Byzantine Trade Market Questions

1. List several of the traded goods that would have passed through Constantinople.

2. List several of the locations where traded goods were brought from.

3. What was the nomisma?

4. What does “highly regulated” mean?

5. Why do you believe the strength of a country or empire’s currency fluctuates throughout time?

The Byzantine Empire

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LOCATION, LOCATION,

LOCATION!!

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1453 CE

*Legacy of the Byzantine Empire*

1. Only stable state throughout medieval Europe

2. Commercial center/hub throughout medieval Europe

3. Transmission of Classical cultures to Early Modern Europe

CONSTANTINOPLE

• AKA=Byzantium or Istanbul

• Founder, Constantine is a Roman-moved Roman capital here in 330 CE

• Best location for trade, surrounded by water on three sides, centrally located

JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA• Conquered North Africa, Italy, Spain

• First to systematically synthesize Roman law with Christianity– Justinian’s Code becomes the foundation for future

European legal code

• Building of Hagia Sophia

• Blue versus Green Riots at the Hippodrome

The EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH

• Orthodox=“In agreement with the right belief”

• Prayer to saints (Cyril, Basil)

• Church and state are united in Byzantine Empire

• Monasteries and convents for the poor

• Priests could marry

• Hagia Sophia example

EAST VS. WEST

• 1054 CE= Schism

• Mystical versus practical

• Philosophical versus Obedient

• Patriarch versus Pope

• Emperor versus King

• Icons versus Anti-icons