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Byzantine Empire project
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- 1ConstantinopleThe capital of the Byzantine Empire
Guarded by three sides of water
Wealth came from trade (Europe & Asia)
Links to Mediterranean Sea and Black sea
Had strong defenses - 2Justinian's CodeSet up a commission to collect, revise, and organize all laws of Rome
Included laws passed by Roman assemblies or decreed by emperors
Help out international laws used today
Monarchs modeled their laws--> help strengthen their power - 3Hagia SophiaWas a church then a mosque
Means Holy Wisdom
had an arching dome, colored marble, and embroidered silk curtains - 4IconsHoly images
Contributed to the split of the branches of Christianity
Images like Jesus and Mary were outlawed saying it violated Gods commandment against worshiping "graven images". - 5Great SchismSplit between eastern and western Christianity
Eastern became the Greek or Orthodox Church
Western became the Roman Catholic Church
They treated each other like rivals - 6JustinianHe was the emperor from 527 to 565
He rebuilt the church of Higia Sophia after the city was burned
He was determined to recover lands in Rome that had been overrun
The constant fighting exhausted his treasury & weakened defenses - 7TheodoraJustinian's wife
Helped control the empire with her husband
She was a shrewd politician
She came from nothing (a former prostitute) - 8Western ChristianityLatin was their main language
Priests could not marry
Greatly celebrated Christmas
Also known as the Roman Catholic Church - 9Eastern ChristianityHad a patriarch not a priest
The clergy could marry
Put less emphasis on Christmas than Easter
Also known as the Orthodox Church - 10Mehmet IIHe was the Ottoman ruler
Surrounded Constantinople and attacked it
When he took over Constantinople, it was then called Istanbul and became the capital of the Ottoman empire
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