Byzantine Empire and Justinian Facts

1. Byzantine Empire and Justinian Facts

2. Instructions • Read all of the facts on the following slides. Identify which are true and which are false. Change the false facts to make them true. • Title “Unit 2 False Facts – period – Name” and share with me on your google docs.

3. Fall of Rome • Diocletian was appointed as leader of the Western Roman Empire. • The Roman Empire was divided into East and West in order to fend off attacks. • The East grew and gained power and developed into the Byzantine Empire while the West fell to attacks from Germanic tribes. • The Capitol of the Byzantine Empire had an advantage due to it’s location. It was protected from attacks and was close to ports for trading. • The capitol city of the Byzantine Empire was renamed to Warsaw by the Emperor Constantine.

4. Justinian • His wife Theodora was one of his close advisors. • He wanted to keep the Byzantine Empire divided. • He was a strong supporter of the Catholic Church. • He spent a large amount of money and raised taxes. • After his rule, he left the Empire Bankrupt.

5. Byzantine Empire • Emperors served as both religious leaders and government leaders. They were considered to be above the law. • They had a hierarchical society and your punishment depended upon your status in society. • Women were not educated and were seen as a temptation to cause men to sin. • The church and government were very divided. • The Byzantine Empire was taken over by Germanic attacks.

6. Church in the Byzantine Empire • The church and religion were strongly tied to the government. • The two chuches at the time were the Catholic church in the East and the Orthodox church in the West. • The goal of the Iconoclast Movement was to end the worshiping of icons. • The Great Schism was the division of the church into Catholic and Orthodox. • The Byzantine Empire place little importance on religion.

7. Germanic Tribes • Included the Goths, Vikings, Lombards, Franks, Huns and Vandals. • They were migratory and had a patriarchal society. • They were feared by many and had violent tendencies. • Women played important roles in Germanic society. • They were friendly to surrounding villages. • They defeated the Western Roman Empire and began to settle in Europe forming countries such as England, Spain and France.

8. Franks and Clovis and Pepin • The Catholic church was not supportive of the Franks. • Clovis was a leader who converted to Christianity in order to help rule his empire. • Pepin defended the church and gave land to the Pope creating the Papal States. • The Franks eventually settle in the country of Germany. • The Franks were the most powerful Germanic tribe and were closely tied to religion.

9. Charlemagne • He kept all of the Frankish land together and ruled it all by himself. • He was considered a poor leader and was disliked by the Pope. • His main goal was to unite all of Europe under Christianity. • He was given the title “Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”. • He was very intelligent and religious.

10. The Western Church • They wanted to convert the Germanic tribes to Christianity. • It stopped spreading after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. • Benedictine rule guided monks and others who lived strict and orderly lives of poverty, humility and reverence. • The church was very divided from government and the two did not mix with each other. • The Church provided support to the people, hope and education because there were no real leaders after the fall of the Roman Empire.