1. Byzantine Empire & Justinian Unit 2, SSWH 4 a

2. What was the impact of the Byzantine and Mongol empires?

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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