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Constantine
A roman leader
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Pagan
Someone who believes in more than one god
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Moat
Trench filled with water
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Justinian
First great Byzantine emperor
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Theodora
Justinian’s wife
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Absolute power
Unlimited authority
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Patriarchs
Bishops of Rome, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople
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Pope
Father or head of the Catholic church
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Creed
A statement of beliefs
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Orthodox
Following traditional or established beliefs
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Catholic
Universal concerned with all people
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Mosaic
Is a design made with colored stone and small pieces
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Manuscript
Handwritten documents
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How long did the Rome Eastern Empire last after the Rome Western Empire collapsed?
1000 years
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What was the Eastern Rome empire called?
The Byzantine Empire
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After Constantine left Christianity what did he become?
A pagan
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Justinian was a man who admired what?
order
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Justinian found the vast legal legacy he inherited from Rome to be what?
Confusing jumble of local laws, imperial laws, and judges decisions
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What did Justinian order a group of lawyers to do?
Organize the existing laws
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When was Justinian's Code published?
529 ad
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What was the most important tradition the Justinian Code preserved?
Roman legal tradition
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How do you know that education was important in Byzantine civilization?
The government supported schools for children
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What are manuscripts?
hand written documents
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What is a mosaic?
a design made with colored stones adn small pieces of glass
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What did Byzantine artists cover the walls and dome of the churches with?
mosaics
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Why was Irene I important?
She was the first female emperor. Because she restored the use of icons, she was made a saint.
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What was one way Byzantine culture was spread?
attracting visitors to Constantinople
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What did visitor do with the ideas and products they gained while visiting the Byzantine Empire?
They took the ideas home
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Prince Vladimir of Rus sent officials to Constantinople to learn more about the Eastern Orthodox faith. What did their visit to the Hagia Sophia do to them?
It dazzled them.
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Soon after the visit to the Hagia Sophia, Prince Vladimir and the Russians converted to the Eastern Orthodox religion and Christianity spread to Russia. What does converted mean in the above sentence?
It means they changed their religion.
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What is another was Byzantine culture was spread?
Missionaries
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What is a missionary?
someone sent by a church to spread its faith
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Who were the two best known Eastern Orthodox missionaries?
Cyril and Methodius
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What did the Cyrillic alphabet give the Slavs?
First written language
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The Byzantine empire was almost alway under ____.
attack
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What did Germanic tribes regain control of?
lands conquered by the Justinians
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What was Greek fire?
A chemical mixture that burned even in water.
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What did the Byzantines do with Greek fire?
They shot it at enemy ships.
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The final attack on Constantinople came from a people known at the ___________.
Turks
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Greek fire was no match for the Turks' new weapon:____________
gunpowder
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The Turks used a giant cannon to hurl 1200 pound balls at _________________
Constantinople's Walls
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In _______ Constantinople fell to the ________.
1453 and Turks.
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After attacked by the Turks in 1453, the Byzantine Empire was____________
no more/destroyed
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