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Eastern Orthodox Timeline

Published on Dec 11, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RUSSIA AND BYZANTINE EMPIRE

AROUND 500 AD TO 1500 AD

BYZANTIUM EMPIRE

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JUSTINIAN TAKES RULE

  • 395 AD
  • Justinian relied greatly on his wife
  • He spent much effort on rebuilding Rome
  • Glory of his reign Hagia Sophia

NIKA REBBELION

  • Two factions, green and blue
  • Factions of chariot racing groups
  • Rioted in 532
  • Over 30,000 rebels slaughtered

HAGIA SOPHIA

  • "Holy wisdom"
  • Helped convince Byzantine Christianity
  • Part of large scale building program
  • 532-537 AD

CHURCH DIVISION

  • Rome and Constantinople split
  • 730 emp. Leo III bans use of icons
  • Iconoclasts begin to rebel
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FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

  • 1453, falls to Ottoman Turks
  • Numerous attacks before
  • City managed for a long period

RUSSIA

FROM ABOUT 500 AD TO 1500 AD
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RUSSIAS FIRST IMPORTANT CITY

  • 862, Novgorod founded by Rurik
  • Rurik- viking chief
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VLADIMIR TURNS TO ORTHODOX

  • 980 princess Olga's grandson
  • Vladimir considers Christianity
  • Byzantium christianity makes its way
  • Church ties with government as result
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RUSSIAN TRADE WITH SLAVS

  • Russia traded with Slavs
  • This traded culture and people
  • Around 850s to 1500 AD
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MONGOLS INVADE

  • Middle of 1200 AD
  • Russia falls under Mongol rule
  • Mongols isolated Russia
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RUSSIA BREAKS FREE

  • In 1480 Ivan refused Mongol rule
  • Both Mongol and Russian armies call peace
  • Mongols and Russian armies went home