Continuities
Changes over Time
Roman Empire they had a religion
Religion change over time from peasant pagan to christianity
Byzantine Empire
They had a major religion.
2 types of christianity, one of which was called Orthodox christianity. There was a lot of conflict between the western and eastern church so they decided to divide both of the churches and to produce different versions of christianity. They weren’t in a lot off contact with each other so they had different ideas. They had different styles and beliefs.
Economics & Trade
Continuities
Changes over Time
Roman Empire economies were based on commercial agriculture slave and trade
Slavery happened because they needed people to do the hard labor and the jobs nobody else wanted to do. More people were looking to trade slaves for military expansion since they mostly came from conquered territories.
Private merchants operated most of the ships that carried agricultural products and other goods new trade routes because they expanded the empire & wanted new products
Byzantine Empire
Political Structures
Continuities
Changes over Time
Roman Empire
Direct democracy: not rule through elected representatives
The Roman republic was the start of the Roman Empire. The Roman Republic Came to the Roman empire under the control of Augustus who was named the first emperor of rome. Byzantine Empire
They had a bureaucracy and aristocracy. They needed a system to stabilize the empire and to have order or else it would be chaos.
The aristocrats (the nobles) were recruited from all social classes
Justinian made a new code of laws
Global connection : Trade- it also occurred with other parts of Africa, particularly in the northeast
Asia- particualrly chinese silks