Byzantines



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How did the location of Constantinople affect its development? Constantinople in right in between Asia and Europe. Today, it's in Istanbul, which is the only city in the world that is on two continents (Asia and Europe). Constantinople's location affected its development in which both Asian and European cultures were mixed up and merged together and the city grew with open minds and different ideas at the same time. This probably led to the creation of new ideas and cultures and maybe even religions all because it was in the middle of two highly influential places and empires. Unlike any other city developing in that time, Constantinople had the advantage to choose which way it wanted to go in the sense that they had more options and therefore more ways of thinking which led to faster and more efficient development. -Brittany
 * convenient location for maritime trade
 * black sea right above it

=outline: (homework)= =justinian:=
 * ======began in 4th century======
 * ======able to repel huns======
 * ======responsible for controling balkan peninsula======
 * ======official language greek======
 * ======orthodox christian located in eastern europe======
 * ======lasted almost 1000 years======
 * ======division between eastern and western europe======
 * ======eatern: orthodox christian western: roman catholic======
 * ======eastern and western spread because of missionaries======
 * ======new trading activities brought northern regions in contact with trading======
 * ======east more advanced in politics, culture, and economics======
 * ======new civilizations based ideas on greko-roman pasts======
 * ======orthodox christian...because of byzantine empire======
 * ======tried to conquer western territory to restore roman empire======
 * heavily influenced by his wife
 * addewd dome to classical stylke
 * haigha sophia- church built
 * warded off middle eatern groups and slavic beliefs
 * acquired temp.capital at ravenna

media type="custom" key="7457443" = summary of document 3: = In this document, we see Justinian trying to make things as equal and fair as he can within the trading area and the social area. He says what is acceptable and what isn't when people come to an agreement. Justinian also says that people arent allowed to bet on things nor make false proomises. If people choose to do this anyway, there will be consequences. This law code is kind of like Hammurabi's law code in which both try to make things and daily life as equal as they can to avoid confusion. They are different because Hammurabi's law code was more extreme and nobody gets the death penalty for disobeying a law made by Justinian.

= ESPIRIT for Byzantine Empire = = =

= classwork 11/09/2010 (summary of documents): = = =

= questions for pgs. 203-209 = 2. How did the events in the Middle East affect the demographics of the East Central borderlands? 3. Outline the development of the Kievan Rus. 4. What important decision was made by Vladimir I? 5. What were some mjor similarities and differences between the Byzantium and Kievan Rus? 6. What factors led to the decline of Kievan Rus? red revisions from Haley, Britney, and Ana = = = Summary for Pg 208 (Eastern and Western Europe: the problem of boundaries): =
 * 1) Who were Cyril and Methodius? What did they accomplish?
 * Chrisstian missionaries sent by the Byzantine Empire to the czech and slovak republics.
 * went to the balkans and southern russia, where they spoke the language, where they devised a written script for this language known as Cyrillic.
 * Cyrillic helped literature develope in some parts of Europe along with Christianity
 * also led to political developments
 * a large amount of jews migrating to Europe.
 * slavic people had moved into the sweeping plains of Russia and Eastern Europe from Asia
 * mixed up with Bulgarians who adopted slavic customs and language
 * developed loose regional kingdoms
 * traders from scandinavia began to move along the Dnieper...traded with Constantinople
 * Scandinavian traders set up government in city of Kiev
 * Rurik of Denmark became first prince of this monarchy
 * he chose Christianity for himself and for his people.
 * the king controlled major appointments
 * issued formal law code
 * Byzantium had bureaucracy and elaborate education system
 * Kievan Rus: tone of God's wrath monopolized formal culture.
 * major declines
 * slavic people moved into russia and eastern europe from asia
 * both worshipped saints
 * practiced monogamy
 * architectural structures
 * worship of iconic paintings
 * Rival princes set up regional governments
 * royal family fought over the throne
 * invaders from asia
 * decline of Byzantium reduced trade and wealth in which the city depended on
 * Tatars invaded and the city vanished
 * invasion of Mongols

Making boundaries in the Eastern and Western parts of Europe was very hard because they didnt know how to divide up the land. Some parts were divided by languages like Latin or Greek other places were seperated by their different religions like Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholic. Trade patterns were also a huge part of division in Eastern and Western Europe. Through expansions and new partneships with other nations, boundaries were very unreliable and hard to make. Throughout time, the borders of nations and countries in Europe have changed many times. Recently, boder lines havent been changed but in those times, it was a very hard thing to do.

= Summary of this chapter (30 words): = Justinian was very successful in restoring the Roman empire, creating the Byzantium. Invaders from Asia and other parts of the world led to the decline of this empire as did greed and fights over the throne.

Eastern and Western parts of Europe developed differently. Eastern Europe was christian but they practiced orthodoxy and worshipped idols and had very close trading relationship with Asia.