A.P. World History
Name:
Topic/Objective: The Byzantine Empire
Source: Bentley Chapter 13
Part One – Byzantine Empire
Cornell Notes
Essential Question: Describe the APWH Themes of the Byzantine Empire.
Questions:
Notes:
Describe the early
Byzantine Empire
What challenges did they
face early on?
What is Casearopapism?
Describe the rule of
Justinian
How did imperial
organization change after
contact with Islam?
Summary: What APWH Themes do you see in this reading? Link them to content
Questions:
Notes:
Describe the economy of
Byzantine Peasantry:
the Byzantine Empire
(325- 330)
Manufacturing:
Silk:
Byzantine Trade:
Describe social develop-
An Urban Society:
ment in the Byzantine
Empire
City Life:
Constantinople:
What influence did
Greece have on Byzn?
What is Iconoclasm?
Questions:
Notes:
Define monasticism
and asceticism
How was Byzn culture
different for elites and
common people
How did the Orthodox &
Roman Catholic churches
differ?
What caused the Schism
between the two
Churches?
Challenges from the West:
Challenges from the East:
How and to where did
Byzantine influence
spread?