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Byzantine Empire and the Rise of Russia (Economy (Kiev-an Russia (Trade…
Byzantine Empire and the Rise of Russia
Politics
Justinian Code (Four Parts of the Code)
The digest- Summarize legal opinions
The institutes- Guide for law students
The codex- useful roman laws
The novels- Contained new proposed laws
Used in Western Europe
Provided a framework for many European legal systems
The government was controlled by the christian churches
Economy
Constantinople was center of trade
Slav
Trade with the vikings helped them to move into Eastern Europe
Kiev-an Russia
Leader of the Vikings
Created Kiev- trade route between Constantinople and the Baltic sea
Trade
Taiga wood
Iron, Iron ore, furs, and honey
Farming
Interaction with the environment
Constantinople
Center of trade between the East and West because it sat at the end of the Silk Road
Was highly fortified against outside attacks, such as Attila the Hun
Social Class
Constantinople was a patriarch
Since Constantinople was a patriarch cause an iconoclast, because of this it started the eastern orthodox
Theodora
wife of Justinian and advisor
Help gets more rights for women in Byzantine under the law
allowing Christian women to own property
Culture
Was a christian empire in the Mediterranean
Yarslav the Wise
Combined traditions and tribal customs with the older laws