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The Fall of Rome

Chapter 2, Section 3

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Main Ideas

1. Eastern emperors ruled from _________________ and tried but _______ to reunite the whole Roman Empire.

2. The people of the eastern empire created a ____ _________ that was very ____________ from society in the west.

3. ____________ ___________ was different from religion in the west.

EMPERORS RULE FROM CONSTANTINOPLE

• Constantinople lay between the ____________ Sea and __________________ Sea.

• This location between the two seas protected Constantinople from ____________ and helped the city control ____________ between Europe and Asia.

• As ____________ fell, Constantinople ____________.

• ____________, an eastern emperor who took power in the 500s, wanted to reunite the Roman Empire.

• His armies managed to recapture ____________.

• He earned respect for updating, simplifying, and writing down ____________ _______, making them more ____________.

• ____________ was smart and powerful, and advised Justinian on how to end the riots.

• Despite Justinian’s success, later ____________ could not fight off barbarian attacks or hold onto the land.

• The eastern empire lasted for another _____ years after Justinian's death, but Constantinople was conquered by the ____________ ____________ in 1453.

• The ____________ history of the eastern Roman Empire came to an end.

Recall What were Justinian’s passions as emperor?

Identify Who was Theodora, and what role did she play in the Byzantine Empire?

Draw Conclusions Why did the empire decline after the rule of the emperor Justinian?

A NEW SOCIETY

• Justinian is considered the ______ Roman emperor.

• After Justinian’s death, people in the eastern empire began to follow ____________ culture instead of ____________ culture. The cultural ties to Rome were slowly ____.

• Constantinople was a major _______ ______ among Europeans, Africans, and Asians.

• Because of this, the people of Constantinople were exposed to new ______ from other cultures.

• They ____________ those ideas with their own Roman and Greek roots.

• Historians call the new society that developed in the east the __________ _________.

• Byzantine culture developed its own ____________ features.

• An eastern emperor, for example, was head of both the ____________ and the ____________.

• In the west, popes and bishops ruled the ____________, but the ____________ held political power.

Recall In what ways did the eastern empire change from the western empire?

Analyze Why were eastern emperors more powerful than those in the West?

BYZANTINE CHRISTIANITY

• _____________ was central to the Byzantine Empire. It was _________ to practice any other religion.

• _________ dealt with religious themes.

• Byzantine artists of the period are know for making spectacular _________, pictures that are made from pieces of colored glass and stone.

• For hundreds of years the church leaders of the _____ and _____ worked together.

• Shortly after 1000, the church _______ in _____. Christians in the east formed what is known as the _________ _________ _________.

• This religious division opened a huge _________ _____ between eastern and western Europe.

Contrast How did Christianity in the eastern empire differ from that of the western empire?

Analyze What caused Christians in the East to break away from the Roman church?

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Lesson Objective: ______________________________

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