| The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) |
Empress Theodora |
| TRS 220: Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Rise of Islam |
| Topic 3 |
| The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) |
Empress Theodora |
Map of Justinian's Empire (527-565)
| Centers of Byzantine Power | |
| Ravenna (West) | Constantinople (East) |
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Emperor
Justinian
(527-565) and Empress Theodora
Center of Justinian's Empire in the West: Ravenna |
| Procopius, in his Secret Histories wrote a very unflattering account of Theodora's life before she married Justinian. Why was Procopius so unsympathetic to her? |
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The church of the Hagia Sophia built by Justinian; the four minarets were added later after the church was transformed into a mosque. View of Hagia Sopia from the harbor of Constantinople |
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Fortifications of Constantinople in a sixteenth-century woodcut |
| Caesaropapism (Theocracy) | Corpus iuris civilis (Code of Roman Law) 530-535 AD |
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Mohammed (Muhammad)
(born 570, died 632)
Time line
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Qur'an (Koran) Sura 1 |
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In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[1.1] All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. |
Abu Bakr: Syria, Persia, Indus River, Northern Africa, Visigothic Spain
The Dome of the Rock: Oldest Moslem religious building
