1. 359 – 1453 C.E. Constantinople

3. A New Roman Capital

4. Constantinople

6. makes Christianity the official religion of Roman Empire

7. 330 - rebuilds Greek city of Byzantium & renames it after himself: Constantinople

8. 359 - Constantinople becomes the new capital of Roman Empire

9. 395 - Empire splits in two:

10. Western Roman Empire – Rome

11. Eastern Roman Empire – Constantinople

12. 425 - Western Empire invaded by Germanic tribes

14. N. Africa, Italy, Spain

15. Sea ports are his focus: wealth & power

16. writes code of laws to unify everyone

18. women’s rights grow with Theodora’s help

19. Divorce and property ownership rights

20. Funded many social programs

21. Hospitals, orphanages, schools

23. P Post Justinian

24. P Reconquest of Slavic & Ottoman

25. P Pre – 1st Crusade

26. P Post – 1st Crusade

27. P Just before the fall

29. Use of classical Greek & Roman literature

32. Russian words I Hi - PrivetHello – zdravstvujjteGood morning - DobroeutroGood afternoon - Dobriy den' Good evening - DobryvecherNice to see you - RadtebyavidetGood bye - DasvidaniyaBye - PokaExcuse me – IzvinitePlease – pozhalujjstaCan you tell me please - skazhitepozhalujjstaThank you –spasiboDo you speak Russian? - vygovoriteporusski ?I don't speak Russian - ja ne govorjuporusski

34. Division of Christian Church

35. Eastern Roman Empire establishes their own pope called a “Patriarch” in 451 C.E.

36. Iconoclastic Controversy – 726 C.E.

37. Great Schism – 1054 C.E. - East & West Church formally split

38. West: Roman Catholic Church

41. 1st Crusade - successful in reconquering land

42. 2nd & 3rd Crusade - unsuccessful

43. 4th Crusade – Catholics plunder Constantinople

45. Art is more fancy

46. Everything is just “richer”

47. Bath houses, aqueducts, courts of law, schools, hospitals

49. Hagia Sophia - today

50. Hagia Sophia – gold plated ceiling

51. Hagia Sophia – gold plated ceiling

52. Unification of Empire – religious, political & military

53. Mosaic - Theodora

54. Mosiac

55. Byzantine influence on European Architecture St. Marks Basilica (Roman Catholic) – Venice, Italy

56. Byzantine influence on European Architecture St. Marks Basilica (Roman Catholic) – Venice, Italy

57. Byzantine influence on Eastern European Architecture St. Marks Basilica (Roman Catholic) – Venice, Italy

58. St. Marks Basilica (Roman Catholic) – Venice, Italy

59. St. Marks Basilica (Roman Catholic) – Venice, Italy

62. Trade with Asia – Silk Road

63. Paved roads, walls, aqueducts, domes

65. As long as Empire was stable things were great

66. As Empire started to shrink, so did its wealth

67. Ottoman Empire became the new controller of trade routes

68. Trade made these dudes rich!

69. B.E. was the middle man in trade b/t Asia & Europe, Africa

70. Silk Road – Everyone wanted it, only one was selling it

71. Diseases came from trade

72. Bubonic Plague

75. Hippodrome – sports center

76. Horse racing

77. Chariot racing

78. Circus acts

79. Athletic competition

80. Language – Greek not Latin

81. Patriarchal society – male dominated

84. Internal Struggles

85. Rich vs. poor

86. poor farmers had their land taken by the powerful nobles, who turned them into serfs

87. Emperor vs. Nobles

88. Power Struggles result in civil wars

89. External Struggles

90. Ottoman Turks conquer territory

91. B.E. does not have large enough army to defend its territory

92. Ottomans conquer Constantinople in 1453