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THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
The Byzantine Empire Part 1  10:03
The Byzantine Empire Part 2   8:51
The Byzantine Empire Part 3   7:05
The Byzantine Empire Part 4   7:48
The Byzantine Empire Part 5   7:15
The Byzantine Empire Part 6   8:25

Altlas of World History

Altlas of World History p. 46

Growth & Decline of the Byzantine Empire  25

 
Map Byzantine Empire under Justinian

Classwork-Homework
Vocabulary
Relics: valued holy objects from the past

  People to Know
Constantine I: his rule helped ensure the eastward spread of Christianity 280-337

  Places to Locate
Constantinople: capital of the Byzantine Empire
Black Sea:
Aegean Sea:

THE BYZANTINE GREEKS: ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE
The Byzantine Greeks  1/5  9:31
Constantine inherited an empire divided into two parts.
He reunited the two parts of the empire.
He builds a new center of the empire, Constaniopolis, the City of Constantine.
There is a large Christian presence in the empire.
He is a ruthless dictator.
He killed his son, his step-son, and his second wife.
The city only had one aquaduct. The people were dying of thirst.
The city needed a water system larger than Rome's.
This fell to Valens who reigned from 364-378 AD.
It brought water a distance of 400 miles from Thrace.
The Byzantine Greeks  2/5  9:06
Water was stored in underground cisterns.
Population sweleed to 500,000.
410 AD Rome fell to Visigoths.
Attila and the Huns are threateninbg.
Constaniople is fortified with the strongest walls ever built.
Theodius II (401 - 450) was the emperor.
The walls were built to withstand earthquakes.
A huge eathquake made the city vulnerable.
The Theodosian walls were repaired by the people.
A moat was added.
A new outer wall was added.
The inner wall was completely rebuilt.

Section 21-1 Constantinople pp. 317-319

Classwork-Homework
Vocabulary
Theology: study of religion
Dowry: wealth she brought with her when she was married
Mosaics: pictures made up of many bits of colored glass or stone
Greek Fire: a chemical mixture that ignited when it came into contact with water

People to Know
Justinian I: redid law code, building program 483 - 565
Theodora: wife of Justinian, got women more rights, advisor during rebellion
Basil: military genius, 958 - 1025
Basil II: 958 - 1025
Belisarius: reorganized and led Byzantine army

Places to Locate
Macedonia:
Hagia Sophia: church "Holy Wisdom", religious center of the Byzantine Empire

THE BYZANTINE GREEKS: ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE
The Byzantine Greeks  3/5  9:34
Attila could not get into the city.
A giant chain was made to cut off the harbor.
City was safe but the land was being ravaged.
476 the last Roman emperor abdicated.
Justinian was born a peasant.
He was ruthless.
Justinian married Theodora a burleque dancer.
He promoted her talents.
He named her co-empresses.
He tried to regain the bygone glory of ancient Rome.
He reclaimed lost western territories.
The Hippodrome was the center of life in Constaniople.
532, Nica Riot, at the Hippodrome of the Blues and Greens left a third of the city in ashes.

The Byzantine Greeks  4/5  8:49
Thodora convinced Justinian not to run.
Justinian calls the rebels back to the Hippodrome.
The gates are locked and  the Imperial army kills 30,000 people.
Justinian rebuilds the churches.
Church of Holy Wisdom, called The Eye of Sophia. Largest dome in world.
It was dedicated in 536.
It became the centerpiece of christianity.
Under Justinian the empire grew to its largest size.
Three emperors would rule after Justinian deaths.


The Byzantine Greeks  5/5  7:12
Basil was a military genius.
Basil's greatest enemy was Czar Samuels of Bulgaria.
986 Samuels defeats Basil. He was only eighteen and walked into an ambush.
He swore revenge.
Basil crushed revolts within his empire.
Basil has his engineers desin a siege weapon called the trebuchet.
Basil's army was unstopable.
He returns to fight Bulgaria.  He destroys ther infrastructure.
1014 July 29, Basil launched a surprise attack conquering the Bukgarians and capturing 14,000 men.
He blinded everyone, leacving every 100th with one eye to lead the others back home.
Basil II.
1453, Ottamans unleash cannons against the walls.
Constaniople became Instanbul.
 

The Dark Ages: Part 4 An Empire Strikes Back  8:34

Section 21-2 Justinian I pp. 320-324
Theodora
Law and Public Works
Conquest

Justinian Code
Digest: decisions of great Roman jurists
Institutes: textbook for law students
Novels: actual edicts issued by Justinian
Codex: collection of statutes and principles

Theodora Mosaic Art Piece

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Constantinople becomes capital of Roman Empire

Emperor Leo III bans icons

Eastern Ortodox and Roman Catholic churches separate.