earth and its peoples chapter 9
Chapter 9 Outline Christian Europe Emerges (600-1200) I. The Byzantine Empire -The Byzantine Empire?s official religion was Christianity -The Byzantine?s practiced the Roman Imperial system of government and the political oversight of the Christian church to insure the church?s power did not exceed the government?s power. A.An Empire Beleaguered - Between 634 and 650 the Arabs captured the Byzantines as well as the Egyptians, the Syrians, and the area of Tunisia. The land lost to them and the Muslims was never gained back, even after the Empire?s military strength was regained. The crusades in the Middle East helped to spread Christianity for a short time before the foothold was lost to the Muslims -The Byzantines faced the threat of invasion from the north (the Germanic