Byzantine Empire

Sara Wittbold Araoz APAH P.2 Google Classroom READ & WATCH Response: BYZANTIUM & ISLAM Response 1: Hagia Sophia / Byzantine Empire From its grand beginnings, as the “seat of Christianity” at the start of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia has seen many faiths, as well as tragedies. After the Hagia Sophia’s first mysterious destruction, it was rebuilt by Constantine’s son, Constantinius II in 360 CE to serve as magnificent cathedral for the city. Again in 532 CE the Haiga Sophia was destroyed,…

believe that the Byzantine Empire is a continuation of the Roman Republic. Although there may be a few characteristics that prove this, I don’t believe that this is true. There are many differences that lead me to believe that the Byzantine Empire is not a continuation of the Roman Republic. There many characteristics that can prove my point, but I will be focusing on organized government, arts and architecture, and complex religion. These characteristics will prove that the Byzantine Empire and…

During the 17th to 18th century, The Roman Empire had gone through a cultural and religious metamorphous. Throughout this time, the roles of religion in the Islamic, Byzantine and Western European worlds altered the period of 600-750 with their similarities adhering to monotheism for one, and differences in regards to perspectives. These three cultures were all pretty diverse but they also share some of the same roots and became heritors of the Roman Empire, built on different ideologies. These…

Justinian, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire. She, in addition she is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where she is immortalized with a mosaic painting on the walls of the Basilica of San Vitale. She is acknowledged for being the most influential empress in the history of Byzantine times. Her intelligence made her Justinian’s most trusted advisor and co-regent. Although she did not have the best background, she succeeded in co-leading the Byzantine Empire alongside Justinian. Theodora…

help of earlier civilizations. For example, both the Roman and Byzantine Empires had many ideas and contributions that are still around today, but these are expansions on the achievements of two older civilizations, the Han Dynasty and the ancient Greeks. Both the Han Dynasty as well as the ancient Greek civilizations had accomplished many architectural, cultural, and political achievements that influenced the Roman and Byzantine Empires. The ancient Greek civilization…

The two ancient powers who dominated the middle east were Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Empire. The Byzantine Empire controlled over Egypt and a piece of the Mediterranean coastline. Sassanid Empire ruled over Persia. Persia was a great cultural center and influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism. In 613 Muhammad was preaching his faith. He focused on three themes:Allah was the God, the rich shouldn’t share with the poor, and that men would have a final judgement before Allah.…

The power strives into Byzantine and Europe flock the Crusaders to reroute their jorney in order to overturn the Byzantine emperor. Alecxuis III became a new leader strives to order to fail the Byzantine church. The crusaders announced war on Constantinople which ended the fourth crusade with the defeat of the significant Byzantine capital after couple of years. At the end of the thirteen century, a variety of crusaders wanted…

Though the events leading up to the Crusades can be identified as far back as when the Muslim had first conquered the Holy Land in 637 AD, the aggression of the Turks against the Christians and the Byzantine Empire in the late 11th century can be argued to be the direct proximate cause leading to the Crusades. For one, the Turks looked to expand their territory and unfortunately came across Jerusalem, which was, at the time, an established Muslim community with a mix of Christians who were…

When messengers from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus asked the Christians in Europe to help protect his empire from the Turks, an assembly of churchmen called by Pope Urban II met at Clermont, France on 27th November 1095. The pope addressed the assembly and asked the warriors of Europe to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims. The response of the assembly was overwhelmingly positive and the first of at least eight crusades was launched. For clarification, I am defining the word…

The Hagia Sophia as said in live science was “born out of riots”. The Hagia Sophia was the biggest Orthodox Church built in the East Roman Empire called “Church of Holy Wisdom” modern day Istanbul and was constructed in the same location three times in its life span. The church was a place where the rulers were crowned and throughout the byzantine period it was the “biggest operational cathedral”. A great revolt called the Nika Riot hit Constantinople in 532 A.D. because of…