Do Now: Venn Diagram

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Do Now Venn Diagram
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Aim How did Russia assimilate Byzantine culture?
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I) Influence of Byzantine

• A) Kiev becomes a major trade city
• B) Byzantine ideas and language begins to
  assimilate into Russia
• 1) Cyrillic alphabet.
• Mix of Greek and Slav language
• C) Adaptation of Christianity.
• 1) Political and economic advantages.
• D) Orthodox Church begin to have political power
• 1) Yaroslav Emperor of Russian Golden age
  1019-1054
• E) Art, culture and architecture assimilated from
  Byzantine

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Observing Russian Art

• 1) How did Byzantine Art influence Russian Art?
• 2) How did Byzantine architecture affect Russian
  Architecture?
• 3) From the art and architecture, how did
  Byzantine affect Russian culture?