After the Western Empire fell’ in 476 CE‚ a new empire rose in its place. The new empire‚ the Byzantine Empire‚ was based on the cultures and traditions of the Western Empire‚ but also contained many distinctive features. The two empires were very similar since they existed in the same area and carried some of the same cultral roots. But the Byzantie Empire came into existence after the Roman Empire divided into two sections and the Western Roman Empire collapsed. One reason for the decline of the
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such as trade can have a crazy huge impact on an empire. For example Trade had a huge impact on Byzantine empire‚ because The capital of the Byzantine empire was a prime place for trade‚ Also The fairs in the city helped with bringing a lot more money and new traders to the Byzantine empire. For instance‚ The Byzantine empire capital being a prime place for trade has a great impact for the Byzantine empire‚ because in the document b it talks about how wonderful the city is‚ How the walls of the
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Chapter 16: The Two Worlds of Christendom Chapter Outline The quest for political order The Early Byzantine Empire The City of Constantine Caesaropapism Justinian (527-565 C.E.) and his legacy; Theodora (empress) Rebuilt Constantinople‚ including Hagia Sophia Justine’s Code Codified Roman law Corpus iuris civilis (The Body of the Civil Law) Byzantine Conquests Muslim Conquests and Byzantine Revival Muslim Conquests The Theme system The Rise of the Franks Germanic Kingdoms The Franks
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Brian Rodriguez & Gustavo Guerra Ms. Coulter World History AP 7 October 2013 Chapter 9 Notes Eastern and Western Europe Division Byzantine culture‚ political organization‚ and economic orientation help to explain the rift between the eastern and western versions of Christianity. Different rituals grew from Greek and Latin versions of the Bible. Emperors resisted papal attempts to interfere in religious issues. Hostility greeted the effort of the Frankish king‚ Charlemagne‚ to be recognized
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angels‚ c. 1280‚ wood‚ Musee de Louvre 1. ARTIST: Cimabue- also known as Cenni Di Pepi’ a. Generally regarded as one of the first great Italian painters to break away from the Italo-Byzantine style‚ a.i. he still relied on Byzantine traits. b. Painter and mosaicist‚ b.i. Cimabue used the formal traits of Byzantine art‚ b.i.1. Brought emotional aspects‚ b.i.2. An increased concern with naturalism‚ b.i.3. New awareness of three-dimensional space to his stylized forms. c. Cimabue is considered
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During the expansive time period from 527 to 1935‚ the Hagia Sophia changed from an Eastern Orthodox Church to an Islamic mosque to a Museum; however the beautiful and historical architecture stayed the same throughout the era because the changes the Hagia Sophia underwent did not include a change in architecture‚ rather‚ they remained mostly political. In the year 527‚ emperor Justinian of the Byzantine empire‚ “the sleepless emperor”‚ erected the Hagia Sophia as an ambitious construction project
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structures of Byzantine Art. Built in the Etruscan and later Roman city of Ravenna‚ Italy‚ San Vitale stands to be one of the city’s most celebrated possessions. Two-hundred years after Constantine‚ the creator of Byzantium‚ Ostrogoth ruler Theodoric the Great made Ravenna the capital of his kingdom. Theodoric was of Arian faith where Christ was seen as a creation of God the Father and was subordinate in the hierarchy of the Holy Trinity. Theodoric the Great died in 526 CE and in 539 CE‚ Orthodox Christian
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Alex Hunt History 201 Thesis/ Introduction December 8‚ 2014 Byzantine Architecture “Early Byzantine architecture was built as a continuation of Roman architecture‚ Stylistic drift‚ technological advancement‚ and political and territorial changes meant that a distinct style gradually resulted in the Greek cross plan in church architecture” (Fletcher). The Byzantine Empire’s architecture were functional works of art that varied from the walls that fortified the city of Constantinople
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weapons. Both East Asia and the Middle East and Byzantium were similar in their use and development of projectile weapons. The Byzantine Empire developed a very powerful‚ projectile weapon called Greek fire. It was mainly used in naval warfare‚ and essentially could burn while floating on water for very extensive periods of time. This weapon was exclusive to the Byzantine people and has been lost with them. Gunpowder was also first developed in China. Gunpowder could be used to fuel the first guns
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The Fall of the Earthly Heaven To this day the 29 May 1453 is regarded as a holy day‚ not only in the Orthodox Church‚ but in all of Greece. The fall of Constantinople not only symbolized a collapse of the Roman Empire‚ but of all of Eastern Christendom at least that is what was thought. It was the wealthiest city in the world at the time‚ possessing over one-third of the world’s wealth: and a city of such great magnitude‚ which only city of one-sixth of the worlds population could poses. At it’s
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