Transcript Byzantine Empire

Journal
 What is a peninsula?
Agenda
 Reading
 Notes
WHI. 7
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
The Byzantine Empire
 The Eastern
Roman Empire
began to develop
independently
from the fall
western empire.
 The Byzantine
Empire was formed
from the Eastern
Roman Empire
Location, Location, Location
 The Eastern Roman Empire was located far
from the Germanic invasions in the west.
 Located in on a peninsula were the
Mediterranean sea and the black sea meet
 The silk road pass through
The Byzantine Empire
 The Roman Empire official split in 395 B.C.
 Byzantine emperor saw themselves as
Roman Emperors
Justinian
 Became ruler in 533 B.C.
 Help shape the
Byzantine Empire
 Ruled with absolute
power
Justinian the Conquer
 Decided to re-conquer the Western roman
Empire from the Barbarians
 Won nearly all of the territory once held by Rome
 Called himself the new Caesar
Justinian at home
 Increased trade
 Justinian Code
 Expands the city of
Constantinople
Justinian Code
 Created a panel of legal experts to combine
Roman law and Legal opinions into one body
of work.
 Called the Justinian code
 Divided into four parts
Justinian code cont.
 The Code
 Contained 5,000 roman laws
 The Digest
 Quoted and summarized opinions of Roman legal
thinkers
 The Institute
 Textbook that told law students how to use the laws
 The Novellae
 For new laws
Justinian the Builder
 Rebuilds the city walls
 Builds many churches
 Hagia Sophia
Agenda
 Journal
 Lecture- the church and Influence of the
Byzantine Empire
 Activity- worksheet
 Homework
 Study Guide
THE CHURCH DIVIDES
The Church Divides
 Lack of communication causes the western
and Eastern churches to split
The Eastern Church
 Built its heritage on the works of the early
church fathers
 Uses the Greek language
 Bishop of Constantinople was a patriarch
 Leading bishop
 Bows down to the emperor (close to power)
The Western Church
 Located in Rome ( far from power)
 Uses the Latin Language
 Bishop of Rome is called the Pope
The Divide
 In 1054 the Pope and patriarch
excommunicated each other over a religious
doctrine
 Churches officially splits
INFLUENCE OF BYZANTINE
CULTURE
Missionaries
 Missionaries from the Eastern Orthodox
church worked with the Slavs in the North
Saint Cyril
 Worked with the Slavs in the 9th century
 Invented an alphabet for the Slav language
 Able to read the bible in their own language
 Cyrillic alphabet
 Used in Russia today
Trading
 9th century the Slavs began trading with
Constantinople
 Absorb the Greek culture
 Russian Culture today is a mix of Slavic and
Greek traditions.
Slavs adopt the Orthodox
Church
 The Slavic people are from Eastern Europe
 In the 9th century they begin to form cities
and unite
 King Vladimir adopts the Christian faith and
converts his people