1. The Byzantine World, 284 - 1240 CHAPTER 10
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2. 1. The Foundations of Byzantine Governance
A. Constantine and the Christian Church
1. The Arian controversy
B. The Union of Church and State
1. Caesaropapism
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3. 2. Early Byzantium: Challenges and Survival
A. Justinian and Theodora
1. Justinian
2. Theodora
3. Codification of Roman law
4. Attempts to reunite the empire
B. Byzantine Society
1. Constantinople
2. City life
3. Decline
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4. 2. Early Byzantium: Challenges and Survival (cont’d)
C. Crisis of the Seventh Century
1. Plague
2. Islamic expansion
3. Survival
D. Eastern Christianity’s Culture and Conflicts
1. Byzantine religious life
2. Doctrinal quarrels
3. Iconoclasm
4. Rivalry with the Western Church
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5. 3. Foreign Conflicts and Byzantium’s Decline
A. The Arab Conflict
1. Early Islamic invasion and territorial losses
B. The Turkish Conquests
1. The Seljuk Turk threat
2. The Ottoman Turks
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6. 4. Pre-Christian Russia A. Russia’s Difficult Climate and Terrain
1. Geography and Russian development
B. Early Culture and Conflicts
1. Southern Russian society
2. Sarmatians
3. Ostrogoths
4. Khazars
5. Eastern Slavs
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7. 5. Kievan Rus Connects to the Byzantine World
A. The First Period: Early Rulers and Campaigns
1. Kievan Rus
2. Early rulers
B. The Second Period: Connections to Christendom
1. Christianization
2. Russian Orthodox Christianity
3. Byzantine cultural heritage
4. Civil war
C. The Third Period: Chaos and Conflict
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8. 5. Kievan Rus Connects to the Byzantine World (cont’d)
D. Economy and Society
1. Agriculture
2. Commerce
3. Byzantine influence
F. The End of Early Russian Civilization
1. Nomadic invasions
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9. The Basilica Of Saint Sophia, Constantinople
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The Basilica Of Saint Sophia, Constantinople
Interior of the former Basilica of Saint Sophia in Constantinople, a Byzantine church converted to a mosque in Notice the domed Romanesque architecture, and imagine the impression such a magnificent building would have made on citizens of Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire.

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11. Empress Theodora and attendants.
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Empress Theodora and attendants.

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Constantinople.

14. its conversion into a mosque.
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The former Basilica of Saint Sophia in Constantinople, with its massive dome surrounded by four graceful Islamic minarets following
its conversion into a mosque.

15. Icon of St. Michael the Archangel.
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Icon of St. Michael the Archangel.

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Ruins of the fifth-century walls of Constantinople in present-day Istanbul.

17. Byzantines fighting the Bulgars.
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Byzantines fighting the Bulgars.

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