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The Byzantine Empire (330 – 1453)

The Byzantine Empire (330 – 1453). Chapter 9 (1 of 3). Click here for intro video on Byzantine Empire. Rome Empire Spans Across Europe. Roman Empire had west Europe and east Europe part Constantinople capital of eastern part of empire Even had separate emperor. Mediterranean Sea.

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The Byzantine Empire (330 – 1453)

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  1. The Byzantine Empire (330 – 1453) Chapter 9 (1 of 3) Click here for intro video on Byzantine Empire

  2. Rome Empire Spans Across Europe • Roman Empire had west Europe and east Europe part • Constantinople capital of eastern part of empire • Even had separate emperor Mediterranean Sea North Africa

  3. Germanic invaders conquered Roman Empire, but eastern part held off the invaders The eastern part of the now defeated Roman Empire became Byzantine Empire Rome Falls, Byzantium Rises

  4. The New Rome? Byzantine Empire took the mantle of the Roman Empire While Roman culture affected Byzantines, they were influenced more by Greek culture Example: Replaced Latin with Greek as the main language Greek language Latin language

  5. Byzantines Advance Civilization in Eastern Europe

  6. Byzantines Fended Off Many Invasions Germanic invaders from western Europe Sassanian Empire from the Middle East

  7. Tried to expand west to regain land and restore Roman Empire Became emperor of Byzantine Empire in 533 Justinian Wife Theodora urged him to expand – she later became empress (showed women could rise to power) Many people in empire against his expansion, and this would cause problems for him

  8. Justinian’s Accomplishments • Rebuilt Constantinople with beautiful Roman style domes (it had been destroyed during riots over high taxes) • Hagia Sophia – Huge new church built by Justinian, was biggest domed building in world • Legal Code – Justinian made a uniform set of laws for the empire (by coordinating existing Roman laws) Click picture above for tour of the Hagia Sophia

  9. Flavius Belisarius Great Byzantine general for Justinian Gained land for Byzantines in north Africa and Italy

  10. Justinian’s Military Failure Couldn’t hold land he conquered Constant warfare hurt empire at home where it was invaded Balkans Persians got land in Middle East, Slavic groups took land in Balkans War expensive, led to extremely high taxes

  11. Arab Attacks Main concern for emperors after Justinian was defending the empire from invasions Though they lost land to the Arabs, the Byzantines were able to hold them off

  12. Arabs had built large navy and were constantly invading Constantinople Click image above for more on Greek fire Greek Fire – form of napalm used by Byzantines to fight off Arab navy While they held off the Arabs, it was very costly, and taxes rose

  13. The Byzantine Yo-Yo

  14. Byzantine emperor who defeated Bulgaria in 1014 He blinded over 15,000 captives Bulgaria becomes part of Byzantine Empire

  15. Byzantine Empire Shines Despite constant invasions, Byzantine Empire grew large and was pretty successful Constantinople was a beautiful city with great buildings Wonderful popular entertainment in Constantinople that awed visitors For a brief time in the late 900s, Byzantine emperor was the strongest monarch on earth

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