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The Byzantine Empire CH. 11.1

The Byzantine Empire CH. 11.1. Vocabulary: Justinian Justinian Code Hagia Sophia Patriarch Excommunication Cyrillic alphabet Schism. The Byzantine Empire . A New Rome in a New Setting . The Eastern Roman Empire • Roman Empire officially divides into East and West in 395

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The Byzantine Empire CH. 11.1

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  1. The Byzantine Empire CH. 11.1 • Vocabulary: • Justinian • Justinian Code • Hagia Sophia • Patriarch • Excommunication • Cyrillic alphabet • Schism

  2. The Byzantine Empire A New Rome in a New Setting • The Eastern Roman Empire • •Roman Empire officially divides into East and West in 395 • •Eastern Empire flourishes; becomes known as Byzantium • •Justinian becomes emperor of Byzantium in 527 • Continually being attacked by Germanic tribes • •His armies re-conquer much of former Roman territory • •Byzantine emperors head state and church; use brutal politics NEXT

  3. Life in the New Rome • New Laws for the Empire • •Justinian seeks to revise and update laws for governing the empire • He puts together a panel of legal experts to regulate Byzantium’s increasingly complex society • •Justinian Code —new set of laws consisting of four main parts • •Code regulates much of Byzantine life; lasts for 900 years Creating the Imperial Capital •Justinian launches program to beautify capital, Constantinople •Constructs new buildings; builds magnificent church, Hagia Sophia •Byzantines preserve Greco-Roman culture and learning NEXT

  4. Life in the New Rome aka. The Second Rome • Constantinople’s Hectic Pace • •City becomes trading hub with major marketplace • •Giant Hippodrome offers chariot races and other entertainment • •Racing fans start riots in 532 called the Nika Rebellion because they thought • city officials were too severe in stopping a previous riot • government restores order violently by killing 30,000 • •Empress Theodora—powerful wife and adviser to Justinian NEXT

  5. Hippodrome of Constantinople

  6. Theodora

  7. The Empire Falls Years of Turmoil •Justinian dies in 565; empire faces many crises after his death The Plague of Justinian •Bubonic plague repeatedly sweeps empire; kills many residents Attacks from East and West •Byzantium faces attacks from many different groups •Empire survives through bribery, diplomacy, and military power •Constantinople falls in 1453; brings an end to Byzantine Empire NEXT

  8. The Church Divides •Christianity develops differently in Eastern and Western Roman Empires •Two churches disagree over many issues, including use of icons •Icons are religious images used to aid in prayer •Leading bishop of Eastern Christianity known as patriarch •In the West, the pope supported the use of icons and excommunicated Easternemperor—banished him from the Church NEXT

  9. The Church Divides

  10. The Church Divides A Religious Split •Pope and patriarch excommunicate each other over religious doctrines •Eastern and Western churches officially split in 1054 •West—Roman Catholic Church; East—Eastern Orthodox Church Byzantine Missionaries Convert the Slavs •Eastern Orthodox missionaries seek to convert northern peoples, Slavs •Missionaries Cyril & Methodius create Cyrillic alphabet —basis of many Slavic languages •Alphabet enables many groups to read the Bible NEXT

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