1.06 Byzantine Empire: Achievement and Expansion Travel Journal Part 1: 1. What role did the move of the capital to Constantinople play in the growth of the Byzantine Empire? The Roman Emporor‚ Constantine‚ establish Constantinople in 330 CE. Constantine was attracted to this site because it enabled him to control land and sea trade routes between Europe and Asia. Indeed‚ the city’s location as a crossroad contributed greatly to its growth. After Constantine’s death in 395 CE‚ the Roman Empire
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1.01 Travel Journal 1. How did the boundaries of the Roman Empire change? In 1000 BCE‚ a group of Latins‚ later known as Romans‚ founded the city of Rome. After almost 500 years of it being founded‚ the Romans set up a republic. They gained territory by force‚ beginning with the Italian peninsula and then easily moving to the Mediterranean region. The Romans launched a series of three wars‚ known as the Punic Wars. During this time‚ the were able to conquer Carthage and in return gained access
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Seljuk Turks had invaded the prosperous Byzantine Empire in 1055 CE. The King of the Byzantine Empire at the time was in desperate need for help or else the Turks would successfully invade whatever was left of the Byzantine Empire. Trapped in a corner‚ King Alexius I Comnenus had to inevitably ask for help from those who were had different religious viewpoints. On ___‚ the Pope received the letter asking to help fight the Seljuks Turks and to drive them off Byzantine territory. The Pope during the late
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DBQ 5: Byzantine Empire under Justinian When Justinian became emperor in 527‚ he wanted to build a new Rome by incorporating the ancient Roman Empire. He made Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire and kept the Roman culture along with the Greek culture for more than a thousand years. Justinian helped rebuild the Roman Empire by the many contributions he gave to the empire; he was able to rule a well-structured empire. Justinian was known partly for rebuilding the Roman Empire; he
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used to affect the government in different empires. The Byzantine Empire’s major religion was Christianity and it has helped govern the empire in countless ways. Also‚ Islam helped out with the government in Islamic Caliphates. But the religions didn’t help similarly‚ instead‚ they lent a hand to each empires very differently. Also‚ the effects were not always the same‚ they were very divergent because of the different ways they helped the Byzantine Empire and Islamic Caliphate. Until 1450‚ the religion
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revived the Byzantine empire through his military triumphs‚ legal work‚ ecclesiastical polity and architectural activity and creating the Justinian Code. He was the sixth century emperor‚ and the only one who established an aristocracy by choosing men of humble birth as his closest advisors; for he wanted to work with honest and true people. His inner craving caused him to aggressively expand the empire and restore the Byzantine Empire to the prosperity comparable to the original Roman Empire. Justinian’s
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Byzantine Empire Under Justinian According to legend‚ Rome was founded by twin brothers named Romulus and Remus in 753 BC who were raised by a she-wolf. The Roman Empire commenced when Augustus Caesar became the very first emperor of Rome and ended in the west when Romulus Augustulus‚ was ousted by a Germanic King entitled as Odoacer. The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during late relic and the middle ages. Its capital was Constantinople the
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of The Western Roman Empire The Roman Empire gave the world many fascinating things. Rome gave the world Christianity‚ which is now the world’s largest religion. The Romans also gave the world their language. The Romans spoke Latin‚ which is the base for most languages used today. Many of these languages include English‚ Spanish‚ Italian‚ French‚ and Portuguese. This leads the reader to question‚ "If Rome was such a powerful empire‚ then what led to the decline of the Roman Empire?" The
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of the Western Empire was one of the biggest historical events in the ancient world. Its demise was the result of many contributing factors such as the invasions by barbarian tribes as well as the rise of the Eastern Empire. Both of these factors peaked during the late fifth century‚ but their roots are traced back to an earlier period of the Empire. From the very beginning of it all‚ the failure to deal with the invading barbarians and the split of the Empire over time‚ destroyed the Empire before
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire By: Linus Kollie Period: 7R 3/5/13 The fall of the Western Roman Empire was due to excess corruption‚ the role of shifts in power‚ increased technology beyond its borders‚ economic problems such as trade‚ dependents on slavery‚ and less on the part of roman farmers. Germanic invasions also caused the fall. This made the fall of such a large cumbersome empire inevitable. Enemies always described Rome as a bridge that was once not passable. It was the America
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