Monday- working on presentations
Tuesday- finishing presentations
Wednesday- presenting presentations
Byzantine Empire
The Roman Empire was split into East and West in 395 AD
Uncle was Justin I, a past emperor of Constantinople
Became new emperor in 518
Gained the title Caesar
Sent Belisarius to reclaim North Africa, and then later Rome
Belisarius took a small force to retake North Africa from the Vandals
His victory there made Justinian then send him to take back Rome and Italy from the Ostrogoths
After this, Rome changed hands 6 times in 16 years
Their politics were brutal
Lived in constant fear of assassination
Out of the 88 Byzantine Emperors
29 died violently
13 abandoned the throne to live in monasteries
Justinian set up a panel of legal experts to regulate
Byzantium’s increasingly complex society
After the Justinian Code was completed, the code contained four parts
A code is a general system of laws
Justinian rebuilt the crumbling fortifications of Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital city of the Empire
The Church Divides
Lack communication
Political conflicts
Different beliefs
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
In 1054 officially splits
They lasted a total 10,000 years after the fall of rome
After Justinian’s death riots in the city, religion, and foreign attacks
May have started from rat from India ships carrying the bubonic plague
Got to the point of where it was killing 10,000 people everyday
Some of the factors why they Byzantine empire fell was the death of justinian, plague, and many attacks
Thursday- presenting presentations
Friday- presenting presentations
Turkish Empires/ Rise in Anatolia
Location - Turkey and by Africa
Abbasids fall
Muslims empire that ruled Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and parts of Persia
Lost control of Egypt after losing Morocco, Tunisia and parts of Persia
Persian armies went to the Abbasids capital and overthrew the Abbasid ruler
The Conquering Seljuks
Chinese said that there were those people called Tu-Kiu living west of their borders
Turkish groups were known as the Seljuks
The Seljuks grew in number and strength
The Turks secure Persian support
Shortly after conquering the Persian, Seljuk rulers accepted the support of the Persian Empire
Even former Persian had lead roles in the Turkish empire
The Turks adopted Persian as the language of culture and adopted features from persians
Turks were nomads- travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock
Abbasids wanted the Turks for their military skills.
The Abbasids liked the Turks because of their skill and they were very loyal.
Malik Shah is thought to be one of the greatest leaders of the Seljuk
Supported architects and artist
Malik Shah died in 1092
Seljuk Empire is broken up into small kingdoms
Western Powers ( Roman Catholic Church) grows stronger
The Crusades
Seljuk and other Muslim Empires for the goal of ruling the Holy land in the Middle East.
Egypt defeats the Mongols
Turks and Muslim forces siege Acre and drive out
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