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The Byzantine Empire and Russia

CHAPTER 10. The Byzantine Empire and Russia. Section 1: The Byzantine Empire Section 2: The Rise of Russia Section 3: Russia and the Mongols. Section 1:. The Byzantine Empire. Objectives:. Identify the factors that contributed to the growth and strength of the Byzantine Empire.

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The Byzantine Empire and Russia

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  1. CHAPTER 10 The Byzantine Empire and Russia Section 1: The Byzantine Empire Section 2: The Rise of Russia Section 3: Russia and the Mongols

  2. Section 1: The Byzantine Empire Objectives: • Identify the factors that contributed to the growth and strength of the Byzantine Empire. • Explain how the Christian church came to be divided. • Analyze the cultural contributions made by the Byzantines. • Explain the factors that contributed to the downfall of the Byzantine Empire.

  3. Section 1: The Byzantine Empire The Growth of the Byzantine Empire • The Justinian Code – basis of Byzantine law • Able advisers – Theodora, Belisarius

  4. Section 1: The Byzantine Empire Strengths of the Empire • Military • Strong, centralized government

  5. Section 1: The Byzantine Empire The Christian Church • Iconoclastic Controversy – battle between Byzantines (who kept icons of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and saints) and Iconoclasts (who believed keeping icons was wrong)

  6. Section 1: The Byzantine Empire Byzantine Culture • Art – mosaic • Architecture – Hagia Sophia

  7. Section 1: The Byzantine Empire The Decline of the Empire • Conflicts with outside powers • Seljuq Turks captured Asia Minor • Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople

  8. Section 2: The Rise of Russia Objectives: • Explain why different peoples settled in eastern Europe. • Describe how Kievan Russia differed from the Byzantine Empire.

  9. Section 2: The Rise of Russia The Setting and People • Slavs, Avars, Huns, Magyars, and Vikings all invaded at different times

  10. Section 2: The Rise of Russia Kievan Russia • Government – princes governed by councils, town meetings • Religion – Christianity • Economy – farming, trade

  11. Section 3: Russia and the Mongols Objectives: • Identify the ways in which Mongol rule affected Kievan Russia. • Describe the effects of Moscow’s growing power and independence.

  12. Section 3: Russia and the Mongols Attacks on Kiev • Kievan Russia under the Mongols – taxed heavily • Kievan Russia and its neighbors – Lithuania and Poland

  13. Section 3: Russia and the Mongols The Rise of Moscow • Ivan the Terrible • The growth of the church – financial prosperity, politically independent of Constantinople

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