Warm Up• Why is it

important to be innocent until proven guilty?

Word of the day: benevolent (adj.)

friendly and helpful

Agenda

• Warm Up

• Presentations

• Current Events

• Notes

• Compare Hammurabi to Justinian

• Tweets!

Goal• Objective(s): After today I

will understand how Roman culture and “Eastern” Rome continued in Constantinople (or as they called it, Byzantium)

• I will also know the importance of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora.

   Main religion (more than 75%)   Main religion (50% - 75%)   Important minority religion (20% - 50%)   Important minority religion (5% - 20%)   Minority religion (1% - 5%)   Tiny minority religion (below 1%), but has local autocephaly

What was The Byzantine Empire?

- 523 A.D. – 1453 A.D.

• The Roman Empire fell and became the east and west. The EAST became the Byzantine Empire.

• Byzantine was successful and became rich

What is Constantinople?

-The Capital of the Byzantine Empire

Who is Justinian?-most ambitious leader of Constantinople Created the Justinian

Codes• organized Christian

Roman laws into codified law to ensure fair treatment for all

• We use a similar system in America today.

Who is Theodora?

• Justinian’s wife• Considered his

legal equal, “his back bone”

• The Nika Riots-She encouraged Justinian to stop the rioting enemies. The army killed 30,000!

Nika Riot: A 2 minute Youtube Clip• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ON

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What are the accomplishments of the

Empire?

• Hagia Sophia (church)-spread religion

• Emperors were both head of state and religious leaders

• Mosaics (pictures created from tiny pieces of glass)

Review: Christianity Splits Into Christian (west) and Orthodox Christian (east)

1040-Christian ChurchSplits because they interpret

and practice Christianity differently

Christianity in West•Roman Catholic•Services in Latin•Led by the Pope in Rome

Christianity in East•Eastern Orthodox Catholics•Services in Greek•Let priests get married•Led by an emperor who also leads the government

St. Martin Belgium

Mosaic

Eastern Orthodox Church in Russia

Dome Mosaic

Venice

• Reading on Justinian’s Code and questions that follow

• Tweets about Justinian/Theodora on “phone”

• Bonus tweet: include a tweet that references Hammurabi and Justinian