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Heirs to Rome: The Byzantine Empire
Honors World History
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What Was the Byzantine Empire?• Same thing as the Eastern
Roman Empire• The capitol, Constantinople,
was located at the Hellespont– Narrowest area b/t Asia &
Europe• Imp. trade routes met there
– North, to Russia/Vikings– South, to Anatolia/Middle
East– East, to India/China– West, to Europe
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Who Were They?
• To inhabitants, they were simply the Roman Empire
• Emperors continued in unbroken succession from Caesar to Diocletian, Constantine and beyond
Statue of Octavian
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Justinian I (527-565)• Introduced Law Code (“Codex Justinian”), a revision
of old Roman laws, in Greek• Great general, Belisarius, helped recapture much of
traditional Roman Empire (Italy, Africa, part of Spain)
Expansion of Byzantine Empire from start of Justinian’s rule to his death
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Justinian I
Constructed the Hagia Sophia, the greatest Islamic worship center built east of Rome.
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Justinian I
• After death of Justinian, territory gained in West was quickly lost
• Empire almost fell in late 500s
– Persians reached Nile River & Bosphorus
– Slavs overran the Balkans in Europe and laid siege to Constantinople itself
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Heraklius (610-628) • Savior of Empire
– Considered abandoning Constantinople
• Reforms– Gave soldiers land in
frontier– Soldiers paid no
taxes– Sons of soldiers =
soldiers themselves– Reorganized
provinces into themes, under control of General
Byzantine Themes, ca 620 AD (yellow) and 900 AD (in pink)
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Heraklius• Successes
– Longest period of Byz. Empire success, creativity
– Re-established Byz. Empire in Balkans
– By 629 AD, recaptured most of ME (Jerusalem)
• Rise of Islam put Byzantine Empire on the defense– Lost Mesopotamia, Syria,
Egypt, Africa by 700 AD
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Byzantine Empire, 600-1025
• Spread of Orthodox Christianity– Two monks, Cyril and
Methodius, spread the Christian Orthodox faith into Balkans, Poland, & Russia
– Introduced the Cyrillic Alphabet, to Russians (still use today)
• Monks, scholars & artists followed, giving culture a distinct Byzantine flavor
Cyril and Methodius
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FLASH FORWARD SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, AND …..
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Decline of the Byzantine Empire
• Death of the emperor in 1025 led to conflict between military themes & civilian nobility in capital
• By 1081, Byzantine Empire had been reduced to only Greece due to this civil war & pressure from Turks
Byzantine Empire, 1081
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Decline of Byzantine Empire
• 1100s were a period of recovery for the Empire– Assisted by
Western Crusaders, starting in 1097
– Economy flourished
– Artistic revival– Re-captured SE
Europe
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Fall of the Byzantine Empire• A weak ruler took throne
in 1185 – Emptied treasury for gifts,
building churches• In 1204, the 4th Crusade
sacked Constantinople (Crusaders / Venetians)
• Led to fragmentation of empire (local states fought for local control)
• Sack of Constantinople in 1453 by Ottomans (85k v. 7k defenders) Crusaders enter Constantinople
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Legacy of Byzantine Empire
• Most (only!) stable state during European Middle Ages
• Expert military& diplomacy saved Europe from Muslim invasion
• Trade center brought many peoples into contact with one another
• Transmission of classical knowledge from Islamic world to West helped bring about European Renaissance