Download Unit 3: The Byzantine Empire

Unit 3: The Byzantine Empire
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The new empire in the East
Geography
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Constantinople
Location
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The Bosporus strait
Trade
Defense
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Walls
Moat
Peninsula
Geography and natural defenses
Latin West vs. the Byzantine East
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The West
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Language
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The East
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Latin
Legal system
Religion
Education
Economy
Lifestyle
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Art/Architecture
Language
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Greek
Legal system
Religion
Education
Economy
Lifestyle
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Art/Architecture
Economy and Politics
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Byzantine Prosperity
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Trade (silk)
Art (mosaics)
Weapons (Greek Fire)
The Relationship between church and state
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East (Bishop chosen by Emperor)
West (Pope chooses HRE)
The Split between East and West
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Christianity
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Language
Ceremonies / Holy days
Filioque statement
Iconoclasm
Married clergy
“One God, one Emperor, one religion
The Schism of 1054
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Eastern Orthodox Church
Justinian and Theodora (527565)
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Justinian's Code
Theodora (wife)
The Hagia Sophia
Conquest of the West
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The Stirrup
Justinian in the West
The Hagia Sophia
The Byzantine Empire Besieged
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By 631 had lost back all of the land in the West
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The Emergence of Islam
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Why?
717 Muslim Navy repelled by Greek Fire
Slavs in the Balkans in the 11th Century
Byzantine Empire by 1050
The Decline of the Byzantine Empire
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Military never great (diplomacy now less
effective)
1071 The Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks)
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Wiped out the Byzantine army
1204: 4th Crusade took Constantinople
1453: Ottoman Turks
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Memhed II
The Steppe
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Dry grassland from
Manchuria to Hungry
Western Steppe
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Eastern Steppe
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Central Asia to Europe
Present-day Mongolia
Little rain
Dry wind that supports
rugged type of grass
Nomadic Way of Life
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Pastoralist
Constantly on the move
looking for new areas to
graze
Nomads don’t aimlessly
wander, they followed a
seasonal pattern.
Battles often erupted
over the land
Clans
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Family groups
Temujin
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Born into legend
Father was killed when he
was 9
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Revenge (Tatars)
1200 A.D.
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Mother raised the family in
poverty.
Temujin brought the clans
together as one group
“Universal Leader”
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Genghis Khan (1206)
Led the Mongols in
conquering much of Asia
Genghis the Conqueror
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Brilliant organizer
Gifted strategist
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Used tricks to decisive his
enemies
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Adopted new weapons
and strategies
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Fake retreat
Horse
Bow
Used cruelty as a weapon
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Psychological warfare
One of the first people to
use terrorism
The Mongol Empire
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After the death of Genghis Kahn his territory
was divided by his heirs
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Khanates
Kublai Kahn began the Yuan Dynasty of
China
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Defeated in 1368 by the Ming Dynasty