Unit 3: The Byzantine Empire
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Unit 3: The Byzantine Empire
The new empire in the East
Geography
Constantinople
Location
The Bosporus strait
Trade
Defense
Walls
Moat
Peninsula
Geography and natural defenses
Latin West vs. the Byzantine East
The West
Language
The East
Latin
Legal system
Religion
Education
Economy
Lifestyle
Art/Architecture
Language
Greek
Legal system
Religion
Education
Economy
Lifestyle
Art/Architecture
Economy and Politics
Byzantine Prosperity
Trade (silk)
Art (mosaics)
Weapons (Greek Fire)
The Relationship between church and state
East (Bishop chosen by Emperor)
West (Pope chooses HRE)
The Split between East and West
Christianity
Language
Ceremonies / Holy days
Filioque statement
Iconoclasm
Married clergy
“One God, one Emperor, one religion
The Schism of 1054
Eastern Orthodox Church
Justinian and Theodora (527565)
Justinian's Code
Theodora (wife)
The Hagia Sophia
Conquest of the West
The Stirrup
Justinian in the West
The Hagia Sophia
The Byzantine Empire Besieged
By 631 had lost back all of the land in the West
The Emergence of Islam
Why?
717 Muslim Navy repelled by Greek Fire
Slavs in the Balkans in the 11th Century
Byzantine Empire by 1050
The Decline of the Byzantine Empire
Military never great (diplomacy now less
effective)
1071 The Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks)
Wiped out the Byzantine army
1204: 4th Crusade took Constantinople
1453: Ottoman Turks
Memhed II
The Steppe
Dry grassland from
Manchuria to Hungry
Western Steppe
Eastern Steppe
Central Asia to Europe
Present-day Mongolia
Little rain
Dry wind that supports
rugged type of grass
Nomadic Way of Life
Pastoralist
Constantly on the move
looking for new areas to
graze
Nomads don’t aimlessly
wander, they followed a
seasonal pattern.
Battles often erupted
over the land
Clans
Family groups
Temujin
Born into legend
Father was killed when he
was 9
Revenge (Tatars)
1200 A.D.
Mother raised the family in
poverty.
Temujin brought the clans
together as one group
“Universal Leader”
Genghis Khan (1206)
Led the Mongols in
conquering much of Asia
Genghis the Conqueror
Brilliant organizer
Gifted strategist
Used tricks to decisive his
enemies
Adopted new weapons
and strategies
Fake retreat
Horse
Bow
Used cruelty as a weapon
Psychological warfare
One of the first people to
use terrorism
The Mongol Empire
After the death of Genghis Kahn his territory
was divided by his heirs
Khanates
Kublai Kahn began the Yuan Dynasty of
China
Defeated in 1368 by the Ming Dynasty