major battle) Moves Entire Capital to Byzantium because it is easier to defend Renames Constantinople-City of Constantine-Capital of “New Rome” Issues Edict of Milan in 313 AD-Legalizes Christianity

Rule of Justinian Byzantine Emperor Regained the Western (Roman) lands of the Empire Ruled over all the “Roman” lands Focused on Buildings, defenses, and creating his Law Code

Justinian’s Code Combined 400 yrs. of Roman law, used in Byzantium 4 works: Code, Digest, Institutes, & Novellae Covered Areas: marriage, slavery, property, inheritance, women’s rights, & criminal justice Lasted for 900 yrs.

Architecture & Art Massive building projects: Rebuilt fortifications of Byzantine, baths, aqueducts, law courts, schools & hospitals Churches (connection bet govt & church): Hagia Sophia “Holy Wisdom” most beautiful building

Theodora & women Empress: most powerful woman, rose from poverty Met with foreign powers, passed laws, & built churches Adviser to Justinian Women: given many freedoms

Religion Edict of Milan: ended persecution of Christians 380 AD, Emperor Theodosius declared Christianity the official religion

Religion Schism: Division of the Christian Church West-Roman Catholic (Pope in Rome) & East-Orthodox Catholic (Patriarch in Constantinople) Distance changes churches Roman Pope & Byzantine Emperor fought over icons Pope excommunicated the emperor (kicked out of the church), Pope wanted icons 1054 Church splits

Russia Kiev—major trading city of the Rus Dnieper River to Black Sea Sailed to Constantinople (Byzantium) Russia became increasingly more Greek (Byzantine) because of trade & religion Cyrillic Alphabet: created by Byzantine missionaries for Russians by Methodius & Cyril (used to spread Christianity with a Bible)

Vladimir’s Baptism and Religion of Byzantine(Orthodox) Yaroslav the Wise and the law Alexander Nevsky—war and politics Moving north…Moscow Ivan III, Prince of Moscow Czar—Caesar

Decline of Byzantine Massive plagues, riots, religious quarrels, invasions: start the decline Leaders of Byzantine & Russia used bribes, diplomacy, political marriages, & the military to prevent invasions from foes Ottoman Turks, Seljuks, overran empire Ottomans capture Constantinople 1453 & Byzantine empire falls

Jot Down – Prepare and Share 3 – 2 – 1 3: Name 3 influences that the Byzantines had on Russia. 2: Name 2 main causes for the fall of the Byzantine Empire. 1: What is one thing that split the church? 5 minutes Jot Down – Prepare and Share

BEST TEST… Create your best test question (with answer) about Justinian. 1 MINUTE: Jot down and prepare to share