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251691635Emperor Constantineestablished the Byzantine Empire when the capital of Rome was declining0
251691636Roman empire of the Westfell in 476 CE with the invasion of the Huns under the leadership of Attila1
251691637Capital citynamed Constaninople after Constantine and the creation of of the Byzantine Empire2
251691638Geographic location of Byzantine Empirefavorable, made Constantinople rich connected asia and europe through trade aegean sea and black sea connected by the bosporus straits and the dardenelle straits3
251691639Emperor Justinianruled from 527 to 565 son of a poor farmer, nephew of Emperor Justin led the Byzantines to revive the glory and power of Roman Empire4
251691640Theodorasupporter of emperor justinian wife and advisor of justinian, daughter of bearkeeper, mistress before wife, influenced justinian(womans rights), made justinian stay in cons. during nika revolt5
251691641Belisariusjustinians most trusted general in the byzantine army and friend contributed in making the byzantine army one of the best6
251691642Nika Revoltcivil war between justinians supporters and those who opposed him in 532 belisarius won the revolt for justinian; j became more respected emperor7
251691643Code of Justinianone of justinians legacys divided into four sections; two most important= the corpus juris civilis, the digestt8
251691644The Corpus Juris Civilissection of code of justinian combo of some laws from the twelve tables and new laws made by j. including rights for women: inheritance of propert and retention of children in widowhood9
251691645The Digesttsection of code of justinian an interpretation of the corpus juris civilis by legal experts10
251691646Strong Centralized Form of Gov't w/ Working Bureaucracyregardless of a strong or weak emperor at the head, the gov't would continue to function due to the bureaucracy(civial gov't workers)11
251691647Use of Diplomact to Avoid Warmarriage alliances:marrying of daughters to his enemies entourage made up of secret spies byzantine tactics:getting one's enemies to fight each other and then when the time was right, have the byzantine army join side the b. emperor wanted to win12
251691648Strong Military SystemArmy: use training books to explain how to fight in war and how to use different types of military straigies during a battle inheritance of land after service navy: greek-fire unique military weapon13
251691649Trade Empireat the crossroads between europe and asia glabalization of products cultural diffusion14
251691650Iconoclastic Controversy of 787major problen within the byzantine empire the display of icons in churches or was it idol worship15
251691651Authority of the Pope of Rome vs. the Patriarch of Constantinoplemajor problem within the byzantine empire split of the roman catholic church16
251691652Segregation of Jews in Constantinoplemajor problem within the byzantine empire first time in history due to death of jesus christ and many being bankers17
251691653Invasion by the Seljuk Turks(Muslims)major problem within the byzantine empire18
251691654Cyrillic Alphabetbyzantine culture created by saints cyril and methodius help preach the word of god to the slavic people19
251691655Mosaicsbyzantine culture artwork20
251691656Hagia Sophiabyzantine culture means holy wisdom,bulit during time of justinian first a catholic church and an outstanding architectural achievement became a mosque-today a museum21

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