chapter 11 - byzantine, russians, and turks interact, 500
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Chapter 11 - Byzantine, Russians, and Turks Interact,
500 - 1500 A.D.
Section 1: Byzantium becomes the New Rome
AIM QUESTION: What were the accomplishments of the Byzantine Empire’s Golden Age?
527 – Justinian becomes ruler of the eastern empire
1. What did Justinian accomplish during his reign?
• Conquered new lands so that he ruled a territory almost as great as Rome’s had been
• His legal experts completed a creation of a body of civil law called the Justinian Code
• Rebuilt Constantinople and the Hagia Sophia
Chapter 11 - Byzantine, Russians, and Turks Interact,
500 - 1500 A.D.
Section 1: Byzantium becomes the New Rome
AIM QUESTION: How did the Byzantine Empire give rise to a new sect of the Christian religion?
1054 – Christianity splits into the Roman Catholic Church in the west and the
Orthodox Church in the east
4. What factors led to the schism? • There were irreconcilable differences between
the two traditions in language, church authority, divorce, and the priests’ right to marry
• Finally the pope and patriarch excommunicated each other in a dispute over religious doctrine
5. What was the effect of the schism? • Christianity was permanently divided between
the Roman Catholic Church in the west and the Orthodox Church in the east
1204 – Crusading knights from Europe pillage Constantinople
1453 – Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks
7. What factors enabled the city to survive foreign attacks for hundreds of years before finally falling?
• Its walls, fleet, and strategic location
537 – Justinian completes building the Hagia Sophia
542 – Deadly plague sweeps through Constantinople
2. How did the plague affect Constantinople?
• It killed so many people that it left the empire severely weakened and exposed to its enemies