The Rise of the Byzantine Empire :: Education Essays

The wage increase of the snarly conglomerate What were some of the accomplishments of the Byzantine Empire? Questions such as this mavin appear on the margins of sixth and seventh grade textbooks. What a break down way of starting a new lesson or chapter than with questions that will mechanically led the student to think about the answer? That is the case in the lesson of The Rise of the Byzantine Empire. Being that the lesson I revised was only a brief part of the chapter, it was interesting to expose how precise the lesson on the Rise of the Empire came about. There was nonhing wrong with the format and structure of the lesson. When I fist glanced at the lesson I had received, I became very mortified to see that the lesson only consisted of 4 pages. Can the lesson on the rise of the Byzantine Empire really be described in 4 pages? I would non know that answer, unless I read the lesson, and did further research on the topic. Surprisingly, I discovered that the lesson is pret ty much accurate, although it does not have much detail. possibly the detail is not very rich, because this lesson, (which is titled to be lesson 3) is a protraction of the study on Rome its emperors, etc. It is not to say that the lesson did not have weaknesses, however, it had both its strengths, and its weaknesses.Lesson 3, which is titled The Rise of the Byzantine Empire, includes a timeline of the dates the received lesson covers. In this case, the dates are from 532 A.D., to1453 A.D. Byzantium saw itself as the true descendent of Rome. In Byzanium many of the elements of Romes cosmopolitan Mediterranean civilization continue. Gradually however, Greek replaces Latin as the primary language in both society and government, and characteristic social, political and cultural traditions emerge. The central figure in the revival of the great power of Byzantium is the Emperor Justinian, from 527 to 565. The lesson was mainly focused on the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. As the lesso n starts, the story of how Justinian came about restoring order in the city of Constantinople is told in a brief summary of about 2 paragraphs. Fights broke out mingled with the rival groups, and the fighting escalated into rioting in Constantinoples streets. The rioting continued for a week while Justinian and Theodora, safe within their palace, debated whether to flee or to undertake to restore order.