1. Achievements of New Rome
Byzantine Empire
Achievements of New Rome

2. 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.

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

4. 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

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

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

7. Byzantine Empire Collapses

8. 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