CHAPTER9: CIVILIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE: BYZANTIUM AND ORTHODOX EUROPE
CHAPTER9: CIVILIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE: BYZANTIUM AND ORTHODOX EUROPE Pp. 192-211 I. OVERVIEW A. Political 1. Divine Kingship Under Emperors a. Constantine i. Moved capitol of eastern part of Rome to area called Byzantium and named it after himself b. Justinian (Byzantine) i. Responsible for advances in architecture, rebuilding of Constantinople, and legal code of law c. Empress Theodora and Zo? i. Co-empresses placed on throne by rebels, estranged sisters d. Rurik (Kiev Rus?) i. Native of Denmark as first prince of Kiev Rus? e. Vladimir (Kiev Rus?) i. Converted all his people to Eastern Orthodox Christianity by force 2. Bureaucracy