Relic Of An Old Era, Or Vanguard Of The New?

Byzantium:

Relic of an old era, or vanguard of the new? AP World History Richard Smart Oakland Mills High School

Periodization Period 2: 600CE – 1450CE      

Collapse of the major classical empires (Han China, Gupta India, Imperial Rome). Islam and Dar al-Islam. Tang and Song China Genghis Khan and Mongol Expansion Medieval Europe Inca and Aztec Americas

Byzantine Politics & Territory 

Caesaropapism

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Eastern Mediterranean – –

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Western Europe – – –

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Greek culture Roman law Conquest of Italy Church Crusades

Slavic World – –

Orthodox Christianity Cyrillic script

Byzantine Trade & Economy  Textiles –

Silk manufacture

 Grain  Sassanian  Silk

Persia

Road  Indian Ocean

Byzantine Religion 

Orthodoxy v Heresy – –

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Council of Nicaea Arian heresy

Religious art Iconoclasm Monasticism Schism in 1054

Byzantium – Continuity or Change? Continuity  Roman Law  Classical Greek and Roman Culture Change  Christian state  Territorial shrinkage  Focus on Eastern Europe and Slavic peoples