World History Honors Chapter 1

their leader died; German people came in and took over; corrupt government; west part fell not the east, East became the Byzantine Empire

Hunting and gathering system

humans wandered the earth to follow animals for food; men hunt for food, an example would be deers; they did this because the women were responsible for everything else and in this world people were viewed as equally important; gender roles were very defined, and humans lead a nomadic lifestyle; it wasn't until the discovery of seed in vegetative planting, that human created permanent settlements

Discovery of seed and vegetative planting, that humans created permanent settlements

cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, art

The concept of civilization reached a peak with the Roman empire. 1.law code (civil law) 2.Government 3.engineering

written down and posted in public; apply to all people; "innocent till proven guilty"; "defend yourself before a judge"

Hammurabi

have a trial

democratic Republic; elected officials insistence could vote

Coliseum, aqueducts, houses, etc.

The main reason Rome fell was due to overexpansion

lack of modern technology; lack of money to maintain security; increased taxation on low and middle classes;didn't have enough money to pay people; needed better weapons;after the death of Marcus Aurelious, turmoil rocked the Roman empire

1476

as the Western Roman empire crumbled, the eastern half became known as the Byzantine Empire

constantinople

named after Emperor Constantine in 330, it connects the Mediterranean and Black Sea, this is important for transportation; Constantinople was both a Greek and Christian state It carried on Roman traditions after the Western Roman world collapsed

Justinian;527 to 565

he tried to reestablish the Roman Empire for military dominance; also created the body of civil law, or the Justinian code; Brought Byzantime empire to its glory days; Hagia Sophia after a fire

restructured Roman laws to make sense

means holy wisdom; a church

christianity was highly influential, yet practice differently. These differences would lead to conflict; this was the first major problem them that led to the great schism; The major differences was the leader of the church. Instead of the pope, depositing emperor was the head of the church. Although he was not a priest, he was appointed to the patriarch; The church begins to divide with controversy over idol worship or holy images, leading to violent battles which led to bloodshed; the separation of eastern orthodox in the Roman Catholic Church was known as the great schism

highest church official in Constantinople

blending of the cultures Greek and Hellenistic achievements

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they took Greek ideas and adapted them to their own ways

it's commitment to rule of law and to justice

savior sent by God to lead to Jews from freedom

A collection of laws that Jews believe God gave them

small group

turmoil rocked the Roman empire and caused it to eventually split into two parts, the east and west each with its own ruler. In the west a corrupt government, poverty and unemployment, and declining moral values contributed to the decline. Germanic peoples along the northern borders began to claim territory from the weekend empire. Then foreign invaders marched into Italy and, in 1476, took over rome itself. But the Roman empire did not disappear from the map. The eastern Roman empire continued to prosper under the Emperor Constantine and other emperors. In time, the eastern Roman empire would become known as the Byzantine empire.

Greco Roman civilization; Rome was like a bridge between the east and the west by borrowing in transforming Greek and Hellenistic achievements, and this is what created Greco Roman civilization. The Romans like the Greek so much they used some of their ideas and made them their own. One of the best things was the commitment to rule of law and to justice

The eastern part of the Roman empire face the death of the emperor Marcus in AD 180, which made a huge effect on the Roman empire. The death cause it to split the empire into two parts were each part had its own ruler, so the Eastside had a ruler and the west side had a ruler. The Westside had an awful government, poverty and unemployment and declining more values.

he shifted their base to the eastern Mediterranean. Constantinople acknowledged Christianity as a legal religion, rebuilt Greek city of Byzantine in named it after him and later became capital of the empire. Constantinople was a vile center of the empire, he had a harbor that was guarded all the time. Constantinople also commanded key trade routes we can Europe and Asia

making a program to make Constantinople grander than ever, rebuilding the church of Hagia Sophia, just Justinians code, making a strong military

Byzantine christians placing some emphasis on Christmas, celebrating Jesus being born, compared to Christians in the west. Also the iconoclists controversy, which which was a dispute over the use of icons or holy images. Later an emperor outlawed the veneration of icons for it worshiping graven images. The band lead to setting off battles with in the empire. On the west, pope joined in on condemning the Emperor.

because they didn't know who was their leader

sole ruler with complete authority

holy images

Justinians wife

A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader government

The eastern half of the Roman empire, which survived after the fall of the Western empire at the end of the fifth century CE. It's capital was Constantinople; it lasted until 1453 CE when he was conquered by the Turks

moved roman capital to byzantium and renamed it constantinople

Byzantine emperor

A formal division in the church or religious body

A Christian religion that arose in the empire; split from Roman Catholic Church in shape life in Eastern Europe and western Asia

groups invaded the Roman empire; they attacked and burn the capital city of Rome; they led to the collapse of the Western Roman empire

Government controlled by religious leaders

worshiping of an image of God

because is important reason my Christianity survived and is some did not sweep across Europe; is the reason why we are Christians today

Constantine

making Christianity legal standing within the empire and he moved the imperial capital from Rome to Byzantine

a small Seaside trade town in modern-day Turkey

he wanted to be able to pay closer attention to challenges from Persia and the Germanic tribes along the Danube River, he also wanted to be near the spiritual and cultural richness of cities like Jerusalem, Nicomedia and ancient troy

1453

justinian

in the years after Constantine, and replace Creek as the language of court in the church, though Greek remain the language heard on the street.

it expanded and collapse like an accordion

Istanbul and made islam the official religion

attackers that take over land

edict of Milan/Constantine

west

writing, art, cities, government, religion, social structure

Greek

Latin

dark ages

hagia sofia/ fell buy fire/museum

holy wisdon

Hammurabi's code

The Emperor or Constantine

aqueducts

Constantine

democratic republic

trial by peers/judge

Overexpansion

Eastern orthodox

Theodora

gunpowder/cannons (three walls)

The Black Sea in the Mediterranean

The great schism

Justinians code

Hunter and gathering system

patriarch

Turks

New rome

The arcs

co-ruler

strait of Bosporus;this site was chosen because it connects two continents Asia and Europe

Constantine and although it was built to be nova Roma, it was named after its founder and was called Constantinople(christianity)

too many people and not enough water so they built more aqueducts

the archs

when threatened by attacks from the Huns, the emperors and engineers of Constantinople constructed a concentric series of walls to repel enemy troops. The engineers used limestone mortar in the construction to provide a slight amount of flexibility in case of a devastaing earthquake

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after the fall of the Western Roman empire the eastern Roman empire continued. The emperor Justinian tried to re-create the glory of the Roman empire. Upon taking the throne as the new emperor, justinian named his wife Theodora to be a co-ruler

autocrat

this means that not only was he a monarch, but he was a monarch that ruled with complete authority over both the government and the church

The high taxes and strict laws of Justinian promoted the people of Constantinople to riot after sporting events at the hippodrome. The supporters of the colorful teams took the riots in the streets resulting in mayhem

name of that guy that falls off the roof fixing the antenna in the Allstate commercials

just Denian said that he had gone so far why would he quit now so he took his people and went to the hippodrome in kills all the rebels at once about 30,000 people

dome

bankruptcy

Justinian had his legal consultants gather in codify all Roman laws into the code of civil law. This is usually referred to as just Justinians code. Laws formed the basis of the laws in western Europe, the British Isles in the New World. The actual law books can be found in library of every law firm in America, because the laws are still used today

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in 1014 the Byzantine Emperor defeated the Bulgarians and captured 14,000 prisoners. He blinded all of them. Leaving every 100 man with one eye for them to be able to guide them home

not killing them but taking their eyes sent a message that he was in control and when you sent them back they had to take care of them so it was their disadvantage

istanbul

it made them use trade as a way to get closer so it encourages getting along

using Greek ideas and making them their own, crossed Christianity with the empire so they were able to practice it, using justinians code and taxation on lower and middle classes because of overexpansion