Topic 4 - The Byzantine Empire


TB --> pp. 179 - 185.
	DBQ on the Byzantine Empire Under Justinian.

To explain the geographic advantages of Constantinople's location.
To discuss how the Byzantine Empire carried on many of the traditions of ancient Rome.
To identify the Greek characteristics found in Byzantine culture.
To analyze the ways in which the Eastern Orthodox Church was culturally and liturgically different from the Western Roman Catholic Church.
To analyze the Emperor Justinian's military goals and determine whether or not they were achieved.
To identify the major accomplishments of the reign of Justinian (and Theodora).
To explain the reasons for the disagreements between the Orthodox Christian Church and that of the Roman Catholic Church and the results of these disagreements.


Be able to find and identify the following on a map of the Mediterranean region:
Constantinople Athens Antioch Jerusalem Alexandria Carthage Cordoba Rome Ravenna Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Red Sea Atlantic Ocean	Sea of Marmara Danube River Nile River Tigris River Euphrates River Italy Greece Asia Minor Palestine Egypt Spain Gaul Britain Persian Empire