Unit 4: Byzantium & Russia
SSWH4 Analyze the importance of the Byzantine and Mongol empires between 450 CE and 1500 CE.
A. Analyze the importance of Justinian, include the influence of the Empress Theodora, Justinian’s Code and
Justinian’s efforts to recapture the west.
B. Describe the relationship between the Roman and Byzantine Empires; include the impact Byzantium had on
Moscow and the Russian Empire, the effect of Byzantine culture on Tsar Ivan III and Kiev, and the rise of
Constantinople as a center for law, religion, and the arts.
A. Analyze the importance of Justinian, include the influence of the Empress Theodora, Justinian’s Code and
Justinian’s efforts to recapture the west.
B. Describe the relationship between the Roman and Byzantine Empires; include the impact Byzantium had on
Moscow and the Russian Empire, the effect of Byzantine culture on Tsar Ivan III and Kiev, and the rise of
Constantinople as a center for law, religion, and the arts.