Eastern Orthodox World Timeline
Published on Feb 08, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
JUSTINIAN BECOMES EMPEROR
- Crowned emperor in 527
- Was called "The New Caeser"
- Succeeded his uncle to the throne
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THE HAGIA SOPHIA
- Built in 537 by Emperor Justinian
- The crowning glory of Justinian's rule
- Was hailed as the most splendid church in the Christian World
- Hagia Sophia means "Holy Wisdom"
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THE PLAGUE OF JUSTINIAN
- Began after Justinian's death in 565
- Destroyed a huge percentage of the Byzantine Population
- 542 was the worst year of the plague
- About 10,000 people died everyday that year
- The illness broke out repeatedly until around 700
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RUSSIAN'S FIRST IMPORTANT CITY
- Novgorod founded in 862
- The Skavs invited Viking chief Rurik to be the king
- Located north of Moscow
KIEV'S POWER
- King Vladimir's son, Yarslov, takes the throne in 1019
- Yarslov forged important trading alliances
- Created a legal code for Kiev
- Built the first library in Kiev
- By the 12th century Kiev was home to some 400 churches
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KIEV'S DECLINE
- Decline starts after the death of Yarslov in 1054
- Yarslov made the mistake of dividing the city between his sons
- The sons tore the city apart by fighting over territory
- Mogols invaded and demolished Kiev
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THE CHURCH DIVIDES
- The church splits around 1060
- Divides into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
- Church splits due to ecommunication by the pope and the patriarch
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MOSCOW IS FOUNDED
- Moscow was founded in the 1100's
- Prince Ivan l was appionted tax collector in the late 1320's
- Ivan convinced the patriarch of Kiev to move to Moscow
- Gave Moscow's princes a powerful ally: the Church
- They schemed to gain greater control of Moscow
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CONSTANTINOPLE FALLS
- City falls in 1453
- The Ottoman Turks take Constantinople
- One of the last cities in the Byzantine Empire to fall
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