Byzantine stuff

1. BBYYZZAANNTTIINNEE EEMMPPIIRREE

2. TThhee BByyzzaannttiinnee EEmmppiirree
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3. OOrriiggiinnss ooff tthhee EEmmppiirree
The Roman Empire was
divided into districts –– one
division was Byzantium.
 In 330 c.e., the capital of the
Roman Empire was moved to
Constantinople on the
Bosporus Strait

5. OOrriiggiinnss ooff tthhee EEmmppiirree
The Western part of the
Roman Empire fell in the 400s
ce. The Eastern part
remained –– historians call it
the Byzantine Empire.

7. Its culture was Roman and
Greek (and Persian) and
Christian.

8. The HHeeiigghhtt ooff tthhee BByyzzaannttiinnee
EEmmppiirree
Politically, the
Byzantine Empire
was at its height
in the 6th century
under the rule of
Emperor
Justinian.

10. EEmmppeerroorr JJuussttiinniiaann
He rebuilt the city in classical
style (including the Christian
Church –– The Hagia Sophia)

13. EEmmppeerroorr JJuussttiinniiaann
He reestablished
a unified and
codified law -
which influenced
much of Europe.

14. PPoolliittiiccaall CChhaarraacctteerriissttiiccss ooff tthhee EEmmppiirree
A complex bureaucracy
developed around an
absolutist emperor.

15. EEccoonnoommiicc CChhaarraacctteerriissttiiccss ooff tthhee EEmmppiirree
The bureaucracy regulated
trade and food prices.
Commercial network extended
into Asia, Russia, N & W
Europe, and Africa.

17. RReelliiggiioouuss CChhaarraacctteerriissttiiccss ooff tthhee EEmmppiirree
It was an Orthodox Christian Empire.

18. EEaasstt –– WWeesstt SSpplliitt
 Orthodox Church
(Eastern) and the
Roman Catholic Church
(Western) became
separate in 1054 ce.
 Split was caused by
interpretations of the
Greek & Latin
translations of the Bible
and POLITICAL conflict
between Western
Kingdoms and the
Byzantine Empire.

19. SSoocciiaall CChhaarraacctteerriissttiiccss ooff tthhee EEmmppiirree
Women had
less status
than in earlier
Roman
society.
(There was
some veiling
and
seclusion.)

21. DDeecclliinnee ooff tthhee BByyzzaannttiinnee EEmmppiirree
The empire lost territory to
Arab armies in the 600s
 In the 1000s Muslim Turks
took almost all of the Asian
provinces.

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23. TThhee BByyzzaannttiinnee EEmmppiirree -- cchhaannggeess