Chapter 9 Notes

Question 1

Justinian

Answer 1

Heavily influenced by wife Theodora
Last to try to restore rome
Rebuilt Constantinople- Hagia Sophia
Codification of Roman law

Question 2

The Byzantine Empire

Answer 2

Began 4th
Capital: Constantinople
Not rome- blend of Hellenism + t

Question 3

Politics

Answer 3

Sim to early China + Caliphs
Ordained by God, head of church/state
Bureaucracy
State control of church

Question 4

Trade

Answer 4

Silk + lux: compete w/ China

Merch- not a lot of prestige/ power

Question 5

Eastern/ western Christianity split

Answer 5

West: headed by Pope, Latin
East: want state over church, vernacular
Excommunicate each other

Question 6

Decline

Answer 6

11th: Invasion by Seljuk Turks

Shift in power E>W

Question 7

What was the importance of their fall?

Answer 7

They blocked the Muslims, flourishing trade, key trade contacts, preserved/ spread Christian learning

Question 8

Kievian Rus

Answer 8

Family tribes/ loose regional kingdoms
Kiev- trade center
Rurik- monarch legend
Vladimir 1- rurik descent
Kievian Rus: becomes largest state in Europe

Question 9

Institutions in Kievian Rus

Answer 9

Borrowed but couldn’t replicate Byzan

Question 10

Social Structure (Russia)

Answer 10

Fairly free farmers and boyars (aristo) - less political power

Question 11

Kievan Decline

Answer 11

Rival princes set up regional govs, succession squabbles, depend on Byzan for trade/ wealth
Mongol(Tartar) invasion
Russia “third new rome)

Question 12

End of an era in Eastern Europe

Answer 12

W: free from outside control, clearer vigor in politics, econ, and culture
E: re-emerge w/ less power, econ, + cultural sophistication than W