Bartlett High School WORLD HISTORY Mr. Pahl
Chapter 10.1 The Byzantine
Empire
The Byzantine Empire
¥Age of
Justinian he ruled 527-565
¥The Code of
Justinian used even in West
¥He was head of
state AND church; autocrat
¥The Hagia Sophia;
The Hippodrome
¥Constantiople, the
center of the empire
¥Theodora, the
queen. 30,000 rioters killed
¥Byz Emp withstood
attacks from Persians, Slavs, Arabs, Vikings, Mongols and Turks.
Byzantine Empire, contÕd
¥While the West was
in feudalism, Byz Empire had a strong money economy
¥Byz held off the
Muslim onslaught 600-700s
Comparing Churches, E-W
¥Schism
¥Pope and patriarch excommunicated
each otherÉ
¥Icons
¥During the first crusade, the
Western Church, under Pope Urban, answered the call from the Eastern Byz empireÉ
¥ But in 4th crusade, trade rivalry
between Venice and the Byz EmpireÉ Knights attacked Constantinople in 1204
¥Empire never recovered; Venetians
ran the trade and Turks overran Asia Minor
¥Renamed Istanbul, 1453 (2nd fall of
Rome)