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