Traditions and Encounters, 2/e

Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i

THE COMMONWEALTH OF BYZANTIUM

Study Questions


1		What is the significance of the story of the monks smuggling the silkworm eggs to Byzantium?



2		What elements did Byzantium inherit from the Roman empire that helped it to survive?



3		Describe the Byzantine form of government.



4		What was the significance of Justinian's Body of Civil Law?



5		What were the consequences of the rise of the Islamic empire for Byzantium?



6		What was the theme system? How did it work? Why was it so successful? What led to its demise?



7		What economic advantages did the Byzantine empire possess?



8		Trace the development of the Byzantine church to the schism. What caused the schism?



9		What kinds of problems eventually led to the constriction and fall of the Byzantine empire?



10		What was the relationship between the Byzantines and the Slavic people, including the Russians?

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