Do Now
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Answer the following questions in your
notebook:
◦ What city did Constantinople replace?
◦ How did the location of Constantinople help
make the Byzantine Empire successful?
Justinian
Ruled from 527 to 565.
 Reconquered lands that were lost in the
West to preserve the Roman Empire.
 Ruled as an autocrat:
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Architecture During Justinian
Sought to make Constantinople dazzling.
 Blended Roman, Persian, and Middle
Eastern styles.
 Church of Hagia Sophia
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Justinian’s Code
Collected and revised all of Roman laws,
legal writings of judges, and a handbook
for students.
 The Catholic Church and medieval
monarchs modeled their laws after this.
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Differences Between Churches
Appointed a patriarch Priests were married.
 Spoke Greek.
 Easter- most important holiday.
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Religious Art
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Icon-
Religious Art
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Mosaic-
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Mosaics In New York
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Schism
Icons caused dispute between the East
and West.
 Pope excommunicated the emperor.
 1054- Split between Greek Orthodox and
Roman Catholic Church.
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Schism
Russia
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Dneiper & Volga Rivers ran from North to
South.
Trade In Russia
Vikings traded with Slavs and
Constantinople.
 Kiev was the center of trade.
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Mix with Byzantine Empire
Missionaries sent to convert.
 863- Cyril & Methodius created Cyrillic
alphabet to translate Bible.
 Vladmir- Spread Christianity.
 Yaroslav- Codified the laws.
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Collapse of the Byzantine Empire
Seljuk Turks moved Westward.
Constantinople conquered for 50 years during
the Crusades, taken back in the 1260s.
Ottoman Empire took over Constantinople in
1453, and made it the capital of its empire,
Istanbul.