Homework• Read a text, Create Cornell Notes and take reading

notes on your choice of…– Theodora– Constantine– Justinian*Completion of this assignment should include the Cornell Note Summary.

• You will find your text by googling…– “Theodora Britannica”– “Constantine Ducksters”– “Justinian Ducksters”

• WRITE THIS IN YOUR AGENDA!

Jaguar JumpstartGreetings! Silently begin the Jaguar JumpstartToday (8/17/17) we will…Objective: I can analyze the legacy of Rome (7.1)Do Now:

Agenda: Syllabus?Quiz tomorrow, study tonightHW: Guided Notes

Get out your Social Studies Notebook and open up to the next available page. Set up the page for Cornell Notes.

Draw your three lines (use last set of notes as guide)Include the date, title (The Byzantine Empire), and page number

The land “bridge” beneath the star is where Constantinople used to be. Why might it be considered a bridge between two continents? How would a city located there help it grow and flourish?

I can analyze the legacy of the Byzantine Empire and its rulers.

7.2 Summarize the consequences of the fall of the Roman Empire including the continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire, Justinian and the significance of Constantinople.

In 284 AD Diocletianbecame Roman emperor. He decided that the huge Roman empire could only be ruled effectively by splitting it into two parts.

How would this division impact the Roman Empire?

• In 330 AD Constantine

rebuilt the old Greek

port of Byzantium, at

the entrance to the

Black Sea.

• He renamed the city

Constantinople and

made the city the

capital of the Eastern

Roman Empire.

• Edict of Milan-legalized

Christianity

• This would prove to be

one of the most

influential Edicts in all

of world history.

• Christianity is now the world’s largest religion

How does Constantinople’s location on the map aid the city in terms of trade and power?

• At first, the Byzantine

Empire controlled only

a small area around

the eastern

Mediterranean.

• During the reign of

Justinian (527-565),

the empire started to

recover much of the

territory of the old

Roman empire.

The Byzantine Empire Under

JustinianThis map depicts the Empire at the death of Justinian I, who had reigned from 527 to 565 as sole Emperor, sometimes in concert, and sometimes in conflict, with his powerful wife Theodora.

- They built this beautiful church named Hagia Sophia which still stands to this day.

- Justinian ruled with complete authority with the help of Theodora.

- Together they created a massive Christian empire.

Justinian organized all the laws

of ancient Rome.

• Laws were fairer to women allowing them to own property.

• Children were allowed to choose their own marriage partners.

• Punishments were detailed and fit the crime.

• His work inspired the modern concept of justice…hence his name.

• The Byzantine Empire

drew to a close in 1453

when forces from the

Muslim Ottoman Empire

to the south surrounded

and conquered

Constantinople.

• The ancient Christian city

was renamed Istanbul

and became the capital of

the Ottoman Empire.