Byzantine Period -Western Roman Empire falls in 476AD. -Roman Emperor moved the capital to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople. -Constantinople was advantageous to Rome in that it could deal with barbarians‚ was a huge trading port‚ and it made protecting the eastern front easier. Justinian -In 527 Justinian became emperor through his uncle. -He sent his general Belisarius to reclaim the land lost to the west -Belisarius took North Africa from the Vandals‚ and Rome from the
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Western Rome. When Emperor Constantine came into power in 306 CE. He made the Greek city of Byzantium the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. He renamed the city Constantinople and ruled it for 30 years. Under his rule the empire would thrive and become powerful. Constantine also embraced Christianity. The peak of the Byzantine Empire occurred during the Justinian Dynasty. When Justinian became emperor‚ the Empire gained more territory and would reach the peak of its wealth. Justinian established many
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Byzantine Art Byzantine Art is very fascinating. Byzantine art originated in the Eastern Roman Empire‚ specifically in Constantinople‚ present day Istanbul. It was first seen in the painting of icons and church decorations Mosaic is a type of art where the picture or pattern is produced by arranging small pieces of colored materials‚ such as stone‚ tile‚ glass‚ minerals and and fragments of pottery and other materials. The mosaic art was created for doors‚ footpaths
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The Byzantine Empire was one of the leading civilizations in the world. In 324‚ Constantine‚ the first Christian emperor‚ became the single ruler of the Roman Empire. He set up his Eastern headquarters at the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium in 330. This city‚ later renamed Constantinople‚ was also known as "new Rome." It became the capital of the Byzantines after the Roman Empire was divided. The empire made a significant impact on several civilizations with its use of the Greek language and education
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Empire‚ otherwise known as the Byzantine Empire‚ was beginning to undergo another golden age. A golden age is characterized by peace‚ prosperity‚ advances in leaning and technology‚ flourishing arts or literature‚ and impressive architectural achievements. The Byzantine Empire went into a golden age because they had a good government‚ a good military and thriving culture. Byzantine government‚ controlled by Justinian from 527 to 565‚ controlled an army that brought Byzantine borders to their furthest
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1st hour Contributions from the Byzantine Empire After the fall of the Western empire‚ a new empire rose called the Byzantine Empire. This empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire in many ways. They considered themselves Romans‚ and the true inheritors of the intellectual‚ political‚ and spiritual legacy of Imperial Rome. Over the years the Byzantine formed a culture for itself and developed laws and religions. Even after the fall of the empire‚ what the Byzantine Empire had created contributed
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2 St. Paul used the term ekklesia to refer to (A) a parish church (B) the Mediterranean-wide assembly of Jesus’ followers (C) the office and officials of the Christian religion (D) the building in which Christians worshipped 3 The Byzantine emperor Justinian is most famous for his (A) reconquest of Italy (B) conversion of the Slavic peoples (C) contributions to Christian theology (D) code of law 4 The value which Germanic tribes ascribed to the worth of individual members was known as
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The Byzantine Empire‚ in western Asia and southeastern Europe‚ expanded into eastern Europe. The Byzantine Empire‚ with territory in the Balkans‚ the Middle East‚ and the eastern Mediterranean‚ maintained very high levels of political‚ economic‚ and cultural life between 500 and 1450 C.E. The empire continued many Roman patterns and spread its Orthodox Christian civilization through most of eastern Europe‚ Belarus‚ Ukraine‚ and Russia. Catholic Christianity‚ without an imperial center‚ spread in
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The Byzantine Empire‚ sometimes known as the Eastern Roman Empire‚ was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the eastern half of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul)‚ originally founded as Byzantium. It survived the 5th century fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. During most of its existence‚
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Plague of Justinian is the first documented‚ but the least known case of the bubonic plague. Beginning in 541 AD‚ the Plague of Justinian occurred during Emperor Justinian’s reign originating from Egypt then rapidly moving to Constantinople through trade routes. The disease quickly spread throughout the Mediterranean and as far as England and Ireland‚ lasting for about two hundred years. This paper will focus on the first outbreak during 541 AD – 544 AD in Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. It
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