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UNIT 7
TIME LINE
392 ROMAN EMPIRE DIVIDED IN TWO
476 TRIBES CONQUERED THE WESTERN EMPIRE
15 CENTURY UNTIL BYZANTIUM HEIR OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
527-565 JUNTINIAN 1 WAS THE EMPEROR
IN 10 CENTURY THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE REGAINED SOME TERRITORIES IN THE BALKANS
IN 11 CENTURY IT BEGAN TO LOSE TERRITORIES
IN 1453 THE OTTOMAN TURKS OCCUPITED THE CAPITAL
IN 12 CENTURY UNTIL 15 CENTURY PROGRESS OF ISLAMIC CIVILISATION REDUCE THE TERRITORIES
IN 1054 THE START OF THE ORTOHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH
IN 11 CENTURY THE BYZANTINE CHURCH TO SPLIT FROM ROME
356-323 UNTIL BYZANTIUM CULTURE WAS MIXTED WITH GREEK CULTURE
1 DIVISION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
1.1 THE CRISIS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
THE ROMANS CREATED A GREAT EMPIRE
3RD CENTURY CRISIS BEGAN
ISSUES
VARIOUS SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
POLITICAL
BECAUSE OF PRESSURE FROM FOREIGN PEOPLE
GERMANIC TRIBES AND PERSIANS
WAS SURROUNDED THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
EMPEROR THEODOSIUS WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS CHILDREN AFTER HIS DEATH IN 392
THE WESTERN HALF
INHERITED BY HONORIUS
IN ROME
SUFFER PRESSURE FROM GERMANIC TRIBES
IN 467 TRIBES CONQUERED THE WESTERN EMPIRE
THE EASTERN HALF
INHERITED BY ARCADIUS
IN CONSTANTINOPLE
1.2 THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE AVOID THE PRESENCE OF GERMANIC TRIBES
BYZANTIUM HEIR OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE UNTIL 15 CENTURY
THE EVOLUTION OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
THE GREASTEST SPLENDOURD OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE WAS EMPEROR JUSTINIAN 1 BETWEEN 527-565
JUSTINIAN 1 RECONQUER
THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
ITALIAN PENINSULA
SOUTH OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
NORTH AFRICA
HE HAD TO FACE THE PERSIANS
AFTER DEATH OF JUSTINIAN
THE PERIOD OF CRISIS OVER THE NEXT TWO CENTURIES
IN LOST TERRITORIES
IN 10 CENTURY
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE REGAINED SOME TERRITORIES IN THE BALKANS
IN 11 CENTURY
IT BEGAN TO LOSE TERRITORIES
CAUSED BY OTTOMAN TURKS
IN 12 CENTURY UNTIL 15 CENTURY
TERRITORIAL WAS REDUCED WEAKENED EMPIRE
PROGRESS OF ISLAMIC CIVILISATION REDUCE THE TERRITORIES
THE OTTOMAN TURKS OCCUPITED THE CAPITAL IN 1453
POLITICAL ORGANISATION
POLICAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
INHERITED FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE
EMPIRE WAS LED BY AN EMPEROR
CALLED BASILEUS
ABSOLUTE POWER
ATTRIBUTED WITH A DIVINE ORIGIN
TASKS OF GOVERMENT
HIGHLY ORGANISED ADMINITRATION
LEGISLATION SYSTEM BASED ROMAN LAW
THE ECONOMY
THE MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
AGRICULTURE
ALLOWED THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE MANTAIN PROSPERITY
CRAFTWORK
WAS ALSO IMPORTANT
HANDCRAFTS
INCLUED LUXURIOUS ARTICLES
SILK
STRATEGIC SITUATION FAUVORED THE DEVELOMENT OF TRADE
CONSTANTINOPLE BECAME AN IMPORTANT INTERMEDIARY IN ROUTES CARRYING PRODUCTS
FROM THE EAST AND WEST
CULTURE AND ART
THE BYZANTINE CHURCH
.
THE CRISTIAN CHURCH GAINED GREAT INFLUENCE
THE PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE WAS CHOSEN BY THE EMPEROR
CAUSING TENSION WITH THE LEADER OF WESTERN CHURCH
WHO WAS THE ROMAN POPE OF ROME
IN 11 CENTURY
THE BYZANTINE CHURCH TO SPLIT FROM ROME
IN 1054
THE START OF THE ORTOHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH
WESTERN
THE MAIN BULDINGS ARE CHURCHES
THE EMPEROR WAS EXALTED
DECORATED WITH MOSAICS
MOSTLY RELIGIOUS
DECORATED WITH PAINTINGS
THE ART WAS VERY MAINLY RELIGIUS BECAUSE THE CHURCH HAD MANY POWER
CRISTIANITY
HAD IMPORTANT ROLE IN BOTH THE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
LATIN WAS SOON REPLACED BY GREEK
THE OFFICIAL LENGUAGE OF THE EMPIRE
HELLENISTIC CULTURE WAS VERY IMPORTANT
MAINTAINED LATIN HERITAGE
IN THE TIME OF ALEXANDER "THE GREAT"
CULTURE HAD STRONG PRESENCE BECAUSE WAS MIXTED WITH GREEK CULTURE
BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE
THE MAIN FEATURES SEEN IN HAGIA SOPHIA IN CONSTANTINOPLE
HAGIA SOPHIA
LARGE DOME
A SYSTEM OF BUTTRESSES
HALF DOME
INTERIOR
DECORATED WITH
MARBLE COLUMS
MOSAICS
EXTERIOR
NOT DECORATED
BRICK IS VISIBLE
THE INSIDE IS ORGANISED INTO THREE NAVES
ONE CENTRE
TWO SIDES
FLOOR PLAN IS BASILICA
OTHER BYZANTINE CHURCHES HAD ANOTHER SHAPE OF A CROOS