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The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire . By: Danielle Camps P.3. Culture and Economy . Economy

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The Byzantine Empire

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  1. The Byzantine Empire By: Danielle Camps P.3

  2. Culture and Economy Economy The Byzantine Empire was mainly consisted of small towns and seaports connected by a developed structure. Production was very high, and there was a notable growth in land ownership. They were mainly dependent on trade which kept their economy balanced. Culture The Byzantines followed a Christian lifestyle which revolved around the home, where women dedicated themselves to the upbringing of their children. But men still discriminated against them and they were dominant ones in the house hold.

  3. Religion • The Byzantine religion was Christianity. It was the first empire in the world to give authority to the Church and government. • The patriarch of Constantinople was the second in the Christian Church’s hierarchy. Only the pope in Rome was above him. • After the Great Schism of 1054 CE the eastern (Orthodox) church separated form the western (Roman Catholic) church. • The Byzantines were Eastern Orthodox

  4. The Crusades • .The Crusades were missions of Christian Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land. They are a part of the thousand years' conflict between Christianity and Islam. • The first crusade, which lasted from 1095-1099, established the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. • The crusades also gave rise to the important knightly orders, the Knights Templar, the Teutonic Knights and the Hospitaller • The effects of the Crusades on Europe of the Middle Ages were an important factor in the history of the progress of civilization.

  5. The Crusades Continuation • . The effects of the Crusades influenced the wealth and power of the Catholic Church, Political matters, commerce, feudalism, intellectual development, social effects, material effects and the effects of the crusades also prompted the famous Voyages of discovery. • The Objectives of the crusades was at first to release the Holy Land, in particular Jerusalem, from the Saracens, but in time was extended to seizing Spain from the Moors, the Slavs and Pagans from eastern Europe, and the islands of the Mediterranean. • For a period of two hundred years Europe and Asia were engaged in almost constant warfare. The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens. • There were a total of nine crusades. • The reason for the crusades was a war between Christians and Moslems which centered around the city of Jerusalem.

  6. Large Territorial Expansion Under the rule of Emperor Justantine through (527–65) succeeded in reconnecting the areas of the Western and the Eastern Roman Empire. He fought against the Vandals (north Africa), the Ostrogoths (Italy), the Visigoths (Pyrenees) . During the reign of Justinian I (r. 527–565), the Empire reached its greatest extent after reconquering much of the historically Roman western Mediterranean coast, including north Africa, Italy, and Rome itself, which it held for two more centuries.

  7. Important Figures Emperor Justinian He was Emperor of the Byzantine Empire during . He created a code of laws called the CorupusIurusCivilis" or the Justinian Code which became the result of his vi that Roman law needed to be collected into a simple and clear system of laws, or "code." The purpose of the code was to create order. they attempted to maintain peace and safety over the areas of the Byzantine Empire. It maintained the peace and safety. He also attempted to reconquer the western Roman world. Empress Theodora Empress and wife of Justinian. Her influence helped women gain rights. She was very involved in the empires political decision making . Justinian writes. She is credited with influencing many other reforms, including some which expanded the rights of women in divorce and property ownership, forbid exposure of unwanted infants, gave mothers some guardianship rights over their children, and forbid the killing of a wife who committed adultery.

  8. Timeline\End of The Byzantine Empire • The Byzantine Empire ended when the Ottoman Turks invaded Constantinople in the year 1453A.D

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