The Byzantine Empire

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"Not since the world was made was there ever seen or won so great a treasure, or so noble or so rich, nor in the time of Alexander, nor in the time of Charlemagne, nor before, nor after, nor do I think myself that in the forty richest cities of the world had there been so much wealth as was found in Constantinople. For the Greeks say that two-thirds of the wealth of this world is in Constantinople and the other third scattered throughout the world."

--Robert of Clari, a French crusader who witnessed the pillage of the city in 1204, describing Constantinople.

The Glory of the Byzantines

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Outline of Presentation Part One – Introduction with timeline

Part Two – Early and Middle Byzantium

Part Three – The Hagia Sophia

Part Four – The Fall of Byzantium

Part Five – Legacy and Influence

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Part One - Introduction

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Byzantiwho?“Byzantine Empire” invention of historiansViewed themselves as RomansLater develops own identity

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Relation to what we have done?

MosaicsGovernment System and LawsChristianity and StateMilitary and Trade policiesArchitecture and ArtPreservation and study of Classics

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Byzantine Empire circa 555 CE

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Timeline of Events 330 – Constantine I moves capital to the East

410 – Rome is sacked by the Visigoths

476 – Last Roman Emperor, Augustulus, is deposed

527 – Justinian I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor

726 – Leo III orders all religious icons in the empire destroyed

843 – Icons are then restored to religious worship

1054 – The Great Schism

1204 – Constantinople is captured by Crusaders

1453 – The Siege of Constantinople ends with occupation of the city by Ottomans

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The Great Schism of 1054 CE

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The Siege of Constantinople, 1453 CE

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Part Two – Early and Middle Byzantium

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Justinian and Theodora, 527-565 CE

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Corpus Juris CivilisLaws against heresy, paganism, and status of Jews

Was the basis of the revival of Roman law in the Middle Ages

influenced the Canon Law of the churchecclesia vivit lege romana — the church lives under Roman law.

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The Nika Riots

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Justinian and his Retinue

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Part Three – The Hagia Sophia

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The Hagia Sophia

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The Hagia Sophia

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A Modern Day Orthodox Church

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Iconoclastic Controversy

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Theodosia

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Part Five – The Fall of Byzantium

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The Loss of Constantinople

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Mehmet II Occupies Constantinople

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Part Six – The Legacy of Byzantium

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Byzantine Science

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Byzantine Music and FoodByzantine Recipes

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Omayyad Mosque at Damascus

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Byzantium as a Derogatory Term

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Discussion of TextsHow do the two works on Justinian compare?

What does this tell us about the legacy of Justinian I?

Can you find any symbolism in the mosaic and do you have any questions about the work?

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Bonus Picture and Trivia

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