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BYZANTINE
EMPIRE
THE EASTERN
EMPIRE OF
ROME
BYZANTIUM BECOMES CONSTANTINOPLE
CONSTANTINOPLE
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CONSTANTINOPLE WAS
LOCATED ON THE BOSPORUS
STRAITS
THE BYZANTINES USED
“GREEK FIRE” TO FIGHT OFF
THEIR ENEMIES
 COULD CONTROL TRADE FROM
MOSCOW TO THE
MEDITERRANEAN, AND TO
CHINA
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE IS BUILT
AT ITS HEIGHT THE ROMAN
EMPIRE REACHED FROM
BRITIAN TO EGYPT
 THE WEST WAS OVERRUN AND
DISAPPEARED IN 476 AD
 IT SURVIVED AS THE
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
UNTIL1453 AD
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JUSTINIAN
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RULED FROM 527 TO 565
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HIS WIFE THEODORA, SHE WAS
INTELLIGENT AND HELPED IN
MANY DECISIONS MADE BY
JUSTINIAN
JUSTINIANS CODE:LAWS CREATED THAT
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OFTEN CONTRIDICTED THEMSELVES
ALSO CALLED CORPUS OF CIVIL
LAW
RELIGIOUS DISPUTES
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MOST ALL OF THE RULERS WERE
CHRISTIANS
BUT THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY
WORSHIPPED WERE DIFFERENT
THESE DISPUTES ON HOW TO WORSHIP
WEAKEN THE EMPIRE AS PEOPLE
BEGAN TO TAKE OPPOSING SIDES
RELIGION DIVIDES AN EMPIRE
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PRAY TO SAINTS
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PRAY ONLY
DIRECTLY TO GOD
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REPRESENT GOD
WITH ICONS
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NO ICONS OR
REPRESENTATIVES
OF GOD
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PRAY TO HOLY
PEOPLE
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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THE PATRIARCH OF THE CHURCH IN
CONSTANTINOPLE
THE POPE
EACH TOOK SIDES AND IN 1054 THEY
ATTACKED EACH OTHER ON THE BASIS
OF WHO WAS RIGHT?
THIS WAS CALLED THE GREAT SCHISM,
OR SPLIT IN THE CHURCH
PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL
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THE SPLIT IN THE CHURCH OPENED
THEM UP TO INVASION
IN 1254 AN ARMY ATTACKED AND THE
OTTOMAN TURKS TOOK OVER THE
EMPIRE
THE OTTOMANS WERE NON-CHRISTIAN
ENEMIES OF THE BYZANTINES
RISE OF ISLAM
IN 610 AD MUHAMMAD WAS
CHOSEN BY GOD, OR SO THE
STORY TELLS US TO LEAD HIS
PEOPLE TO THE ONE TRUE GOD
 MUHAMMAD LIVED ON WHAT IS
CALLED THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
 MECCA BECAME A TRADE CENTER
VERY QUICKLY AND WAS THE
CROSSROADS OF THE MUSLIM
WORLD
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MUSLIMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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MUSLIM MEANS “persons who submit to
God”
THIS FAITH CAME TO BE KNOWN AS
ISLAM
ISLAM MEANS “SUBMISSION TO GOD”
FEW LISTENED AT FIRST, BUT
EVENTUALLY HE BECAME A PROPHET
AND IN 622 HE TRAVELED TO YATHRIB
TO SPREAD HIS MESSAGE
THE GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM
 BETWEEN
800 AND 1100 IS
SEEN AS ONE OF THE MOST
BRILLANT TIMES IN THE
WORLDS HISTORY
 LITERATURE, SCIENTIFIC
ADVANCES, MEDICAL
ADVANCES WERE ALL MADE
 THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE GREW
RICH AND POWERFUL
LASTING LEGACY OF THE
MUSLIMS
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CANON OF MEDICINE
ARABIAN
MATHMATICS
THE USE OF WATER
AS A POWER
SOURCE
DOCTORS WELL
BEYOND THEIR
YEARS IN MEDICAL
ADVANCES
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THE LASTING
MUSLIM RELIGION
IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST FOLLOWED
SECTS IN THE
WORLD
BILLIONS OF
MUSLIMS ALL OVER
THE WORLD
FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
 PRAYER
 FAITH
 PILGRIMAGE
 FAST
 CHARITY