The Byzantine Empire and Russia

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The Byzantine Empire and Russia
CHAPTER 10

• Section 1 The Byzantine Empire
• Section 2 The Rise of Russia
• Section 3 Russia and the Mongols

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Objectives
Section 1
The Byzantine Empire

• 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 Growth of the Byzantine Empire
Section 1
The Byzantine Empire

• The Justinian Code basis of Byzantine law
• Able advisers Theodora, Belisarius

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Strengths of the Empire
Section 1
The Byzantine Empire

• Military
• Strong, centralized government

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The Christian Church
Section 1
The Byzantine Empire

• 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
Section 1
The Byzantine Empire

• Art mosaic
• Architecture Hagia Sophia

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The Decline of the Empire
Section 1
The Byzantine Empire

• Conflicts with outside powers
• Seljuq Turks captured Asia Minor
• Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople

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Objectives
Section 2
The Rise of Russia

• Explain why different peoples settled in eastern
  Europe.
• Describe how Kievan Russia differed from the
  Byzantine Empire.

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The Setting and People
Section 2
The Rise of Russia

• Slavs, Avars, Huns, Magyars, and Vikings all
  invaded at different times

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Kievan Russia
Section 2
The Rise of Russia

• Government princes governed by councils, town
  meetings
• Religion Christianity
• Economy farming, trade

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Objectives
Section 3
Russia and the Mongols

• Identify the ways in which Mongol rule affected
  Kievan Russia.
• Describe the effects of Moscows growing power
  and independence.

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Attacks on Kiev
Section 3
Russia and the Mongols

• Kievan Russia under the Mongols taxed heavily
• Kievan Russia and its neighbors Lithuania and
  Poland

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The Rise of Moscow
Section 3
Russia and the Mongols

• Ivan the Terrible
• The growth of the church financial prosperity,
  politically independent of Constantinople