PPT-Early Christian, Byzantine,

and Romanesque Early Christian Design Byzantine art encompasses the visual expressions of the Byzantine Empire from about 330 to 1450 CE Constantinople capital of Byzantium. aka Eastern Roman Empire. Byzantine Empire. ". Byzantine" derives from Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony founded by a man named . Byzas. . . Located . on the European side of the Bosporus (the strait linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean), . 610-1070. Strains on the Empire. Avars. Slavs. Persians. And after 632 the Muslims. Heraclius. Came to power amid military disaster. Avars. , Slavs, and Persians were all attacking the empire at once. Chapter 6: The Byzantine & Islamic Empires. The Rise of “New Rome”. Constantinople . D. edicated in 330. Important commercial center. Political and religious center. Capital of Eastern Roman Empire. and . Early Russia. AP European History. Byzantine Empire. Formation of the Empire. Established by Emperor Diocletian’s division of the Roman Empire. Eastern half of the Roman Empire. Constantine reunited the empires but moved the capital to Constantinople. World History: Libertyville HS. Where Was the ERE?. Capitol, Constantinople, located at narrowest point between Europe, Asia (Hellespont). Major trade routes to North / South. North, to . Rus. / Vikings. Dates: 330-1500. Map of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Greek speaking, eastern part of the Mediterranean. . Byzantium was the name of a small, but important town at the . Yee . Jiun. Song. Cornell University. CS5410 Fall 2008. . Fault Tolerant Systems. By now, probably obvious that systems reliability/availability is a key concern. Downtime is expensive. Replication is a general technique for providing fault tolerance. MEDIEVAL ART…... Medieval artistic traditions include late antique, early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, migratory, Carolingian*, Romanesque, and Gothic. , named for their principal culture, religion, government, and/or artistic style. . . . Ninth Edition. CHAPTER 8. Continuity and Change in . Europe and Western Asia, 200–850. Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s. John P. McKay ● Bennett D. Hill ● John Buckler. Patricia Buckley Ebrey ● Roger B. Beck. Roman Imperial . in its form of government;. Orthodox Christian . in religion. Greek . in its culture and language. From Eastern Roman to Byzantine Empire. Constantinople. – imperial capital; center of a world empire; a Christian city under the protection of God; . Essential Questions. How can religion impact a culture?. What factors lead to the rise and fall of empires?. We’ve already talked about the importance of maintenance and wise decisions. . It Matters Because…. Capital: Byzantium. On the Bosporus. Commercial, strategic value of location. Constantine names capital after himself (Constantinople), moves capital there 330 CE. 1453 falls to Turks, renamed Istanbul. Great location. Constantinople=capital in 340 C.E. (kept name until controlled by Ottoman Turks in 1453 C.E. when it was renamed Istanbul). Named Byzantium after . Byzantion. , fishing village. Eastern half of classical Roman Empire that remained intact. Byzantine Empire – Eastern Roman Empire Byzantine Empire (330 CE-1453 CE) The Eastern Empire split from Rome after 330 CE, and continued under Greek rule While the West fell in 485 CE, the East continued and was a dominant force