Byzantine Empire Project

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Byzantine Empire

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Byzantine Empire

Constantinople falls

-Ottomans, led by Mehmet II, surrounded Constantinople and fired cannons at the walls until they were destroyed. The Turks invaded the city and Constantinople fought until surrendering.

-The Ottomans hauled their ships over the chain in the water that the Byzantines put up and attacked from the sea.

- When the Ottomans captured the city, they made Hagia Sophia an Islamic church and they renamed the city Istanbul.

- The city became a great center of Muslim culture.

economic strength

-Peasants were the backbone of the empire, worked land, paid taxes, and gave military soldiers. They helped the empire to flourish

- Byzantines gold coin flourished from England to China, showing that trade was flourishing

-economy flourished

-strong central government

Justinian Code

-Justinian collected, revised, and organized all the laws into one book

-unified the Byzantine Empire

-also known as body of civil law

-includes laws passed by roman assemblies and emperor, a handbook for students, and legal writing from judges

-used in Western Europe to model laws, strengthening the European monarch's power

-legal writers use it for international laws today

Byzantine Scholars contributions

- They preserved Greek and Roman works

-They created great works of literature

-They wrote about their history and created books such as Secret History

-Women contributed great works also such as Anna Comnena

-They spread their knowledge by taking Greek manuscripts and their knowledge of Byzantine and Greek to the west and by teaching at Italian universities

-Their work led to the Renaissance

Justinian