1. Connections: A World History
Second Edition
Chapter 10
The Byzantine
World, 284–1240
Connections: A World History, Second Edition
Edward H. Judge • John W. Langdon

2. The Basilica of Saint Sophia, Constantinople

3. Byzantine Claims in Europe, Kievan Rus, The
Byzantine Empire

4. The Byzantine World, 284–1240
A. The Foundations of Byzantine Governance
B. From East Rome to Byzantium
C. Connection and Conflict in the Byzantine World
D. Byzantium’s Ascendancy and Decline
E. Kievan Rus Connects to the Byzantine World

5. The Foundations of Byzantine
Governance

6. The Foundations of Byzantine
Governance
A. Constantine and the Christian Church
1. The Arian controversy

7. FOUNDATION MAP 10.1 The Early Byzantine
Empire, 481 C.E.

8. The Foundations of Byzantine
Governance
B. The Union of Church and State
1. Caesaropapism

9. From East Rome to Byzantium

10. From East Rome to Byzantium
A. Justinian and Theodora
1. Justinian
2. Theodora
3. Codification of Roman law
4. Attempts to reunite the empire

11. Empress Theodora and attendants.

12. From East Rome to Byzantium
B. Byzantine Society
1. Constantinople
2. City life
3. Decline

13. MAP 10.2 The Byzantine Empire During Justinian’s
Reign, 527–565

14. Constantinople.

15. Connection and Conflict in the
Byzantine World

16. Connection and Conflict in the
Byzantine World
A. Disease and Warfare
1. Plague
2. Islamic expansion
3. Survival

17. Connection and Conflict in the
Byzantine World
B. Eastern Christianity’s Culture and Conflicts
1. Byzantine religious life
2. Doctrinal quarrels
3. Iconoclasm

18. The former Basilica of Saint Sophia in
Constantinople

19. Connection and Conflict in the
Byzantine World
B. Eastern Christianity’s Culture and Conflicts
4. Rivalry with the Western Church

20. Icon of St. Michael the Archangel.

21. Byzantium’s Ascendancy and
Decline

22. Byzantium’s Ascendancy and
Decline
A. The Macedonian Era, 867–1025
1. Early Islamic invasion and territorial losses

23. Byzantines fighting the Bulgars.

24. Byzantium’s Ascendancy and
Decline
B. The Turkish Conquests
1. The Seljuk Turk threat
2. The Ottoman Turks

25. MAP 10.3 The Gradual Retraction of the Byzantine
Empire, 628–1328

26. Kievan Rus Connects to the
Byzantine World

27. Kievan Rus Connects to the
Byzantine World
A. Russia’s Difficult Climate and Terrain
1. Geography and Russian development

28. MAP 10.4 The Topography of Russia

29. Kievan Rus Connects to the
Byzantine World
B. The First Period: Early Rulers and
Campaigns
1. Kievan Rus
2. Early rulers

30. MAP 10.5 Kievan Rus, ca. 900

31. Kievan Rus Connects to the
Byzantine World
C. The Second Period: Connections to
Christendom
1. Christianization
2. Russian Orthodox Christianity
3. Byzantine cultural heritage
4. Civil war

32. Kievan Rus Connects to the
Byzantine World
D. The Third Period: Chaos and Conflict
E. Economy and Society
1. Agriculture
2. Commerce
3. Byzantine influence

33. Kievan Rus Connects to the
Byzantine World
F. The End of Early Russian Civilization
1. Nomadic invasions

34. Key Dates and Developments
The Byzantine Empire/Kievan Rus