Transcript CHAPTER 10: The Byzantine Empire and Russia

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CHAPTER 10
THE HUMAN JOURNEY
The Byzantine Empire and Russia
Section 1: The Byzantine Empire
Section 2: The Rise of Russia
Section 3: Russia and the Mongols
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Section 1:
THE HUMAN JOURNEY
The Byzantine Empire
Objectives:
 Identify the factors that contributed to the growth and
strength of the Byzantine Empire.
 Explain how the Christian church came to be divided.
 Analyze the cultural contributions made by the Byzantines.
 Explain the factors that contributed to the downfall of the
Byzantine Empire.
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The Byzantine Empire
The Growth of the Byzantine Empire
 The Justinian Code – basis of Byzantine law
 Able advisers – Theodora, Belisarius
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The Byzantine Empire
Strengths of the Empire
 Military
 Strong, centralized government
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The Christian Church
 Iconoclastic Controversy – battle between
Byzantines (who kept icons of Jesus, the Virgin
Mary, and saints) and Iconoclasts (who believed
keeping icons was wrong)
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Byzantine Culture
 Art – mosaic
 Architecture – Hagia Sophia
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The Byzantine Empire
The Decline of the Empire
 Conflicts with outside powers
 Seljuq Turks captured Asia Minor
 Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople
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Section 2:
THE HUMAN JOURNEY
The Rise of Russia
Objectives:
 Explain why different peoples settled in
eastern Europe.
 Describe how Kievan Russia differed from
the Byzantine Empire.
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The Rise of Russia
The Setting and People
 Slavs, Avars, Huns, Magyars, and Vikings all
invaded at different times
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Kievan Russia
 Government – princes governed by councils,
town meetings
 Religion – Christianity
 Economy – farming, trade
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Section 3:
THE HUMAN JOURNEY
Russia and the Mongols
Objectives:
 Identify the ways in which Mongol rule affected
Kievan Russia.
 Describe the effects of Moscow’s growing power
and independence.
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Russia and the Mongols
Attacks on Kiev
 Kievan Russia under the Mongols – taxed heavily
 Kievan Russia and its neighbors – Lithuania and
Poland
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Russia and the Mongols
The Rise of Moscow
 Ivan the Terrible
 The growth of the church – financial prosperity,
politically independent of Constantinople
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