Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 2, Lesson 3: The Rise of the Byzantine Empire (pp. 42-45)
I. The Byzantine Culture
B. The Byzantines created great art and architecture.
C. Justinian ordered Roman law to be organized into a new legal system called the Justinian Code.
B. War between the Byzantine Empire and Persia weakened both empires.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Justinian's Constantinople was the model of a technologically advanced city.
II. The Persian Threat
A. For 500 years, the Byzantine and Persian Empires fought each other, neither side really winning.
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