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**Byzantine Empire - Coggle Diagram
**Byzantine Empire
Culture
Integration of Greco-Roman and Persian
Mosaics represented historical or religious themes
Religion
Split with Roman Catholic Church
Established Eastern Orthodox Church
Services and prayers were in native language
creation of icons to symbolize religious themes
Design of beautiful mosaics
Building of the Hagia Sophia
Nobility shifted from merit and political position to aristocratic families
Influence
Religion
Spread of Eastern Orthodoxy to Slavic Nations
Vladimir I of Russia converts to Christianity in 988 AD.
Trade
Sharing of cultures and ideas
Russians would join the Varangians (Byzantine emperor's body guards)
Invade Slavic nations and spread Byzantine culture
Architecture, Artwork
Downfall
Poor Leadership
Foreign invaders
Arabs and Turks
Internal conflicts
Government
Major Emperors
Constantine
First Christian Emperpor
Practiced religious tolerance
Edict of Milan
Legalized Christianity
Made Constantinople his new capital
Justinian and Theodora
Justinian Codes
More rights to married women
Protection of divorce women
Trial by jury
Location
Byzantium peninsula
overlooks the Black Sea and Aegean Sea
Built Constantinople (New Rome)
Geographic importance
Access to Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia for trade
City was protected from invaders on all sides.
Huge walls and gates