On the the fall of rome an Emperor named Constantine moved to the capital of the roman empire to a new city called Constantinople.Constantine's city became the capital of Byzantine Empire.By the 500s, Constantinople was Thriving and had becomes the world's greatest cities.Constantinople also sat at the cross roads of trade routes between Europe and Asia.The trade that passed through made the city extremely wealthy.Constantinople had a secure land location. Sea protected it's three sides,and on the 4th side,a huge wall guarded the city. Invaders could not easily defeat constaninople.
How did greek culture influence the Byzantine Empire?
The Byzantines at first followed Roman ways.Constaninople was known as the 'new rome."Its public buildings and palaces were built in the roman style.The city even had a oval arena called Hippdrome where they held chariot races and other events.Byzantine's politucal and social life was based on Rome.They Emprors spoke latin and.The empire's poor people recieved free bread and shows.As time passed the Byzantine empire became less roman and more greek.Most Byzatine people spoke greek and honored their greek past.Byzatine emprors and officals began to speek greek too. Still other customs came from persia in the east.With ll thsse cultures blended together Byzatine had one of the world's richst and advanced empires
What did Justinian and Theodora do?
Justinian became emperor of the Byzantine Empire in 527 and ruled until 565. justinian was a strong leader.He controlled the military,made laws,and was supreme judge.His orders can not be questioned.Justinians wife,the empresses Theodor,helped him run the empire.She was a actress and she also convinced Justinian to give women more rights.Now womans could own land .Also theodora saved justinian's throne and also from death she convinced justinian to just go to war and justinian was to do ehat yheodora said and they did went to war and they won the battle.
Why was the trade important to the Byzantine Empire?
From the 500s to the 1100s,the byzantine empire was the center of trade between Europe and Asia.Trade goods from the present-day Russia in the north,mediterranean lands in south,latin Europe in the west,and Persia and china in the east passed through the empire.From Asia,ships and caravans brought luxury goods-spices,gems,metals,and cloth-to Constantinople.For these items,Byzantine merchants traded farm goods as well as fur,money,and enslaved people from northern Europe.These enormous trades made the Byzantine's empire more wealthy.
What was unique about Byzantine art and architecture?
Justinian and other emprer
What role did woman play?
The family was the center for social life for most byzantines.Religion and the government stressed the importance of marriage and family life.Divorces were rare and difficult to get.Byzantine women were not encouraged to lead independent lives.They were expected to stay home and take care of their families.However they did gain some importance rights thanks to Theodora.Byzantine woman were now well educated and they got involved in politics.
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Why is education important?
Education is important to the Byzantine people because that is the way you could get involved in political things and become senator but if you do not have any education you would not know what they are talking about.Also they thought eduction was important because they had to learn how to write and read the newspaper to see what is happening in the world so to them it was a really big deal to know how to write and read and to be well educated in order to get a job.