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The Roman Empire collapsed in the West when Germanic invadersforced the emperor to flee.

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Whilethe

Empire collapsed

in the West, it

did not collapse

in the East.

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The Eastern Roman Empiresurvived!

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The Eastern Empire became knownas the Byzantine Empire.

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Yes, the Byzantine Empire was formerly theEastern Roman Empire.

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Constantinople, formerly known asByzantium, was the capital of theempire.

E. NappConstantinople had a great location for trade. It was located on thecrossroads of trade between Europe and Asia. Trade increased wealth.

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The Byzantine Empire became wealthyfrom trade.

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In the ByzantineEmpire,

Greek wasthe languageof the state

and the church.

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The Byzantine Church was the

Orthodox ChristianChurch.

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Orthodox Christians did not recognize the leadership of the RomanCatholic Pope.

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Icons or small paintings of the

saints and Jesus were used by

Orthodox Christians in their

worship.

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The Hagia Sophia was a Byzantine Church and an architectural marvel.

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In 1054 A.D., the Orthodox Christian

Church officially split from the

RomanCatholic Church in the Great Schism.

E. NappThe Byzantines greatly influencedRussia by bringing the OrthodoxChristian religion, creating analphabet for the Russian language,and bringing the idea of absoluterulers to Russia.

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Do you see the Byzantine influencein this Russian Orthodox Church?

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The Byzantineseven influenced

the modernworld by

collecting andpreserving

Roman laws.

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Justinian was a Byzantine Emperor. Heordered the collection of Roman law.

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Yes, the Byzantine Empire survived for one thousand years after the fall of Rome,preserved Greek and Roman learning,influenced Russia, and influenced the modern world.