Ch.+9+-+The+Byzantine+Empire

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Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - LYRICS

-Artists: The Four Lads -peak Billboard position # 10 in 1953 -Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon

Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople Been a long time gone Old Constantinople's still has Turkish delight On a moonlight night

Evr'y gal in Constantinople Is a Miss-stanbul, not Constantinople So if you've date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it, I can't say (People just liked it better that way)

Take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks'

Istanbul!!

Istanbul!!

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it, I can't say (People just liked it better that way)

Take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks'

'stanbul!!

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**The Byzantine Empire**
 * [[image:Meister_von_San_Vitale_in_Ravenna.jpg width="320" height="416"]] ||
 * **Portrait of the determined Byzantine Emperor Justinian, who reigned from 527 to 565, in San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy.** ||

**__I World History Guidelines__** WHG4.1.2 - World Religions – Using historical and modern maps and other documents, analyze the continuing spread of major world religions during this era and describe encounters between religious groups including: Islam and Christianity (Roman Catholic and Orthodox) – increased trade and the Crusades, Islam and Hinduism in South Asia (See 5.3.3) and continuing tensions between Catholic and Orthodox Christianity (National Geography Standard 10, p. 203). WHG4.3.4 - The Eastern European System and the Byzantine Empire to 1500 – Analyze restructuring of the Eastern European system including: the rise and decline of the Byzantine Empire; the region’s unique spatial location; the region’s political, economic, and religious transformations; emerging tensions between East and West (National Geography Standard 3, p. 188). **__II Concepts and Terms to Remember:__** **Justinian** **Justinian's Code** **Autocrat** **Theodora** **Patriarch** **Icon** **Great Schism** **Hippodrome** **Fourth Crusade** **Seljuk Turks** **1. What civilization did the Byzantine Empire grow out of? What other cultures influenced it later?** **2. What were the major factors responsible for its collapse?** **3. What are some characteristics of Byzantine art? How did they contribute to The Great Schism?** **4. Why did the Byzantines become so prosperous so quickly?**
 * [[image:Byzantium554.jpg width="720" height="263"]] ||
 * **Map of Byzantine Empire circa 554 CE.** ||
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 * __III Questions to Ponder...__**


 * __IV Readings on the Byzantine Empire__**

**[]** **A portion of the code of Justinian. In particular, pay close attention to the first sentence of the paragraph. Sound familiar?**

**[]** **Detailed timeline of the Byzantine Empire.**

**[]** **Animated map of the end of the Roman Empire and rise and fall of the Byzantines.**

**Sozomen on Constantine's founding of Constantinople and Procopius describing Justinian's reconquest of Africa**

**__Photos of the Byzantine Empire__**
 * [[image:598IstanbulSSofia.jpg width="640" height="389"]] ||
 * **A picture of the modern-day Hagia Sophia (built in 537 CE) from the outside...** ||


 * [[image:AYA_Sophia2012_47.jpg width="524" height="348"]] ||
 * ** ...and the inside! Notice the mixture of Arabic writing, along with mosaics of figures along the ceiling. Built between 532 and 537, it has served as a place of worship for Orthodox Christians, Catholics, and Muslims, until finally becoming a Museum in 1935. ** ||


 * [[image:Hagiasophia-christ.jpg]] ||
 * ** Icon of Christ from Istanbul (Constantinople), circa 13th century. ** ||