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Beginning ActivityBeginning Activity
Share your list of 5 important words with your partner and select 3 words
to present to the class. Inform the class as to why you chose them and
why they are important to the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine EmpireThe Byzantine Empire
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire The capital city of the Byzantine Empire was was ConstantinopleConstantinople, today the city is , today the city is
known as Istanbul.known as Istanbul.
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JustinianJustinian Expanded the empire Expanded the empire
into Spain, Italy and into Spain, Italy and North AfricaNorth Africa
Built the Hagia Built the Hagia SophiaSophia
Codified Laws – Codified Laws – Justinian’s CodeJustinian’s Code
Used a Used a bureaucracybureaucracy Head of the Eastern Head of the Eastern
Orthodox ChurchOrthodox Church A Mosaic of Justinian
Hagia Sophia – Original Hagia Sophia – Original
Hagia Sophia - TodayHagia Sophia - Today
Corpus Juris Civilis – Body of Civil Corpus Juris Civilis – Body of Civil LawsLaws
Based on ancient Based on ancient Roman lawRoman law
Western European Western European rulers based their rulers based their system of law on them system of law on them by the 1100’sby the 1100’s
It is used by most of It is used by most of Western Europe, the Western Europe, the U.S. state of Louisiana U.S. state of Louisiana and International Lawand International Law
A copy of Justinian’s Code
TheodoraTheodora Negotiated with Negotiated with
Persians to keep a Persians to keep a peace treatypeace treaty
Gave help to victims Gave help to victims of an earthquakeof an earthquake
Spoke up for Spoke up for women’s rights’women’s rights’
Built hospitals for Built hospitals for the poorthe poor
A Mosaic of Theodora
BureaucracyBureaucracy a government a government separated into separated into
different different departments for departments for
organizationorganization
For centuries there were differences For centuries there were differences in the way Christianity was practiced in the way Christianity was practiced in Eastern and Western Europe.in Eastern and Western Europe.
The Great Schism (split)The Great Schism (split) Because of the Because of the
differences differences between the way between the way Christianity was Christianity was practiced as well practiced as well as who had the as who had the authority to rule authority to rule over Christians over Christians the Eastern the Eastern Orthodox Church Orthodox Church split from the split from the Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church.Church.
The Great SchismThe Great Schism
In 1054, the In 1054, the Roman Roman Catholic Catholic Church and Church and the Eastern the Eastern Orthodox Orthodox Church splitChurch split
The Great SchismThe Great Schism
xRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Leader Pope Byzantine Emperor
Clergy Could not marry Could marry
Language Latin Greek
Holiday Christmas Easter
Location Rome Constantinople