6. Why has Justinian been called the "lawgiver of civilization"?
7. Why was it necessary to codify Roman law? Is the English Common law codified?
8. Compare the work of Alexandrian and Byzantine scholars in preserving learning.
9. "The Byzantines were the teachers of the Slavs, as the Romans were of the Germans." Comment on this statement.
10. The Byzantine Empire was once called "a gigantic mass of mould, a thousand years old." Does this seem a fair description?
11. "The history of medieval civilization is, in large measure, the history of the Roman Empire in the East." Comment on this statement.
12. Show that Constantinople formed "a natural citadel."
13. On the map, page 340, trace the successive walls of Constantinople.
FOOTNOTES
[1] The fall of the empire came in 1453 A.D., when Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks.