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Why is the Byzantine Empire
considered so successful?
- Strong Economy
- Strong central government
controlled prosperous economy
- Peasants formed the backbone of the empire
- Worked the land
- Payed taxes
- provided soldiers for the military
- Worked the land
- Preserved a healthy money economy
- coin accepted from Europe to China
- coin accepted from Europe to China
- Wealthy from trade
- Strong central government
controlled prosperous economy
- Strong Military
- Soldiers, ships, and sailors protected
the empire
- Byzantine built one of the
strongest military forces in
the world
- Fortifications
protected the capital
- Relied on a secret weapon
- Called Greek Fire
- Liquid that probably contained petroleum
- Set people on fire and couldn't be put out
- Called Greek Fire
- Soldiers, ships, and sailors protected
the empire
- Justinian served as a
powerful ruler
- He caused the Byzantine to reach its peak
- Determined to revive
ancient Rome by recovering
lands
- recovered the lands that had been
run over by invaders
- recovered the lands that had been
run over by invaders
- Created Justinian's Code
- A Body of Civil Law
- Passed by Roman
Assemblies
- Greatly influenced emperors
and future generations
- A Body of Civil Law
- Rebuilt the Capital-Land of Splendor
- Rebuilt the Hagia Sophia
- Rebuilt the Hagia Sophia
- He caused the Byzantine to reach its peak
- Vital Location
- Elaborate defense system
- Land and sea walls to bolster
its defenses
- Land and sea walls to bolster
its defenses
- Excellent harbor for trading
- Served as a key trade route
- Large money flow that helped
economy
- Large money flow that helped
economy
- Guarded on 3 sides by water
- Attacks to Empire largely
unsuccessful
- Elaborate defense system
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