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AIM: Analyze the Byzantine Empire. What was the legacy of Byzantine civilization?Do Now: Do Now #1, Images/Byzantine Art/and map/animation, map changesDo Now #2, Stimulus-based questions, MCDo Now #3, Justinian Code Do Now #4 (Video on The Crusades) or (The Justinian Code)Images:Above, Emperor Justinian, who ruled from 527-565 C.E.Theodora, Adviser and co-ruler, wife to JustinianMosaic of Christ from the Byzantine EraAbove: Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. (Current day Istanbul, Turkey)Outline: I. Byzantine EmpireAge of Justinian (527-565)1) Recovered provinces that had been previously overrun by invaders. The Byzantine empire reached its greatest size under Justinian.2) Launched a program to beautify Constantinople. The church of Hagia Sophia improved on earlier Roman buildings.3) Reformed the law. Justinian’s Code was a model for medieval monarchs, the Roman Catholic Church, and later legal thinkers. 4) Used the law to unite the empire under his control.Justinian ruled as an autocrat, or sole ruler with complete authority. He also had power over the ChurchSchismByzantine ChristianityByzantine emperor controlled Church affairsPeople rejected pope’s claim to authority over all ChristiansClergy kept right to marryGreek was language of the ChurchEaster was main holy dayEmperor outlawed the use of icons, or holy imagesWestern European ChristianityPope controlled Church affairsPeople accepted pope’s claim to authority over all ChristiansClergy prohibited from marryingLatin was language of the ChurchChristmas was main holy dayUse of holy images permitted.Decline of the Byzantine EmpireAccording to the Khan Academy, the decline occurred in the following way:“During the Early Middle Ages, despite significant territorial losses, the Byzantine Empire flourished. However, during the High Middle Ages, the Empire began to decline. It lost Anatolia, which is most of modern-day Turkey, during the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. It also suffered a defeat against the Normans in the same year. Its capital city was devastated during the Sacking of Constantinople in 1204. Even after Constantinople was reconquered by the Byzantines in 1261, the empire was drastically weakened. By the fifteenth century, Byzantine territory barely exceeded Constantinople. In 1453—when the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, renaming it Istanbul—the Byzantine Empire came to an end.”Byzantine Heritage (For 1,000 years, the Byzantines built on the culture of the Hellenistic world. Byzantine civilization blended Christian beliefs with Greek science, philosophy, arts, and literature) The Byzantines extended Roman achievements in engineering and the law.Byzantine artists made unique contributions that influenced western styles from the Middle Ages to the present. Byzantine scholars preserved the classic works of ancient Greece. They also produced their own great books, especially in the field of history. MAPMap Changes – Animation Questions: How did Justinian extend Byzantine power?What were the key elements of Byzantine Christianity?Why did the Byzantine empire collapse?What was the heritage of the Byzantine empire?Video: Justinian and Theodora, History Channel,Video, “The Dark Ages, segment on Byzantine Empire”Video: Extra History #2, Byzantine, Reforms of JustinianObjectives: To learn about what the Byzantine civilization was, to learn about the legacy of the Byzantine Empire and civilization. ................
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