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Byzantium Becomes the New Rome
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SPLITS
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• Capital = Constantinople
• Continued as the New ROME
• Kings saw themselves to still be considered ROMAN emperors
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Byzantine
Empire
BEC
OM
ES
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Constantinople• Survived because it
was far away from the Germanic tribe invasions
• It was the crossroads of trade so it was successful
• Preserved Greco-Roman culture
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Justinian• Justinian was a serious
emperor who worked from dawn to midnight
• He helped rebuild and re-conquer Rome
• Had ABSOLUTE POWER = controlled both government and church
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Byzantine Under Justinian
• He wanted a re-conquest of the Roman territories that were lost through Germanic invasions
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Justinian’s Accomplishments
• Sent Best general Belisarius to take North Africa from the Vandals
• 2 Years later Belisarius took Rome back from the Ostrogoths
• Justinian won back nearly all the territory Rome used to rule.
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Justinian Code• Justinian set up a panel of legal
experts to look through 400 years of Roman law.–Some laws were outdated
–Justinian wanted to create a single, uniform code
• This became known as the Justinian Code that was used for 900 years after his death
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Justinian Expands Trade• The main street that
ran through Constantinople was called the MESE which means “Middle Way”–It ran from the
imperial palace to the outer walls
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• There was a giant open-air market where shoppers could buy –Tin from England
–Wine from France
–Cork from Spain
–Ivory and gold from Africa
Justinian Expands Trade
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Byzantium Preserves Learning
• Families valued education–Sent children to
monastic or public schools
–Hired private tutors
–Greek and Latin grammar, philosophy and rhetoric
• They preserved Greek and Roman great works
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Justinian’s Building Program• Launched the most ambitious public building
program the Roman world had ever seen.• City protected by a deep moat, and three walls
that were 25 feet thick• City coast was surrounded by a 14-mile stone
wall
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The Hagia Sophia• Justinians’ most splendid building
• Christian church later taken by the Muslims
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Pictures Cited• Slide 1 - http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/images/onlineproducts/byzantium.jpg• Slide 2 – http://www.canmag.com/images/front/tv/rome.jpg• Slide 3 – Clipart 2007• Slide 5 - Clipart 2007• Slide 6 - http://www.turkeyinphotos.com/Gallery/Hagia%20Sophia/hagia
%20sophia13.jpg• Slide 7 - http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Medieval/Bio/Justinian.jpg• Slide 8 - http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/byzantine/justinian.jpg• Slide 9 - http://sitemaker.umich.edu/mladjov/files/med565s.jpg• Slide 10 - http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3014/belisarius1rq.jpg• Slide 12 - http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/theology/institute/mediterranean/greece/images/
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