Social Sciences and History / Unit 3 SSH 0230 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Byzantium: Justinian, Themes, Iconoclasm
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The idea
Constantinople, about half a million people and impregnable, kept the east united. Justinian, reigning five twenty-seven to five sixty-five, was the last Latin-speaking emperor and headed church and state alike. Heraclius's themes tied soldiers to land.
In practice
Silkworms smuggled from China about five fifty.
Where people slip
Leo the Third's iconoclasm split the faithful; the Macedonian dynasty from eight sixty-seven brought a late golden age.
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