Byzantine Culture Spreads

Published on Mar 05, 2018

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Byzantine Culture Spreads

and the Byzantine Empire Falls
Photo by Hovic

Orthodox Christianity Spread

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Trade routes that ran through the Byzantine Empire help to spread Byzantine Culture

This is especially true for the trade routes through the Black Sea and Baltic Sea, since they reached lands much farther from the Empire

Orthodox Missionaries used these trade routes to help spread Christianity

Eventually, eastern Europe and Russia adopt Christianity (mostly Orthodox)

One of the largest territories to convert was Kiev

Vladamir the Great, leader of the Kievan-Russ, convert all of his people in a mass baptism around 990 C.E.

However, most Eastern European/Russian ("Slavic") areas did not have a written language, which made it difficult to read the Bible

Photo by Ben White

Cyril, a Byzantine Missionary, develops a new written language based on Greek letters and Slavic sounds

Cyril created, what would be known as, the "Cyrillic Alphabet" which is the basis for over 50 languages today

Today, Orthodox Church's and Christian art (similar to the Byzantine empire) can be seen all over the Slavic regions

Byzantine Empire Falls

Because of its wealth, and position, Constantinople was constantly under attack

However, the Byzantines had a secret weapon

GREEK FIRE

This weapon struck fear in Barbarians, Russians, Huns, Mongols, and Arab states for hundreds of years

However, the Byzantine Empire was drastically weakened during the Crusades

Wars between Christians and Muslims over the "Holy Land" decimated the population and the territory of the Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire was never able to recover from the wars

but its legacy lives on today.

Casey Nagy

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