This document provides a study guide for Ancient Art History: Survey of Western Art I covering Weeks 9 and 10, which discusses important people, places, styles, and events in the Byzantine and Islamic empires as well as the rise of Gothic architecture in Europe. Key topics covered include Emperor Justinian and Theodora, the construction of Hagia Sophia, icons and iconoclasm, the development of calligraphy and mosque architecture in the Islamic world, and the innovations of Abbot Suger that influenced Gothic cathedrals such as Chartres.