Main Attractions of the Byzantine Empire
A huge former church built in Constantinople that became a mosque and now is a museum
What is the Hagia Sophia?
This Byzantine emperor was responsible for the building of the Hagia Sophia and the Hippodrome and standardizied the old Roman laws into a simplified code of law named after him
Who is Emperor Justinian I?
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople.
Which side of the old Roman Empire did the Byzantine Empire stem from?
The Eastern Roman Empire.
The Byzantine Empire's location allowed it to trade with these regions:
Asia, Northern Africa, and the rest of Europe.
A large public arena used mostly for chariot racing and was said to have been able to seat 50,000 people
What is the Hippodrome?
The wife of a prominent Byzantine emperor, was an actress and convinced her husband to stay and save the city when riots broke out
Who is Theodora?
The Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
Greece influenced The Byzantine Empire mostly because of this language
What is Greek?
What sporting event greatly affected life and politics in Constantinople?
Chariot Racing
This was build around the entire land side of the city of Constantinople
What are walls (and moats?)
Byzantine Emperor who converted to Christianity and changed the capital after a vision
Who is Emperor Constantine?
The Byzantine capital was considered to be at the trading crossroads of these two continents
What is between Europe and Asia?
The main religion of the Byzantine Empire.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
This united Arab tribes in the 600s
What is the religion of Islam?
These tower-like structures were used to alert the Byzantine Empire of incoming invaders.
What are Byzantine Beacons?
The Roman pope and the Byzantine patriarch dealt with theological differences by doing this
Clashed and then excommunicated each other (kicked them out of the church)
What kind of land form is the Byzantine Empire?(is it landlocked?, is it surrounded by water?, etc)
Peninsula.
This code of law standardized or simplified thousands of Roman books of law into 3 sections of rules.
What is the Justinian Code?
This was the major reason that contributed to the decline and fall of the Byzantine Empire
What is outside attacks by the Turks and others?
These tall structures were the main defense of the Byzantine Empire's capital
The Theodosian Walls of Constantinople?
The was the year that the Byzantine Empire fall under Turkish control
The natural barriers of the Byzantine Empire.
Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and the Aegean Sea.
The Roman Empire.
Religion influenced the the founding and development of the Byzantine Empire in these ways
What is
1) Constantine believed that he was guided by God to found his capital in Byzantium and make it a Christian city.
2) Constantine also dealt harshly with those who engaged in non-Christian practices and also those who consulted them.
3) Justinian continued Constantine’s Christian principles during his rule. He emphasized the strong link between the Byzantine Empire and Christianity by having a mosaic of himself, Constantine, and Mary placed in the Hagia Sophia.