Transcript Feb01 - Byzantine01 - John Bowne High School

Wednesday – February 1, 2012
Mr. Lombardi
Aim: Why was the Byzantine Empire
considered the new Rome?
Do Now: Complete the following:
1. If barbarians from another country started
taking over the USA from the east coast, what
would you and your family do? Why?
2. Try to fill in the blanks of today’s class work
handout on a separate sheet of paper. Do the
best you can!
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SPLITS
• Capital = Constantinople
• Continued as the New ROME
• Kings saw themselves to still
be considered ROMAN
emperors
Byzantine
Empire
Constantinople
• Survived because it was
far away from the
Germanic tribe invasions
• It was the crossroads of
trade, so it was
successful.
• Preserved Greco-Roman
culture.
Justinian
• Justinian was a serious
emperor who worked
from dawn to midnight.
• He helped rebuild and reconquer Rome
• Had ABSOLUTE POWER =
controlled both
government and church
Byzantine Under Justinian
• He wanted a re-conquest of the
Roman territories that were lost
through Germanic invasions
Justinian’s Accomplishments
• Sent Best general
Belisarius to take North
Africa from the Vandals
• 2 Years later Belisarius
took Rome back from the
Ostrogoths
• Justinian won back nearly
all the territory Rome used
to rule.
Justinian Code
• Justinian set up a panel of legal experts to
look through 400 years of Roman law.
–Some laws were outdated
–Justinian wanted to create a single, uniform
code
• This became known as the Justinian Code
that was used for 900 years after his
death
Justinian Expands Trade
• The main street that
ran through
Constantinople was
called the MESE which
means “Middle Way”
–It ran from the imperial
palace to the outer
walls
Justinian Expands Trade
• There was a giant
open-air market
where shoppers could
buy:
–Tin from England
–Wine from France
–Cork from Spain
–Ivory and gold from
Africa
Byzantium Preserves Learning
• Families valued education
–Sent children to
monastic or public
schools
–Hired private tutors
–Greek and Latin grammar,
philosophy and rhetoric
• They preserved Greek and
Roman great works
Justinian’s Building Program
• Launched the most ambitious public building
program the Roman world had ever seen.
• City protected by a deep moat, and three
walls that were 25 feet thick
• City coast was surrounded by a 14-mile stone
wall
The Hagia Sophia
• Justinians’ most splendid building
• Christian church later taken by the Muslims
Summary
• Why was the Byzantine Empire
considered the new Rome?
1. An immediate result of the fall of the
Roman Empire was
(1) a renewed interest in education and the arts
(2) a period of disorder and weak central
government
(3) an increase in trade and manufacturing
(4) the growth of cities and dominance by the
middle class
2. One similarity between the decline of
the Roman Empire and the fall of the
Manchu Dynasty was that both initially led
to
(1) democratically elected governments
(2) major accomplishments in art, science, and
technology
(3) political chaos and decentralization of
government
(4) improved economic conditions
3. Both the Ancient Romans and the
Ancient Chinese viewed foreigners
(people from different places) as
barbarians. This is an example of
(1) cultural diffusion
(2) materialism
(3) ethnocentrism
(4) imperialism