Byzantine art

The crusades where wars between the Christians from Western Europe and Muslim forces. The main reason was to capture the holy land that the Byzantine church believed was there’s. The main objective was to capture back the holy land. The holy land is the place where the bible took place so mainly Jerusalem. The war started in 1095. After 4 years of fighting the European captured Jerusalem and that was the start of the crusades. Crusade I: The first crusade had 5 armies as they were able to…

Narrator 2: Justinian heads over to the Hagia Sophia to check on the progress the builders have made. *Justinian walks up to the Patriarch and nun* Justinian: How is the construction coming along? Patriarch: It is coming along well. We are progressing and trying to finish as soon as possible. Nun: It seems to have recovered well from the inferno. Narrator 2: The original church was damaged in 404 A.D. by a fire that erupted…

The Siege of Constantinople in 1453 represented the fall of a great empire and the expansion of a new one. This month long battle pitted the invading Ottoman Empire against the long standing Byzantium Empire that had held the city since its construction in the 4th century. This battle had enormous repercussions throughout the historical world and marked the beginning of the Ottoman Empire and the spread of the Islamic religion into Europe. Constantinople represented the capital of the…

Chartes was a crusader himself. This one speech, whether or not it was an accurate recording of what Pope Urban II actually said, was one driving force behind the First Crusade. This First Crusade was, at least officially, an effort to help the Byzantine Empire to reclaim the Holy City of Jerusalem from the Ottoman Turks. In addition, this speech led to other…

belief that the Roman Empire stood strong and was resurrected was a fairy tale which many chose to have faith in. This lasted a substantial amount of time following the fall of Rome. Soon enough the Eastern Roman Empire would become known as the Byzantine Empire, and…

empire that the political fighting had threatened (Kishlansky, 189). With the reestablishment of a powerful imperial system, the emperors were able to hold together the last remnants of Roman Empire together and forge it into the powerful and new Byzantine Empire. With the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, the institutions, laws, and customs of the former Roman masters continued in the barbarian kingdoms that formed in the ashes of the once mighty Roman…

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, by Eric H. Cline, deals with the sudden and unexpected collapse of various interconnected civilizations throughout the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. Some of these civilizations include Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Greece, Cyprus, Syria, and Egypt. The author, Eric H. Cline, is an archaeologist, historian, and professor at George Washington University, who also finds the Late Bronze Age to be his “favorite period in ancient history.” That being said,…

As each second passes, history is being created, no matter how big or small. History had been passed down by either oral or written text. It is what shapes and defines the humankind since the beginning of humans. Everyone has a different way to understand and record history. Historians have broken down the different ways to study history into different theories. Two of these theories are the Cyclical Theory and the Linear Theory. The Cyclical Theory believes there is no “real” progress being…

Constantinople was later became known as the Byzantine Empire. 200 years later, Justinian I became the emperor of Constantinople. He later married an exotic dancer named Theodora, who would have a big impact…

The author of Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization is Lars Brownworth. He was a history and political science high school teacher at Stony Brook School in Stony Brook on Long Island, New York. He created 50 podcast about 12 Byzantine Rulers. He resigned at teaching to write this book. This was his first book he wrote. He wrote many other books after this one. He has a blog that he responds to people who have questions about history. He is married to…