Chapter 10 - The Byzantine Empire and Russia. (330-1613). (1) The ...

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Chapter 10 - The Byzantine Empire and Russia. (330-1613).

(1) The Byzantine Empire.

(2) The Rise of Russia.

(3) Shaping Eastern Europe.

Constantinople. Justinian.

Kiev.

Fall.

Ivan.

Romanov.

becomes.

Byzantine.

Russia.

of.

the.

dynasty.

capital.

empire.

Constantinople.

Great.

starts.

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330.

527.

1019.

1453.

1462.

1613.

(1) The Byzantine Empire.

Vocabulary.

autocrat - sole ruler.

patriarch - highest Eastern Church official.

icon - holy picture.

Setting the Scene.

While Roman empire in west crumbled Constantinople in east prospered.

Growth of Byzantine Power.

330.

Constantine makes Byzantium his capital. Renamed Constantinople.

(Now Istanbul.) City comes to be seen as ‘New Rome.’

Eastern Roman empire becomes known as ‘Byzantine empire.’

1453.

Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks.

Most of Byzantine empire came down to samll area around city.

The word ‘Byzantine’ has various meanings relating to

(1) Ancient city of Byzantium.

(2) Architecture developed from 5th century: central dome on cube.

(3) Painting and decorative style of time in the eastern Roman empire.

Frontal stylized figures, rich in color and religious subject matter.

(4) Eastern Orthodox Church.

The word ‘byzantine’ (small ‘b’) has meaning relating to

(5) intrigue, scheming, highly complicated.

Byzantine rulers became skillful diplomats with

intrigue and played one off against another.

Age of Justinian.

527.

Justinian rules for 38 years.

-565.

He wants to revive ‘Rome’ by recovering provinces overrun by

invaders. Wins

battles. Germans (west). Ostrogoths (Italy).

Vandals (Spain). Temporary. Successors lose lands. Within

few years after his death Lombards oust Byzantines ex Italy.