The Byzantine Empire

The Empire at 500 AD
1. There were Lots of different troops that invaded the Roman empire
  1. The majority of the groups invaded the Western Half of the Empire
  2. In 600 AD, the Slavs made their way into the eastern empire
The Fall of The Roman empire
1. After the Pax Romana, the Roman empire entered an era of decline
  1. Rome had a series of weak emperors along with a large trade imbalance (they bought more than they produced)
    1. As Rome continued to fall in debt, the military became weak and had to use foreign mercenary soldiers
      1. The emperor Diocletian attempted to save Rome by splitting the empire in half as a result of being too large to control
        The Western Empire continued to grow weak
        By 476, Barbarians Conquered the Western Roman empire
        As a result, The Roman empire fell into the middle or Dark Ages from 500 to 1300 AD
        Constantine moved Rome's capital to Constantinople in the Eastern empire
        What happened to the Eastern Empire?
        While the Western Empire was in decline, the eastern empire still remained strong
        The Eastern empire changed to the Byzantine Empire
        How did Geography affect Constantinople?
        Constantinople was a wealthy trade city between the Mediterranean and Black Seas
        Culture in the Byzantine Empire
        The Byzantines kept Greco-Roman culture
        Constantinople was a learning central for schools that taught grammar, medicine, philosophy, language and geometry
        Constantinople also shared Roman architecture with arches and domes
        The Byzantine also had forums for Central town activity like trade, just like the early Romans
        The empires also had arenas for entertainment
        The Byzantines also had Chariot races, like the early Romans for entertainment
        The empire's main language was Latin, however, most Byzantines were set on Greek language
        Most Byzantines had gone to Christianity for religion due to the empire being close to Judea
        Government
        Byzantines and Romans were ruled by emperors that had absolute power over the empire
        Justinian was the most famous Byzantine emperor
        After 50 years from the fall of Rome, Justinian began reconquering Roman territorries
        To oversee the empire, Justinian created the Justinian code, which was the basis to Byzantine law for 900 years
        One of the most famous architectural buildings was the Christian cathedral, the Hagia Sophia

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