Justinian was a Byzantine Emperor who helped to renew the Byzantine Empire that would leave an eternal legacy for Western Civilization. During Justinian’s reign‚ the Byzantine Empire was at a time of decline. With Justinian’s visions‚ he was able to lay out a foundation that would help the Byzantine Empire live for many years to come. Justinian was born in 483 AD at Tauresium in Illyricum in the Balkans of what is now central Europe. He was the nephew of Emperor Justin. His uncle Justin had passed
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was the Byzantine Empire able to expand to the east in the late ninth and tenth centuries? In the seventh and eighth century the Byzantine Empire was overwhelmed by Arab attacks resulting in the loss of Syria‚ Egypt and North Africa. The swift loss of the Empire’s lands and the continuous Arab sieges on Constantinople appeared to be signs of the end of the Byzantine Empire. In the late ninth and tenth centuries however this had changed‚ surprisingly within these centuries the Byzantine Empire
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Byzantine Empire Under Justinian According to legend‚ Rome was founded by twin brothers named Romulus and Remus in 753 BC who were raised by a she-wolf. The Roman Empire commenced when Augustus Caesar became the very first emperor of Rome and ended in the west when Romulus Augustulus‚ was ousted by a Germanic King entitled as Odoacer. The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during late relic and the middle ages. Its capital was Constantinople the
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3 AN AGE OF ACCELERATING CONNECTIONS 500–1500 The Worlds of European Christendom Connected and Divided‚ 500–1300 Chapter Learning Objectives • To examine European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire • To compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire • To explore medieval European expansion • To present the backwardness of medieval Europe relative to other civilizations‚ and the steps by which it caught up Key Terms Aristotle and classical Greek learning:
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1.01 Travel Journal 1. How did the boundaries of the Roman Empire change? In 1000 BCE‚ a group of Latins‚ later known as Romans‚ founded the city of Rome. After almost 500 years of it being founded‚ the Romans set up a republic. They gained territory by force‚ beginning with the Italian peninsula and then easily moving to the Mediterranean region. The Romans launched a series of three wars‚ known as the Punic Wars. During this time‚ the were able to conquer Carthage and in return gained access
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Angels & Demons Byzantine was founded on a pure Christianity-based background. Beginning in Rome with Emperor Constantine‚ he rooted his strong Christian beliefs in Constantinople‚ which later became known as Byzantine. Ever since the religion developed‚ the idea that there was a place for the saved and a place for the damned remained strong. Byzantines held a belief that the earth was part of a huge universe‚ with another world serving as the afterlife. The empire further raised the idea that
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similarities between the rise of the Islamic and Byzantine Empires. Both of these empires rise to power was greatly influenced by military force. The Byzantine Empire had both a strong navy and military‚ while the Islamic Empire had the Rashidun Army. Another key similarity in the rising of the two empires was the influence of trade. Both of the empires helped develop and come to be through traveling merchants along the Silk Road. Even though how the empires cam to rise was very similar‚ there were many
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From my webpage at http://cappsfamily.hypermart.net/justinian.htm Byzantine Emperor Justinian was the bold architect of a revitalized Byzantine Empire that would leave a lasting legacy for Western Civilization. As much of Europe entered the Dark Ages‚ Justinian ’s vision of a restored Roman Empire would reverse the decline of the Byzantine Empire and lay a firm foundation that would allow the Byzantine Empire to survive for centuries to come. Justinian‚ whose full name was Flavius
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The Byzantine rite is the liturgical rite currently used by Eastern Orthodox churches‚ the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church‚ and the Protestant Ukrainian Lutheran Church. A rite‚ in the Catholic Church‚ is a particular method or tradition of worshipping while also practicing and believing what the Catholic Church teaches. Today‚ the Byzantine rite is recognized by the Bishop of Rome and also know as the Constantinople rite. The Byzantine rite is derived from Antioch and not a parent-rite. A original
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The increase in mosaics in churches in Late Antiquity and the Byzantine Era was largely due to the influence of the Roman Emperor Constantine (ruled from 306 to 337 AD). During his rule as emperor‚ Christianity became the major religion and there was a push for more buildings to house the followers of Christ. Along with the new buildings there was a need to decorate these places of worship accordingly and express the religion in a grandiose sort of way. Mosaics were generally the inexpensive and
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