Byzantine Empire ProjectThis project should be done in Google Drive. Create a Presentation in Google Drive and name it "Your Name Byzantine- Name of Ruler." This should be shared with me as soon as you begin. Once it is complete it should be turned in via the Google Classroom.
Due Date: Friday Jan. 15th by end of school day (3pm).
Assignment
1. Find information and a picture on the Ruler from assigned to you. Create a slide(s) to tell us who they are, when they ruled and what they did of importance. 20 pts
2. Find Events from their rule and create slides to explain what happened. You should address at least 3 of the following topics. 25 pts
4. Create a 5-10 slide presentation on your research. 10 pts
5. I expect that your presentation will take about 2 minutes. 15 pts.
** Assignment will be graded based on rubric given. You must fulfill the requirements above as well as create your PowerPoint according to the rubric given. 100 pts total
Reminders:
· You must turn in via Google Classroom.
· Lack of preparation on the day you are asked to present will cost you 10 points per day that you are not prepared.
Resources:
http://12byzantinerulers.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor
Emperors
byzatine_project_rubric
byzantine_empire_project
Brief Outline of Byzantine History:
1. a. 700B.C.–323 B.C.
667 B.C.: city founded by Greek named Byzas; becomes major port
590 B.C.: city destroyed by Persian, Darius I
479 B.C.: city rebuilt by Spartans
479–340 B.C.: city fought over by Athens and Sparta
336–323 B.C. Alexander the Great, of Macedonia, in charge
b. 322 B.C.–A.D. 324
after Alexander: city independent; then attacked by Scythians
279 B.C.: tribute imposed by Celts on city; war between Byzantium and Rhodes
1st and 2nd centuries B.C.: city helpful to Rome in several wars, but city then controlled by Rome
A.D. 196: city captured by Roman Emperor Severus, who razed walls
A.D. 293: Byzantium named by Roman Emperor Diocletian as a new center of Roman
Empire with power split between Rome (West) and Byzantium (East)
324: Roman Emperor of East defeated by Roman Emperor of the West, Constantine (first Christian emperor); Byzantium renamed Constantinople and built up by Constantine
c. A.D. 325–866
476: Constantinople considered capital of Byzantine Empire after Rome falls
527+: Constantinople further built up by Emperor Justinian I (e.g., Hagia Sophia, major Christian church; codification of Roman laws)
565+: city increasingly Greek in nature
7th to 8th centuries: many Arab (Muslim) sieges of city; Byzantine Empire shrunken
d. 867–1600
9th to 11th centuries: glory of city regained under Emperor Basil I; revival of learning (art and literature: older Greek models); major invasion by Turks
1054: break between Rome (papacy) and Constantinople (Greek Orthodox)
11th and 12th centuries: city and empire hurt by Crusades
1204: city taken by Crusaders
14th century: Byzantine land in Asia taken by Ottoman Turks
1453: city of Constantinople taken by Ottoman Turks (Mehmet, or Muhammad, II); renamed Istanbul, made capital of Ottoman Empire, and revived as center of learning and religious tolerance
1520–1566: under Sultan Suleiman I, city at its height
1566+: years of decline
Due Date: Friday Jan. 15th by end of school day (3pm).
Assignment
1. Find information and a picture on the Ruler from assigned to you. Create a slide(s) to tell us who they are, when they ruled and what they did of importance. 20 pts
2. Find Events from their rule and create slides to explain what happened. You should address at least 3 of the following topics. 25 pts
- military expansion or retrenchment
- economic developments
- social changes
- other major events in the life of the city
4. Create a 5-10 slide presentation on your research. 10 pts
5. I expect that your presentation will take about 2 minutes. 15 pts.
** Assignment will be graded based on rubric given. You must fulfill the requirements above as well as create your PowerPoint according to the rubric given. 100 pts total
Reminders:
· You must turn in via Google Classroom.
· Lack of preparation on the day you are asked to present will cost you 10 points per day that you are not prepared.
Resources:
http://12byzantinerulers.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor
Emperors
- Diocletian
- Constantine
- Julian
- Zeno
- Justinian
- Theodora I
- Heraclius
- Irene
- Basil I
- Basil II
- Alexius
- Isaac
- Constantine XI
- Michael III “The Drunkard”
- Zoe “the Purple Born”
- Theodora (1042-1056
byzatine_project_rubric
byzantine_empire_project
Brief Outline of Byzantine History:
1. a. 700B.C.–323 B.C.
667 B.C.: city founded by Greek named Byzas; becomes major port
590 B.C.: city destroyed by Persian, Darius I
479 B.C.: city rebuilt by Spartans
479–340 B.C.: city fought over by Athens and Sparta
336–323 B.C. Alexander the Great, of Macedonia, in charge
b. 322 B.C.–A.D. 324
after Alexander: city independent; then attacked by Scythians
279 B.C.: tribute imposed by Celts on city; war between Byzantium and Rhodes
1st and 2nd centuries B.C.: city helpful to Rome in several wars, but city then controlled by Rome
A.D. 196: city captured by Roman Emperor Severus, who razed walls
A.D. 293: Byzantium named by Roman Emperor Diocletian as a new center of Roman
Empire with power split between Rome (West) and Byzantium (East)
324: Roman Emperor of East defeated by Roman Emperor of the West, Constantine (first Christian emperor); Byzantium renamed Constantinople and built up by Constantine
c. A.D. 325–866
476: Constantinople considered capital of Byzantine Empire after Rome falls
527+: Constantinople further built up by Emperor Justinian I (e.g., Hagia Sophia, major Christian church; codification of Roman laws)
565+: city increasingly Greek in nature
7th to 8th centuries: many Arab (Muslim) sieges of city; Byzantine Empire shrunken
d. 867–1600
9th to 11th centuries: glory of city regained under Emperor Basil I; revival of learning (art and literature: older Greek models); major invasion by Turks
1054: break between Rome (papacy) and Constantinople (Greek Orthodox)
11th and 12th centuries: city and empire hurt by Crusades
1204: city taken by Crusaders
14th century: Byzantine land in Asia taken by Ottoman Turks
1453: city of Constantinople taken by Ottoman Turks (Mehmet, or Muhammad, II); renamed Istanbul, made capital of Ottoman Empire, and revived as center of learning and religious tolerance
1520–1566: under Sultan Suleiman I, city at its height
1566+: years of decline