Byzantine Notes

The Byzantine Economy flourished under a formidable central government government had strict control over the economy the peasants were known as the backbone of the economy Trade and industry flourished

The Byzantine Military was one of the strongest in the world they had a secret weapon called, "greek fire" that was rumored indistinguishable and caused destruction and panic sailors and ships helped a lot protection of the capital was a very big accomplishment

The Byzantine empire's destruction was led by.. The Crusades The split between the church (the Great Schism) The Venetians convinced the Crusaders to attack Constantinople Turks took over and turned it into Istanbul

Justinian I Byzantine Empire reached its peak with him in power Determined to revive ancient Rome by recovering lands Built the Hagia Sophia and many other things He created his own code of laws called, "Justinian's Code" which was a commission to collect, revise, and organize all the laws of ancient Rome This code unified the empire and this code was what later monarchs based their laws off of