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Byzantine Empire
- Roman Empire was split into East and West
- West was known as Byzantine Empire
- Capital was Byzantine Empire
- Changed to Constantinople
- Today;s Istanbul
- Justinian
- Uncle was Justin emperor of Constantinople
- Became emperor in 518
- Gained the title of Caesar
- Sent belisarious to reclaim North Africa and then Rome
- Belisarius Take Back
- take back North Africa the Vandals
- His victory made Justinian send him to take back Rome and Italy from the Ostrogoth
- Rome changed hands 6 times in 16 years
- Byzatine Emperors
- politics were brutal
- Lived in constant fear of assignation
- 29 died violently
- 14 abandoned the throne to live in missionaries
- Life in New Rome
- Justinian set up a panel of legal experts to regulate Byzantiums increasingly complex society
- Panel went through 400 years of Roman Law
- Constantinople
- Justinian rebuilt the crumbling fortifications of Constantinople his workers construed a 14 mile stone wall
- Constantinople was the capital city of the empire
- Church Divides
- Lack of communication
- Political conflicts
- Different beliefs
- Roman Catholic Church
- Eastern Orthodox
- 1054 official spirits
- Fall of the Empire
- lasted 1000 years after Rome fell
- Justinian death had a part in the fall
- His successors were in trouble so they taxed their citizens
- Lots of riots
- Plague- killed several people
- Attacks on the Empire
- Weaker leaders
Russia
- Birth
- Tribes of Slavic farmers/ traders
- West Ural mountains Swamps forest Plans
- Slaves invited the Viking chief Rurik to be their king
- Religion
- He concerted
- Vladimir had power of the church
- Baptized in Dnieper River
- Imported teachers to teach from byzantine
- Klev's Power and Decline
- Vladimir was the ruler of Kiev 980-1015
- Vladimir led the way to Kiev's power
- Vladimir expanded his state west into Poland and north almost to the Baltic Sea
- Yaroslave the Wise- 1019 till 1054
- built the first library
- Sisters and brothers married kings princess and price in Western Europe
- Starts alliances and trading
- Divided his realm among his songs instead of following the custom of passing on the throne to the eldest son
- Crusades
- clashes between Christians and Muslims for control of Holy Lands of the Middle East
- Mongol Invasions
- Horsemen from central Asia Slashed their way to Russia
- Mongol defeated kiev
- Russia Breaks Free
- Ivan the 3rd
- Challenging Mongol Rule
Turkish Empires
- abbasids fall
- Muslims empire that ruled Egypt Morocco Tunsia and parts of Persia
- Very powerful by they struggled to maintain control of their empire
- Lost control of Egypt being losing Morocco, Tunisia and parts of Persia
- Persian armies went to the Abbasids capital and overthrew the Abbasid ruler
- Conquering Seljuks
- chinese said that there were these people call the Tu-Kiu living west of their borders
- They said that the Tu-Kui were the Turks
- Toward the 20th century the Turks began to convert to Islam and moving in the weakened Abbasid Empire
- Turkish groups were known as the Seljurks
- Seljuks grew in number and strength
- Turks Secure Persian support
- Conquered the Persian Seljurk rulers accepted the support of the persian empire
- Former Persian had lead roles i the Turkish empire
- Turks adopted Persian as the language of culture and adopted features of the Persians way of life
- Turks were nomad travel from place to place to fresh pasture for livestock
- rode horses and carried goods on camels
- herded goats and sheep
- lived in tents
- Abbasids want the turks for military skills
- Abbasids bought Turkish children for slaves and to train for their soldiers
- Abbasids liked the Turks because of their skill and they were loyal
Malik Shah
- greatest leaders for the Seljuk
- supported architects and thought to be cruel
Seljuks and Crusaders
- Malik Shau died in 1092
- Seljuk Empire is broken up into small kingdoms
- Western Powers (Roman Catholic Church) grows stronger
First Crusade
- First Crusades 1095
- Pope Urban II ordered Christans to drive Turks out of Antolia on the Seluk and other Muslism
- Everyone wanted the holy Land
- Crusades also known as Franks controled the Holy LAnd until 1130 until the Muslism grew
- Jihad Holy war
- Back and forth attacking until Muslism grew stronger
- Get to heaven if they fight
End of Crusades
- Egpty defeats the Mongols
- Turks and Muslim forces siege Acre and drive put the Crusaders out of the Holy Land
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