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(The use of Greek fire during a battle of with Arabs)

Economy

 * Last over 1000 years
 * Justinians main conquest was to retake the Roman Empire but failed
 * Warded off Persians, Germadic invaders and invadings huns from entering the country.
 * Basil II ended up destroying the **Bulgarian** army and Bulgaria ended up becoming apart of the Byzantine empire
 * Strong imperial order and bureacracy
 * Depended on Constanoples control over the countryside with the Burcreacy of food prices and trading.
 * **Basil II** used empires wealth to bribe nobles and generals
 * Greater emphasis was given to organzing the amry and navy
 * Large peasents classes were important for trading
 * Silk production expanded importted from china
 * Merchants didnt gain a social class in political power

Social Life

 * Similiar patterns of China
 * Theodora helped the women gained more rights
 * **Icon** paintings
 * theodoars sister '**'zoe'**' was afraid of theodora

Political

 * Justinian took power and wanted to reclaim Roman Country again
 * **Belisaurus** was Justianians new General
 * Emperor was odained by God
 * head of churche and state
 * gave everyone their place in life

Interactions

 * Bulgaria Pressed the Byzantines in the Balkenn territory
 * Tsar was the slavic version of caeser
 * Bulgaria, helped allowed muslims to harass by byzantine shipped in the mediterrnean
 * Basis II bribed the nobles and Generals

Religon

 * Had different types of religons such as Roman Catholic, Christianity and Islam
 * The **Hagia Sophia** was one of the churches built after him
 * Emperor took order from the Churches to pass laws
 * Was pretty much the basis and how things were runned throughout the Byzantines, it changed the social order who was in charge and gave people there part in life.
 * Eastern & Western christianity soon tooks its own paths due to the and running things different ways

Interlectual

 * **Michael II** hated Greek education
 * Children should be taught in the way of the church & military
 * Soon took the path of how the Romans used to make their art and architecture and created icon paitnings that of saints and Emperorsfoced on traditions of helenism
 * educating burecrats

Technology

 * Created Greek Fire that ended up burning Arab ships