1.07_CollapseofanEmpire.docx - Name 1.07 Collapse of an Empire(50 points After learning about each of the given topics below analyze the image

Name: 1.07 Collapse of an Empire (50 points) After learning about each of the given topics below analyze the image associated with it in 3-5 sentences. Listen carefully to what needs to be included in your response for each image. Justinian I: * What this image represents is Justinian 1 with his soldiers and his congress people. I feel that this image is showing that after the plague he barely had any soldiers or congress people left . It also tells us how they stuck together. Invasions: * What this shows me is the land that was owned by the Byzantine Empire. It also shows where the Barbarians attacked the Byzantine Empire during the 6 th -8 th century. This map shows how the Barbarians invaded the land. The Powerful: * After analyzing this image I believe that it is showing how land owners were power hungry. The way I think this shows that they were

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Unformatted text preview: power hungry is that it shows peasants working the land for them instead of them doing it themselves. This image also shows how the wealthy weakened the military because peasants did not have to be in military service. The Crusades: * This image shows how the crusades weakened the Byzantine. It also shows how the people fought to take the land as payment back, I know this because it shows two different sides but they are all mixed up and are all fighting against each other. This image can also show the Latin crusaders & Venetians protecting the land. The Final Collapse: * This picture shows devastation, Constantinople soldiers trying to defend their city. You can see them struggling against the Ottoman Turks. This led to the end of the Byzantine Empire. 2 of 2...
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