HISTORY 1111 World Civilization Name: __________________________ Date: __________________ Score: _______ 1 The most important ingredient in the making of a distinct European civilization was the (A) political legacy of Rome (B) philosopical legacy of Greece (C) synthesizing power of Christianity (D) traditions of the Germanic tribes 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
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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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Homework #13 cont.d a. The Byzantine Empire acted as a shield against the Arabs and Turks‚ preventing them from wilder invasions and conquests in Europe. Classical Greek and Roman texts were used during the rule of the Byzantine Empire after the fall of the Roman Empire (in the west). When the Crusades came‚ the crusaders brought a grand quantity of important Europeans into close contact with the wealthier and sophisticated Byzantine culture. The European texts that were supposedly lost or forgotten
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the first time became an official religion. Christianity affected the Byzantine art. In Byzantine art the main subject of paintings icons (Greek image) were holy figures: Christ‚ the Virgin Mary‚ the saints‚ and the apostles. One of the most famous is icon with Archangel Gabriel‚ Byzantine (Constantinople or Sinai?)‚ 13th century. There is the exhibition devoted to the art of Byzantine civilization at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition begins in 1261‚ when
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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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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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The Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire was one of the most beautiful empires in the history of the world. It had beautiful architecture‚ as well as revolutionary ideas that shaped much of the world we live in today. Without the impact of the Byzantine Empire‚ the world might be very different. One of the most important characteristics of the Byzantine Empire was their cities. Standing out among the others‚ Constantinople. Constantinople‚ now Istanbul‚ was a beautiful and prosperous city
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Jonathan Chou Period 3 DBQ: The Byzantine Empire When the western Roman Empire descended into chaos in 500 C.E. much of the Roman culture on the west side was lost‚ while the Eastern empire survived and preserved much of the surviving Roman Culture‚ but changed it’s name to the “Byzantine Empire‚” showing individuality in many aspects between Rome and Byzantine. The Byzantine Empire was the surviving reminisces of the Roman Empire‚ which flourished into the oldest and longest lasting empire
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This is an extract from: Byzantine Garden Culture edited by Antony Littlewood‚ Henry Maguire‚ and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Washington‚ D.C. © 2002 Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University Washington‚ D.C. Printed in the United States of America www.doaks.org/etexts.html The Vienna Dioskorides and Anicia Juliana Leslie Brubaker Dioskorides of Anazarbos‚ a physician and pharmacologist‚ wrote the Materia medica
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