Craig 1 Ethan Craig World History 32815 Byzantine DBQ Primary Reasons to Study the Byzantines The Byzantine Empire and its capital city of Constantinople thrived for more than one thousand years and helped shape the history of the modern world as we live in. The Byzantines have been largely ignored in classrooms across the nation and it shows. Key reasons to study the Byzantine are their religious influence‚ preservation of literature‚ and defense tactics. The question that I am answering is what is the Primary
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advantageous to Rome in that it could deal with barbarians‚ was a huge trading port‚ and it made protecting the eastern front easier. Justinian -In 527 Justinian became emperor through his uncle. -He sent his general Belisarius to reclaim the land lost to the west -Belisarius took North Africa from the Vandals‚ and Rome from the Ostrogoths. -Justinian then ruled all of former Rome‚ including Spain and Italy. Emperors and their Power -Due to the Eastern Orthodoxy beliefs the emperor headed
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capital city‚ Constantinople. Around 527‚ an emperor‚ who became known as Justinian the Great‚ rose to power. Justinian desired to restore the massive Roman Empire. He assemble a gigantic army together and managed to recapture most of the land that formerly belonged to the Roman Empire. He gathered all the laws that were once used by the Roman Empire and combined them for the people. This collection of laws became known as the Justinian Code and is still used by several nations today.
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is considered to be a historian‚ who lived in the 6th century. From his works we are able to visit back into the Byzantine Empire‚ when Emperor Justinian reigned. Through the three books he created: “History of the Wars”‚ “The Buildings of Justinian”‚ and “The Secret History”‚ he is our primary source of information about the reign of Emperor Justinian. After reading “The Secret History”‚ I found the tone of the book to be different than that of a classical historian’s book. Procopius tells us
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religiously to today’s modern civilization. During the ruling of one of the most influential emperors of the Byzantine Empire‚ laws were developed. This collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence was called Justinian’s Code issued and created by Justinian. Church building was one of his many passions. In the building he used features such as‚ mosaics‚ domes‚ slender minarets‚ and columnar arches. Christianity was one of the pillars in the empire. Brothers‚ Cyril and Methodius were missionaries who
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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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that there is no personal afterlife. 13. Penitentials were manuals that guided the assignment of penance 14. The "Justinian plague" was probably the bubonic plague. 15. Christianity was a syncretic faith in that it absorbed many of the religious ideas of the eastern Mediterranean world. 16. The Law Code of Justinian is important because together with Justinian ’s Digest and Institutes‚ it became the basis for civil law in almost every modern European nation. 17. St. Paul used
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Justinian carried on the unending war against the Persians with mixed success. His general Belisarius lost a battle at first in 528‚ then completely routed the Persians at Daras‚ near Nisibis (June‚ 530); but on 19 April‚ 531‚ the Romans were defeated near Callinicum on the Euphrates; in September a peace was arranged on fairly equal terms. The emperor then conceived the plan of reconquering Africa and Italy‚ lost to the empire by the Vandal and Gothic invasions. In 533 a fleet of five hundred ships
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hierarchical order. They were all handmade. The art of mosaic flourish in the empire making it stand out. The majority of Byzantine mosaics were destroyed but some survived. Buildings like Hagia Sophia were embellished with mosaics during the Emperor Justinian. If the purpose of classical art was the glorification of man‚ the purpose of Byzantine art was the glorification of God‚ and of His Son‚ Jesus. Another Byzantine work of art was the religious Icons. Icon creates admiration in worship and provides
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The crowning glory of Constantinople‚ the Hagia Sophia is said to have "changed the history of architecture” (Simons). Constructed in the 6th century under the orders of Emperor Justinian I‚ it remained the tallest building for over a thousand years. Atop the building sits a dome towering 56m above the ground‚ and spanning 31m across; the dome of the Hagia Sophia extends across a nave three times wider than any gothic cathedral. So impressive in its size and scale‚ the Hagia Sophia was Justinian’s
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