Slides for Ch 11 to accompany McDougal Littell's World History: Patterns of Interaction

1. Byzantines, Russians, and
Turks Interact
500—1500
Ch 11

2. Byzantine Empire
11.1

3. em ber
Rem
Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 292
Constantine renamed Byzantium to
Constantinople and made it the capital in the
east.
The separation between east & west finalized
in 395
Rome fell in 476

4. Justinian was
crowned king
of the
Byzantine
Empire in 527

5. Byzantine Empire
Red: 527
Orange: 565

6. How did the Byzantine
Empire survive while
Rome fell, and how did
it manage to expand?

7. Justinian Code:
Code, Digest,
Institutes, and
Novellae

8. Fortified and beautified Constantinople:
Hagia Sophia
Hippodrome

9. Byzantine art

10. Byzantine art

11. Byzantine art

12. Byzantine art

13. Byzantine art

14. Byzantine art

15. Great leadership:
Justinian
Theodora
Belisarius

16. Great leadership:
Justinian
Theodora
Belisarius

17. Great leadership:
Justinian
Theodora
Belisarius

18. Plague
Bubonic plague
In 542, 10,000 people a day died
Faded away after 700

19. The Plague of Justinian

20. The Plague of Justinian

21. Attacks
Lombards attacked the west
Avars, Slavs, and Bulgars attacked from the
north
Russia attempted invasion three times
Muslim invaders from the south

22. Religious strife
icons banned by Pope
Pope ordered excommunication of Byzantine
emperor
Byzantine missionaries convert the Slavs
Cyrillic alphabet spread with conversions

23. Plague
Attacks from east and west
Church divide

24. Plague
1453, Fall to
Attacks from east and west Ottoman
Turks
Church divide

25. Russian Empire
11.2

26. Rivers stretch from central Russia to Black
and Caspian seas
Vikings traded and raided along rivers
Novgorod was the first major city, followed
by Kiev
Kiev converts to Eastern Orthodox
Christianity under Vladimir

27. Rivers stretch from central Russia to Black
and Caspian seas
Vikings traded and raided along rivers
Novgorod was the first major city, followed
by Kiev
Kiev converts to Eastern Orthodox
Christianity under Vladimir

28. Rivers stretch from central Russia to Black
and Caspian seas
Vikings traded and raided along rivers
Novgorod was the first major city, followed
by Kiev
Kiev converts to Eastern Orthodox
Christianity under Vladimir

29. Kiev grew powerful under Yaroslav the Wise
who built the power of the city through
marriages and alliances, using his sons
n.b. Kievan legal code
When he died, the empire was divided
amongst the warring sons
In 1240 when the Mongols invade, Kiev
cannot resist

30. Mongols demanded obedience and tribute
Russian nobility crushed revolts and taxed
the poor brutally to pay the tribute
e.g. Alexander Nevsky

31. Moscow is founded with Ivan I as the leading
citizen.
Ivan II takes the title czar and organizes the
Russian revolt against the Mongols in 1480

32. 1. How did Vladimir’s conversion affect the
citizens, society, and government of Kiev?
2. The Mongols were fierce conquerors, and
their rule cut Russia off from the rest of
the world. Even so, their policies were
integral to the formation of the political
state we know as “Russia”. Explain.

33. Turkish Empire
11.3

34. Abbasid Empire

36. Abbasid rulers used Turks for soldiers,
mamelukes
Turks convert to Islam
Migrate into Abbasid lands
Seljuk Turks

38. Isfahan becomes capital of Seljuk Turk empire
vizier, prime minister
sultan, leader
shah, king/ caesar

39. 1095+, Seljuks fight crusaders
1258, conquest by Mongols