1. Announcements
2. Warm up Activity
3. Power-point
1. Byzantines & Russia
2. Schism
4. Byzantine GRAPES Activity

Students will be able to…
51. Summarize the accomplishments of
Justinian and the Byzantine Empire.
52. Assess the schism between the
Roman Catholic and Eastern
Orthodox churches.
53. Explain the relationship between the
Byzantine Empire and Russia.

Objective #53

• Vikings invade along rivers and waterways from Baltic
Sea to the
Black Sea
• Seize control over the local
Slav population
• Eventually intermix with local and form new tribal groups including the
“RUS”

• Slavs + Vikings = Russians
• Rest stops on “trade network”
(/invasion routes) become cities such as Kiev
– Connect Baltic and Black Seas

Contact with the
Byzantines
• Trade
• Some missionaries traveled from the
Byzantine Empire to the north.
• Two missionaries,
Methodius and Cyril , met the Slavic peoples who lived in Russia and converted them to
Christianity.

• Byzantine missionaries want to convert the
Russians to Christianity
• Initially convert the Queen and the Crown
Prince Vladimir
• Prince Vladimir converts everyone in Kiev in
989

• New alphabet: Cyrillic
– Invented by Saint Cyril
– Slavs had language, but not written

• Religion
• Language
• Art
• Church design

• Just like the Romans!
– Bankrupts the empire
– New neighbors are enemies
– Too large to control
• Learn the lessons of history!

• In the West
– Many Germanic tribes, Slavs, and others attack parts of the
Byzantine
Empire
• In the East
– Persians and then Islamic empire attack
Constantinople in 626, 674, 717

• When the Roman Empire became divided, two different types of Christian churches developed.

• Although it was based on the Roman developed a culture of its own.

• The feeling of separateness from Rome grew when one of the
Roman emperors banned the use of icons.
• Icons are religious images used by eastern
Christians to aid in their devotions.

The Byzantines also used mosaics in public and religious buildings.. Mosaics were images made up of tiny tiles

• The emperor thought that this was like idol worship.
• Iconoclasts, or “ icon breakers ” went into churches destroying images.
• This caused the people to riot and the clergy to rebel.

• One pope even ordered the excommunication of a
Byzantine emperor.
• That means that the pope said the emperor could no longer be a member of the
Church.

• Slowly the Eastern and Roman churches grew further apart. In 1054 C.E.
, the split , or schism, became permanent .

• Split of the Christian Church hurts the Byzantines
– Fewer friends in the West if they need to call for help
– No hope of reuniting Roman lands
– Crusaders hurt Constantinople

• Turks and Mongols invade from the
East throughout the 13 th and 14 th centuries
• Finally, the Ottoman Turks conquer
Constantinople in 1453

• 6 pieces paper
(2 of each color)
• Fold accordion style
• Each section = One of the GRAPES
Sections
• Summarize each section (G-S) on the backside of the fold