Architecture; “Hagia Sophia,” Orthodox Church, by Justinian I.
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Transcript of Architecture; “Hagia Sophia,” Orthodox Church, by Justinian I.
Architecture; • “Hagia
Sophia,” Orthodox Church, by Justinian I.
• Art was religious in nature. The halo was a symbol featured in all Byzantine icons (art).
• Greek philosophical concepts influence on Eastern Orthodox Christianity than on Roman Catholicism.
• Education dominated by religion. • University of Constantinople (850 C.E.) influenced Eurasia by
the transmission of ancient Greek learning to Western Europe and the Islamic world
• Empire connected trade routes between the Mediterranean and Europe with those of China and India.
• Social Stratification
• Peasants worked land and paid owner rent.
• Main tax source.
• Features of the Byzantine Empire that was adopted by the civilization of Kievan Rus was the political ideals of imperial control of the Church
• (900) Vikings control lands of East Slavs.
• Rulers called Rus (Russia).
• Rus Oleg created “Principality of Kiev” (Kievan Rus).
• Council of boyars (nobles) elected the prince of Kievan Rus and served as a war council.
• Novgorod; multicultural city with German, Finns, Swedes, and Slavs.
• Linked Baltic and Black Seas by trade.
• The religious culture of the Byzantine Empire had a significant impact on the Slavic-speaking peoples in the Balkans and Russia.
• (989) Prince Vladimir I married emperors sister.
• Freely converted kingdom to Christianity.
• Onion-dome churches were built to imitate Byzantine churches.
• Princes demand tribute of peasants as slaves.
• Transported slaves to Constantinople for gold.
• (1240) Mongols invade Kiev.
• Created the “Khanate of the Golden Horde” for 250 years.
That concludes Byzantine Empire
Any questions before the quiz on the next slide?