Download How did the Byzantine Empire influence their neighbors and later

How did the Byzantine Empire
influence their neighbors and later
civilizations?
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• Justinian’s Code.
– It was created by ten legal experts who reviewed and compiled old
Roman laws
– It established one uniform rule of law for all of “New Rome”
– It served the empire for 900 years
– It influenced many European legal codes
Religion- Christianity
• Break from the Roman Catholic Church
• Eastern Orthodox
The Western Church (Roman
Catholic)
VS
the Eastern Church
(Orthodox)
•
The Western Church (Roman
Catholic)
– Services conducted in Latin
– The Pope had authority over all other
bishops
– The Pope claims authority over all
kings and emperors
– Priests may not marry; this is called
celibacy
– Divorce is not permitted
– Church is centered in Rome; it is far
from the capital of Constantinople
•
The Eastern Church (Eastern
Orthodox)
– Services conducted in Greek and local
languages
– The Patriarch and other bishops share
power over the church
– The emperors claim authority over the
patriarch and the bishops
– Priests may be married
– Divorce is allowed under certain
circumstances
– Church is centered in Constantinople;
its close to the seat of power
Keeper of Greek and Roman culture and
knowledge
• The Byzantine Empire
preserved Greco-Roman
culture and traditions.
– They spoke Greek
– Greek and Roman knowledge
was preserved in Byzantine
libraries
– The Byzantines highly valued
education and studied
grammar, literature (like
Homer), medicine,
philosophy, and history (these
subjects are called the
humanities)
Arts and Architecture
• Mosaic Arts
• Architecture
Cyrillic alphabet
• The Cyrillic alphabet
was created by Saint
Cyril and was used
by many Slavic
languages (like
Russian).
Influence on neighbors- Russians
• The Slavs are the people
from the forests north
of the Black Sea.
• They began absorbing
Greek Byzantine ideas
through their trade with
Constantinople.
• Adopted the cyrillic
alphabet, religion,
architecture
Influence on the Muslims