Transcript Byzantine Empire and Justinian Facts

Byzantine Empire and
Justinian Facts
Instructions
• Read all of the facts on the following
slides. Identify which are true and
which are false. Change the false facts
to make them true.
• Title “Unit 2 False Facts – period –
Name” and share with me on your
google docs.
Fall of Rome
• Diocletian was appointed as leader of the Western
Roman Empire.
• The Roman Empire was divided into East and West
in order to fend off attacks.
• The East grew and gained power and developed
into the Byzantine Empire while the West fell to
attacks from Germanic tribes.
• The Capitol of the Byzantine Empire had an
advantage due to it’s location. It was protected from
attacks and was close to ports for trading.
• The capitol city of the Byzantine Empire was
renamed to Warsaw by the Emperor Constantine.
Justinian
• His wife Theodora was one of his close
advisors.
• He wanted to keep the Byzantine Empire
divided.
• He was a strong supporter of the Catholic
Church.
• He spent a large amount of money and raised
taxes.
• After his rule, he left the Empire Bankrupt.
Byzantine Empire
• Emperors served as both religious leaders and
government leaders. They were considered to
be above the law.
• They had a hierarchical society and your
punishment depended upon your status in
society.
• Women were not educated and were seen as a
temptation to cause men to sin.
• The church and government were very divided.
• The Byzantine Empire was taken over by
Germanic attacks.
Church in the Byzantine Empire
• The church and religion were strongly tied to the
government.
• The two chuches at the time were the Catholic
church in the East and the Orthodox church in the
West.
• The goal of the Iconoclast Movement was to end
the worshiping of icons.
• The Great Schism was the division of the church
into Catholic and Orthodox.
• The Byzantine Empire place little importance on
religion.
Germanic Tribes
• Included the Goths, Vikings, Lombards, Franks,
Huns and Vandals.
• They were migratory and had a patriarchal
society.
• They were feared by many and had violent
tendencies.
• Women played important roles in Germanic
society.
• They were friendly to surrounding villages.
• They defeated the Western Roman Empire and
began to settle in Europe forming countries
such as England, Spain and France.
Franks and Clovis and Pepin
• The Catholic church was not supportive of the
Franks.
• Clovis was a leader who converted to
Christianity in order to help rule his empire.
• Pepin defended the church and gave land to
the Pope creating the Papal States.
• The Franks eventually settle in the country of
Germany.
• The Franks were the most powerful Germanic
tribe and were closely tied to religion.
Charlemagne
• He kept all of the Frankish land together and
ruled it all by himself.
• He was considered a poor leader and was
disliked by the Pope.
• His main goal was to unite all of Europe
under Christianity.
• He was given the title “Emperor of the Holy
Roman Empire”.
• He was very intelligent and religious.
The Western Church
• They wanted to convert the Germanic tribes to
Christianity.
• It stopped spreading after the fall of the Western
Roman Empire.
• Benedictine rule guided monks and others who
lived strict and orderly lives of poverty, humility
and reverence.
• The church was very divided from government
and the two did not mix with each other.
• The Church provided support to the people,
hope and education because there were no real
leaders after the fall of the Roman Empire.