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The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire. In this lesson, students will be able to identify significant characteristics of the Byzantine Empire. Students will be able to identify and/or define the following terms: Eastern Roman Empire Orthodox Christianity Byzantine Influence on Russia.

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The Byzantine Empire

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  1. The Byzantine Empire In this lesson, students will be able to identify significant characteristics of the Byzantine Empire. Students will be able to identify and/or define the following terms: Eastern Roman Empire Orthodox Christianity Byzantine Influence on Russia

  2. The Byzantine Empire was formerly the Eastern Roman Empire.

  3. The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 A.D. • However, the eastern portion of the empire survived. It began the Byzantine Empire. • The Byzantine Empire survived for one thousand years after the fall of Rome. The Eastern Roman Empire

  4. In 303 A.D. Emperor Constantine made the capital of Eastern Rome Byzantium (hence the name for the Empire) • Changed the name to Constantinople • Constantine also changed the official religion to Christianity Constantine E. Napp

  5. The Byzantine Empire survived for one thousand years after the fall of Rome.

  6. The Byzantine Empire was located between Europe and Asia. • It was a natural location for trade. • The Byzantine Empire became wealthy from trade. • Located between the Mediterranean and Black Seas A Natural Location for Trade

  7. The Byzantine Empire became wealthy from trade.

  8. Catholicism is divided into two major denominations • Roman Catholic • Eastern Orthodox • There are other smaller denominations • Western Rome’s denomination was Roman Catholic • Eastern Rome, and later the Byzantine Empire’s, denomination was called Eastern Orthodox Catholicism

  9. The Byzantines developed their own form of Christianity, Orthodox Christianity. • Greek is the official language of the Orthodox Christian Church. • Orthodox Christians do not recognize the Pope in Rome as their leader. Orthodox Christianity

  10. In 1054 A.D., the Orthodox Christian Church officially split from the Roman Catholic Church in the Great Schism.

  11. The Hagia Sophia was a Byzantine Church and an architectural marvel.

  12. The Byzantine Empire greatly influenced Russia. • Byzantine missionaries established Orthodox Christian churches in Russia. • Byzantine missionaries even created an alphabet, the Cyrillic alphabet, to write the Bible in Russian. Byzantine Influence on Russia

  13. Do you see the Byzantine influence in this Russian Orthodox Church?

  14. Byzantine Emperors held absolute power. • The Byzantine Emperor, Justinian, collected all Roman written laws. • The Code of Justinian is a collection of Roman written law. Justinian

  15. Justinian was a Byzantine Emperor. He ordered the collection of Roman law.

  16. The Byzantine Empire began losing trade to new Italian cities like Venice • Their economy suffered and the became weaker • After a series of wars, the Ottoman Empire, led by Mehmet II, conquered the Byzantine empire in 1453 A.D. Fall

  17. What became of the Eastern Roman Empire with the fall of Rome in 476 A.D.? • Why was the Byzantine Empire able to prosper from trade? • How did the Orthodox Christian Church differ from the Roman Catholic Church? • Who was Justinian and what did he do? • What was the Hagia Sophia? Questions for Reflection:

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