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Roman Emperor of Eastern Rome
-Justinian's uncle |
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-Constantine's nephew
-took over (East) after Constantine as emperor
-strong leader, nobleman
-some called him greedy
-wife=Theodora |
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| capital of Eastern Rome/new Byzantine empire |
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1) The Code-5,000 laws from old Roman Empire
2) The Digest-opinions of legal thinkers
3) The Institutes-study guide for lawyers
4) the Novellae-all new laws |
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| Refortification of Constantinople |
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-14 foot wall
-deep moat
-three layers of wall |
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-means "holy wisdon" in Greek
-Justinian rebuilt the church
-fanciest church and crowning glory of his reign |
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-main street in Constantinople
-lined with merchants selling food, clothing etc
-entertainment on the streets: acrobats, musicians, etc. |
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-like a Colloseum
-free entertainment-wild chariot races and circus acts
-gangs competed (had color names) |
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Blues and Greens started Nika Rebellion against emperor
-Belisarius broke in and killed 30,000 rebels |
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-Byzantium families valued education
-went to public schools or hired private tutors
-learned philosophy, geometry, medicine, literature, grammar, etc. |
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-started before Justinian's death
-killing 10,000 people daily
-wiped out huge percentage of empire's population |
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-reorganized empire into military sections
-restructured military |
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| -fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 |
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-built heritage on works of early church fathers
-Saint Basil wrote rules for life of monks
-Saint John Chrysostom was patriarch
-banned use of icons |
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| Western Roman Catholic Church |
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-had popes
-supported use of icons |
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-leading bishop of the East (bishop of Constantinople)
-Saint John Chrysostom |
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-religious images used to aid devotion
-banned by Emperor Leo III and he was supported by the military |
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-"icon-breakers"
-people opposed to using icons
-broke into churches and destroyed icons |
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| -declaration that emperor is an outcast from the church |
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-"great split"
-Division of Christianity between Roman Catholic (West) and Orthodox (East) |
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| Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril invented an alphabet for Slavic language so they could read and understand the Bible |
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| people from north of Black Sea |
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-came and took over and formed a small empire with the Slavs
-king/chief=Rurik |
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| -1st major city in empire |
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-nobleman named Oleg moved to Kiev from Novgorod
-Kiev became a major trading port and a principality (small state ruled by a king) |
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| -strictly divided between peasants and boyars (nobles) |
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-went from Russia to Constantinople
-publicly converted to Christianity
-returned to Kiev and Christianity slowly started spreading |
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-Olga's grandson
-wasn't sure which religion to pick so sent messengers to Islamic, Judaic, Orthodox, and Catholic regions to decide which is best
-group from Byzantium came back talking about the beautiful churches, etc.
-chose orthodoxy |
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-Vladimir's son--took over empire
-had many sons and daughters--arranged marriages with other big empires to create alliances
-created a new legal code: punishment (fine) was based on size of crime
-built the 1st library in Kien
-divided his empire into realms between his sons instead of passing it on to the oldest son |
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| -disrupted trade and made things harder and started fighting for land |
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-invaded Russia
-nomads
-Genghis Kahn was their leader--one of greatest warriors of all time
-attacked and destroyed Kiev under leadership of Batu Khan (Genghis Khan's grandons) |
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-allowed Russians to keep their own customs as long as they didn't rebel
-tolerated all religions
-demanded obedience and massive tributes
-isolated russia from the rest of Western Europe |
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-prince of Novgorod and military hero
-advised his fellow princes to cooperate with the Mongols and collect taxes as they were told |
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